FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 16 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC American Heroes 190/5 400 Running 377,425
2 12 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 175/5 400 Running 264,733
3 36 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Coke Zero 165/0 400 Running 208,983
4 34 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 160/0 400 Running 177,783
5 26 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 160/5 [...]

With his job presumably on the line, Casey Mears stretched his fuel to the finish line Sunday night to win the Coca-Cola 600 for his first Nextel Cup victory.
Mears, struggling through his first season at elite Hendrick Motorsports, ran strong all night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, but only took the lead when Tony Stewart ducked [...]

Junior Can’t Bring Budweiser to Gibbs Team: If Dale Earnhardt Jr. ends up at Joe Gibbs Racing, team officials are adamant it won’t be with sponsor Budweiser. Bobby Ginn, however, has no problem with a beer sponsorship and is still hotly pursuing NASCAR’s most coveted free agent. And Richard Childress? He had nothing to say [...]

Lowe’s Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler is calling for NASCAR to add greater entertainment value to its qualifying format by placing more than one car on the racetrack at once. Wheeler told ESPN.com Saturday that attendance for LMS pole day has steadily declined since 2001, and anticipates NASCAR will make some sort of alteration [...]

Crew chief David Hyder, fired from Michael Waltrip Racing last month, will return to the pit box next weekend at Dover International Speedway to guide the No. 36 Toyota driven by Jeremy Mayfield, Bill Davis Racing competition director Tommy Baldwin told ESPN.com Saturday.