Has anyone seen Matt Kenseth’s car?
One of Roush Fenway Racing’s show cars, adorned like Kenseth’s Nextel Cup Series No. 17 Ford, was stolen from a Hampton Inn parking lot between 5 and 5:45 a.m. Wednesday in Atlanta, according to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s office.

NASCAR fined Kevin Harvick and Jamie McMurray $25,000 each Wednesday for making contact during a caution at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.
Both drivers were also placed on probation until Oct. 3.

Nextel Cup Series drivers Kevin Harvick and Jamie McMurray are expected to both receive penalties Wednesday for a post-race incident from Sunday’s race at Talladega, Ala., the Observer has learned.
Harvick and McMurray apparently traded paint on the white flag lap on Sunday’s race while the event remained under caution. Both are expected to receive at [...]

NASCAR’s Robin Pemberton said about 80% of Nextel Cup team owners are in favor of accelerating the Car of Tomorrow’s three-year phase-in to a full debut in 2008.
“It’s close to 100% from mechanics, crew chiefs and engineers,” Pemberton said.

Two NASCAR drivers are honoring Virginia Tech this weekend by sporting helmets especially designed to pay tribute to the school. Virginia natives Ward Burton and Eric McClure will don the customized headgear during this weekend’s races at Richmond.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races and captured two NASCAR Busch Series championships.
There have been many special moments during the third-generation racer’s career, including his emotional triumph in July 2001 at Daytona International Speedway, the track where his legendary father was killed just six months earlier.
So it was interesting when [...]

Testing sessions for Nextel Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series teams have been scheduled at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in preparation for the track’s calendar of May races, including the May 19 Nextel All-Star Challenge and the May 27 Coca-Cola 600.

The Charlotte Bobcats, Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) and Lowe’s Motor Speedway today announced NBA great Michael Jordan will serve as Grand Marshal for the May 19 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge. Jordan, the managing member of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats, will give the command, “Gentlemen, start your engines.”