MORNING PRACTICE TIMES:
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 48.197 198.685 6 31
2 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 48.278 198.351 5 33
3 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 48.355 198.035 4 37
4 18 J.J. Yeley Chevy 48.365 197.994 6 19
5 7 Robby Gordon Ford 48.401 197.847 3 [...]

NASCAR officials have fined Tony Stewart $10,000 and placed the Joe Gibbs Racing driver on probation through Dec. 31, 2007 for failing to fulfill his postrace media obligations following the Nextel Cup Series race at Phoenix April 21.

Chastened Stewart admits: “I did a lot of damage”. Penalties could be severe
Two-time Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart backed off recent comments questioning the validity of debris cautions after being chastened by NASCAR officials in a meeting early Friday morning at Talladega Superspeedway.
“I know I did a lot of damage,” Stewart said. “I’m a [...]

UPDATE BELOW:
Sources are informing us that the #20 Home Depot team has not been allowed to unload its Nextel Cup Chevy at Talladega until Tony Stewart meets with NASCAR at the NASCAR hauler.

The following is an excerpt taken from MSNBC.com that calls into question NASCAR’s integrity and insinuates NASCAR fixes race results.
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U.S. District Court Senior Judge Marvin H. Shoob did not rule today on AT&T’s request that its logos to be allowed to replace Cingular on the car driven by Jeff Burton. Attorneys on both sides will file additional paperwork in the case by May 7, and Shoob said he would rule in the days following [...]

Ask Sterling Marlin which track on the Nextel Cup circuit is his favorite, and he’ll most likely respond with Daytona International Speedway, crediting his back-to-back Daytona 500 wins as the reason.
But if Marlin’s statistics at Talladega Superspeedway are any indication, the veteran driver could add the 2.66-mile monster oval to that list of favorite tracks.

NASCAR’s grand experiment, the Car of Tomorrow, took the next step last Saturday night in Phoenix, and it was not a big hit with many of the Nextel Cup drivers.
Other than an exciting late-race duel between eventual winner Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, the 312-lap Nextel Cup race on the 1-mile oval at Phoenix International [...]

A smooth surface leads to increased speeds, and Busch Series teams showed that Talladega Superspeedway hadn’t lost much speed after a track repaved last summer had some time to cure.