Just when it looked like racing would snatch the spotlight from the cheaters at Daytona, Jeff Gordon’s winning car failed inspection. Gordon, who won the second of Thursday’s two 150-mile qualifying races, will now start the Daytona 500 in 42nd place.

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip was able to breathe again today after racing his way into the Daytona 500.
Tony Stewart, the favorite to win Sunday’s stock car Super Bowl, won the first of the two 150-mile qualifying races, and four-time series champion Jeff Gordon charged from fourth to first on the final lap to [...]

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Team owner Ray Evernham will sit atop the pit box for Evernham Motorsports’ No. 19 Dodge driven by Elliott Sadler during the Gatorade Duel 150-mile qualifying race Thursday, team officials confirmed Wednesday.
Evernham will share responsibilities as team director, Evernham’s vernacular for crew chief, with car director Kirk Almquist. Tim Malinovsky and Chad Johnston will serve [...]

It’s all change for Team Chevy in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2007. In addition to the scheduled introduction of the Impala SS Car of Tomorrow in March, GM Racing is introducing a new small-block V-8 racing engine that was specifically designed for NASCAR competition. The new powerplant - designated R07 - has been [...]

Only Mark Martin could step away from racing and keep adding rides at the same time.
Martin and multi NASCAR champion car owner Rick Hendrick announced on Wednesday that Martin will drive three Busch Series races in a Hendrick Motorsports Chevy.

The winner of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Fla. will visit ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn. Tuesday, Feb. 20. While at ESPN, the winning driver is expected to appear live on or tape segments for SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, ESPN Radio, ESPN2’s NASCAR Now, and do a chat on ESPN.com.
The previous two Daytona [...]