While several drivers complained about the hard tire that Goodyear brought to Lowe’s Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600, the manufacturer said that the performance of the tire in the race was in line with expectations. Sunday night’s race showcased an unusual number of cut tires, an official said, as well as a heat problem [...]

While running on fumes, Casey Mears wins the 2007 Coca Cola 600:
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Twelve stars of entertainment, music and sports are dreaming of life in the fast lane as they race to the finish line in Fast Cars & Superstars, a new seven-episode reality series debuting on the ABC Television Network at 8:00pm/et Thursday, June 7. In each episode, viewers will watch celebrities train with a Gillette Young [...]

The first major collaboration to come from the partnership between Fenway Sports Group and the former Roush Racing will take place next month in Boston and New Hampshire with an event called Roush Fenway Days. Roush Fenway Racing will have two days of activities at Fenway Park June 28-29, culminating with a baseball game between [...]

Casey Mears, No. 25 National Guard/GMAC/American Heroes Monte Carlo SS, captured his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (NNCS) in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Mears’s victory is the second consecutive win for the new Chevrolet R07 engine and the first in a NNCS points-paying event.
Crew chief Darian Grubb made the call late in [...]

Petty turns 47 on June 2. He made his 797th career start Saturday night and his 51st start at LMS. Petty finished third Saturday night and move up spots in the series standings to 26th. Petty has one victory, six top fives and 12 top 10s at LMS.
“Our car was good when the sun was [...]

BOBBY LABONTE (No. 43 Betty Crocker/Chocolate Chex Dodge Charger) — 13th
“Kyle had a good car yesterday in practice, and he got a lap down tonight. I think he had a little trouble in that wreck. He was able to come back and stay out there at the end and make up a few spots. That [...]

Brian Vickers recorded Toyota’s first top-five finish in NASCAR Nextel Cup competition tonight when he crossed the finish line fifth in the No. 83 Red Bull Camry. The fifth-place finish by Vickers is his best result of the season. His previous best finish this season was 10th at California (Feb. 25). Vickers led tonight’s race [...]

GREG BIFFLE — No. 16 Dish Network Ford Fusion (Finished 43rd)
“It was just a right-front tire. It’s unfortunate. I hate to talk bad about anybody or bash anybody, but I just have to tell you that I think we’ve got the worst tires in racing — period. Nobody can drive on these things. They’re so [...]

Ginn Racing and JR Motorsports appear to be the frontrunners in the Dale Earnhardt, Jr sweepstakes.
Earnhardt, Jr, who was unsuccessful in getting a controlling interest in DEI, the team started by his late father, 7-time Nextel Cup Champion Dale Earnhardt, announced that would leave DEI and look elsewhere to drive in 2008.
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