Roush Fenway Racing, the NASCAR team that’s half-owned by the group that controls the Boston Red Sox, is worth $316 million and is the most valuable operation in stock-car racing, according to Forbes Magazine’s annual survey.

Pat Tryson will become crew chief effective immediately of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge driven by Kurt Busch. Tryson replaces Troy Raker who has served as interim crew chief of the team since Texas. Troy will return to his previous role within the Penske engineering department.

Jerry Rice has won three Super Bowls and caught more passes than any wide receiver in NFL history, but nothing could have prepared him for what he experienced on Monday at Infineon Raceway. Rice was treated to four laps around the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course in the Sonoma Valley in the passenger seat of [...]

Mark Dyer, a seasoned licensing executive with over 25 years in sports business, has been named president and chief executive officer of Motorsports Authentics, the merchandise retailer owned in a 50/50 joint venture between International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI).

ESPN’s Mike Massaro Speaks With Dale Earnhardt Jr. About His Move to Hendrick Motorsports
What are the expectations for you at Hendrick?
“To win. I think the expectations will be for us to contend for championships and to be there year after year, contending for those championships. I would not dodge the pressure or dodge the opportunity [...]

There will be two Cat/Bill Davis Racing entries at the road course this weekend. Dave Blaney will be joined this weekend at Bill Davis Racing by road racer Butch Leitzinger who will drive the #23 Caterpillar Racing entry at Infineon Raceway. Jeremy Mayfield will return to his regular ride in the #36 360 OTC Toyota [...]

Hall of Fame Racing has decided to use road-racing ace Ron Fellows in its No. 96 Chevrolet this weekend in the Nextel Cup Series race at Sonoma, Calif.

Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (Sundays, 9pm/et on SPEED) welcomed Darrell Waltrip on Sunday June 17 to talk about Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s move to Hendrick Motorsports. One comment was about Dale Jr.’s 2008 sponsor:

Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt, Jr get in the broadcast booth and show those Fox guys how it’s done at Infineon Raceway in 2003:
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Last Thursday on “The Morning Drive” on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, hosts David Poole and Pat Patterson spoke with Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Vice President and General Manager of JR Motorsports, about her brother Dale Jr.’s new deal with Hendrick Motorsports.