Dale Earnhardt Jr. nearly started laughing Friday and said, ‘Nah,’ when asked if it was really possible he could drive a Ford next season.
Dale Earnarhdt Inc., which is in negotiations with Earnhardt Jr. for a contract extension and also must sign a new dale with Chevrolet, has had preliminary talks with other manufacturers and also [...]

Jeff Gordon won the pole for Saturday night’s Crown Royal 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup at the Richmond International Raceway. The No.24 Hendrick Motorsports circled the 0.750-mile oval in 21.386 seconds (126.251 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Gordon’s fourth of the season and 61st of his Nextel Cup career. It will be his fifth start this season [...]

Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 10 Scott Riggs Dodge 21.848 123.581 19 28
2 6 David Ragan Ford 21.858 123.525 39 40
3 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 21.870 123.457 11 53
4 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 21.901 123.282 43 47
5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 21.911 123.226 81 83

If anybody can handle last Sunday’s Talladega mess, it’s Grant Lynch, a transplanted Winston-Salem native who has been one of the France family’s go-to men since he left R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to join its International Speedway Corp.
Lynch will be doing damage control while NASCAR moves on to another ISC track, Richmond International Raceway. Qualifying [...]

While Jeff Gordon was making NASCAR history the four-time Driver of the Year was also was voted 1st quarter Driver of the Year 2007. Only Gordon, who currently leads the Nextel Cup points standings after two straight victories putting him fifth on the all-time winner’s list and ahead of the late Dale Earnhardt (also a [...]

Perception is everything. Which is why Tony Stewart’s comments last week that NASCAR is beginning to look like professional wrestling struck a responsive chord with stock car racing fans. Nextel Cup champion could have picked a slightly better analogy. Possibly, he’s totally wrong.

DEI executive John Story admits that the team has received inquiries from a couple of manufacturers about their plans for 2008 and beyond, but he insists that they have been honest with these other manufacturers in telling them that they want to exhaust every option with Chevrolet first before even considering another offer.
He added that [...]

5th-Place Hamlin Has 1st-Place Plans
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 1, 2007) — Denny Hamlin is fifth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup standings this week. He feels like a surge toward the top — and a challenge to first-place Jeff Gordon — is inevitable. “We can get it done; we’re just not getting it done at the [...]

Sam Ard, a two-time Busch Series champion, needs reconstructive surgery to repair his face following an ATV accident near his Pamplico home on Sunday.
According to his daughter, Jeane Jones, Ard suffered a broken nose, a broken bone above his eye and facial lacerations when the ATV he was riding hit a ditch about a mile [...]