After just two races, the heat is on NASCAR and its Car of Tomorrow.
During the Nextel Cup race last Sunday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Harvick’s car caught fire when the safety foam used in the door panels ignited, filling his car with smoke.
Series director John Darby said NASCAR is determined to make the mechanical corrections.

After all the buildup from Detroit rivals about the Toyota monster crushing NASCAR competition, the season so far has seen quite the opposite, with most Toyota teams struggling just to make the fields. But [Jack] Roush isn’t backing away from his quite vocal worries.
“I’m not going to gloat over what’s happened, or take any glee [...]

LEBANON, Tenn. - In a technical bulletin issued this week, NASCAR has ordered Toyota Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series teams to use a different intake manifold in an effort to “level the playing field” with other manufacturers.
The change does not affect the Nextel Cup Series.

Kevin Parsons will be racing with a heavy heart when the green flag drops on the 2007 season, but he hopes it doesn’t slow him down. The Myrtle Beach Speedway veteran on the Super Truck Series is the son of 1973 Winston Cup champion and longtime broadcaster Benny Parsons, who died from lung cancer in [...]

Speed will share its first-ever broadcast of the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge with visitors to New York’s legendary Times Square on May 19 at 7 p.m. ET, as the network delivers its live and exclusive event coverage to the 1,400-square foot News Astrovision by Panasonic Screen prominently located at One Times Square.