Jamie McMurray captured the pole for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 from the Infineon Raceway road course. But the big story is that neither Jeff Gordon nor Jimmie Johnson were allowed to qualify.
Both cars failed pre-race inspection and the cars were not allowed on the track for practice or qualifying. Without Gordon, a five-time winner [...]

Nextel Cup Series points leader Jeff Gordon and defending series champion Jimmie Johnson, both of the Hendrick Motorsports stable, have failed inspection at Infineon Raceway.
The cars of neither Gordon, the defending race champion, nor Johnson will be allowed to practice or qualify Friday.

Tony Stewart and David Gilliland tangle at Michigan during practice. Neither is too happy with the other…
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Forbes has released its annual ranking of Nextel Cup teams based on value, Roush Fenway Racing tops the list. Forbes estimates, the average NASCAR team is worth $120 million, up 67% from last year. Average revenue was $84 million. Top teams now field 41 cars in NASCAR’s elite Nextel Cup Series vs. 34 in 2006.

Tom Giacchi, a childhood friend and motorcoach driver for Carl Edwards, will shave for the first time since Nov. 6, 2005 when he takes the stage Friday for Trackside on SPEED this weekend from Sonoma at 6:00pm/et [just before Nextel Qualifying at 7:00pm/et].

This weekend, Kyle Petty and the #45 Wells Fargo Dodge head to the 10-turn, 1.99-mile Infineon Raceway, located in Sonoma (Calif.) for Sunday’s SaveMart 350.
Petty will give live, in-car analysis during Sunday’s race as part of his role with TNT this summer. Petty’s love for road course racing put him back into the #45 Dodge [...]

This Sunday, the TNT’s popular Pride of NASCAR series, which has featured veteran drivers David Pearson and Benny Parsons, will continue with a profile of one of the early superstars of NASCAR, Junior Johnson.

With his personal ’silly season’ behind him (switching from DEI to Hendrick in 2008) Dale Earnhardt, Jr is ready for Sonoma to prove to the people who say he can’t drive a road course that they are wrong.
“This weekend is important to me because I’m sick of hearing people say ‘oh, he can’t drive on [...]

The NASCAR Foundation will return to New Hampshire International Speedway for the second annual Track Walk on Saturday, June 30 following the NASCAR Busch Series Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com.
Over 1,400 people joined together last September to walk the mile-long track in celebration of two very special people from the NASCAR community: Kenny Irwin [...]