The NASCAR license plate is back.
State Rep. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, announced Monday that he is sponsoring a bill to create a specialty NASCAR license plate.

Brian Vickers’ cockpit was contaminated by excessive heat and fumes resulting from an exhaust system failure half-way through the race at Bristol. Vickers soldiered on for 200+ laps while enduring burns on his bottom and feet and noxious exhaust leaking into his racecar to lead a lap in competition and finish on the lead lap [...]

The NASCAR racetrack folks are making another run for it at the state legislature, but this time they left their big-name car drivers home.
Opponents of the proposal to build a NASCAR track near Bremerton, Washington thought the idea had gone into the shop for good. But it turns out it was just a pit stop.
Now, [...]

Mark Martin gave up a spot in the show to watch it from home, and wouldn’t change a thing about his first weekend off in 622 NASCAR races.
Martin wasn’t sure how he’d feel watching Sunday’s race from Bristol Motor Speedway, but after dozing off twice during the 500-mile event, he realized he can live without [...]

When NASCAR debuted the Car of Tomorrow at Bristol Motor Speedway yesterday, Todd Nesbit, an avid NASCAR fan and assistant professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, was busy counting the number of accidents—and how many of those drivers walk away without a scratch.

Former car owner Cal Wells (pictured with driver Ricky Craven) said he’s in talks with sponsors and an ownership group to be part of a two-car effort next season.
Wells said he hopes to have a deal done later this spring. He would be a minority owner in the team but run it.
source: Roanoke Times

Telecommunications giant AT&T filed a motion Monday, asking that its logo be added to Jeff Burton’s car immediately.
The motion was filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, where the company also filed its lawsuit against NASCAR. A hearing on the motion has not yet been scheduled.

Dale Jarrett blasted 2003 champion Matt Kenseth after contact between the two ended Jarrett’s day just 45 laps into the race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
What happened in the accident? “I was trying to pass Kyle Petty and get in under him and then Matt Kenseth just turned me going into the corner. The car [...]

Changes are on the way at Roush Fenway Racing, which is losing one primary sponsor after this season and has been ordered by NASCAR to drop one of its five Nextel Cup teams by 2010.
Ameriquest, the mortgage company that became the primary sponsor of Greg Biffle’s #16 car this season, has asked Roush Fenway to [...]

Dodge will remain committed to the NASCAR Nextel Cup series regardless of whether Chrysler is sold, the director of Dodge motorsports said Sunday. “Yeah, there are some things going on, things we’re looking at, but it’s not going to affect our racing program,” Mike Accavitti said during the Car of Tomorrow’s debut at Bristol Motor [...]