TONY STEWART:
“I was wondering if two and four tires were going to be a factor. We finally got Kyle (Busch) to where we could give him a big push into (Turn) 1 and that was with a tailwind so that was where the least amount of downforce was. We went in there and got him [...]

Pos St # Driver Sponsor Car Pts Status Laps
1 14 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 0 Running 70
2 13 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 0 Running 70

3 19 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 0 Running 70
4 8 48 Jimmie Johnson [...]

Tony Stewart drove his way into Victory Lane at Daytona — one week earlier than he hoped for. Stewart won the exhibition Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night, setting himself up as a top contender to win the season-opening Daytona 500.
That’s the last of the NASCAR crown jewels that Stewart hasn’t won, and he reported to [...]

Pos Car # Driver Manu Time secs Speed mph
1 88 Ricky Rudd Ford 48.190 186.761
2 14 Sterling Marlin Chevy 48.363 186.093
3 38 David Gilliland Ford 48.387 186.000
4 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 48.424 185.858
5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 48.501 185.563

Dave Blaney:
“I was very encouraged by the Daytona test in the way the Toyotas performed, but even more in the way the team performed. Kevin [Hamlin, crew chief] had a plan for every minute of the test and goals for every test run for both cars we took down there. We pretty much followed that [...]

Pos Car # Driver Manu Time secs Speed mph
1 88 Ricky Rudd Ford 48.374 186.050
2 38 David Gilliland Ford 48.446 185.774
3* 14 Sterling Marlin Chevy 48.534 185.437
4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 48.625 185.090
5 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 48.639 185.037

Long-time racing supporter and sponsor to some of the most celebrated drivers in motorsports history, Old World Industries of Northbrook, Illinois, has today announced that its PEAK Antifreeze brand will re-enter Nextel Cup in 2007 by entering into an agreement with Dale Earnhardt Incorporated to sponsor top Rookie-of-the-Year candidate Paul Menard (right) and the #15 [...]

A group of investors led by Boston Red Sox owner John Henry has completed a deal to buy a 50% stake in the Roush Racing NASCAR team, a person familiar with the negotiations said Friday. Although team owner Jack Roush (right) is selling half of the team to the Fenway Sports Group, Roush will continue [...]

Tony Stewart’s efforts to win the Indianapolis 500 appear to have ended. Asked about whether or not he’d ever run in the event again, the former open-wheel star who has won two NASCAR Cup championships said that he wouldn’t completely rule it out, but he couldn’t really envision it.

Pos, No, Driver, Time, Speed
1. 9 Kasey Kahne 47.532 189.346
2. 2 Kurt Busch 47.549 189.278
3. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 47.560 189.235
4. 5 Kyle Busch 47.596 189.092
5. 10 Scott Riggs [...]