19 year-old RWI Racing Busch Series driver, Steve Wallace, is OK following being attacked in an attempted mugging Sunday evening in Indianapolis. Wallace suffered only minor cuts and abrasions in the attack and will compete as scheduled in this weekend’s Busch Series event at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.

The partnership of Robert Yates Racing and Champ Car’s Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing, announced Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, led to speculation that three-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais might be part of the deal. But the Frenchman, who voiced some interest in stock cars after winning an International Race of Champions event in 2005, shot down [...]

Lewis Franck was honored Saturday for his lifetime achievement in motorsports by the Driver of the Year Award. Franck, a former attorney from New York City, has covered auto racing for newspapers, magazines and websites from around the world for 30 years, as well as making numerous television and radio appearances. He has been a [...]

Dodge Motorsports may be willing to give up its logo on the hood of Kasey Kahne’s Nextel Cup car if a deal can be finalized with Budweiser. “The company is always looking for good long-term relationships,” said Darryl Jackson, the vice president of sales for Chrysler. “Budweiser or whoever is a very, very solid brand. [...]

DEI and Hendrick have begun negotiating a deal that would see the #8 go to Hendrick Motorsports and keep the number with Dale Earnhardt, Jr.  Hendrick has submitted a proposal to DEI. This is an intricate proposal that carries obvious emotions.
NASCAR owns the car numbers and leases them to the teams each year, and gives [...]

JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports will combine the two companies’ NASCAR Busch Series operations at the conclusion of the 2007 racing season with plans to field a joint effort beginning in 2008. The partnership will campaign two full-time race cars under the JR Motorsports banner that utilize Hendrick Motorsports engines, chassis and vehicle engineering support.

About 100 crewmen at Ginn Racing are expected to be fired this week, according to team sources, who say that would make a total of 160 people dropped from the roster in a two-week span. Team owner Bobby Ginn fired drivers Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin on July 17th, citing sponsorship problems, and last week [...]

Richard Childress says he hopes to have a decision about the driver for his planned fourth Cup team next season within the next two or three weeks. And it may come down to Kyle Busch’s call: “We have talked,” Childress said. “He’s definitely a candidate.

Tony Stewart, excited over winning at the track he cherishes more than any other, got a little carried away in his postrace interview. The expletive he uttered could cost him a penalty later this week.
“It was an unfortunate incident that we did not anticipate,” said ESPN officials in a statement.

Kyle Busch is trying to mend relationships with his Hendrick Motorsports teammates.
The 22-year-old driver, who will be replaced by Dale Earnhardt Jr. next season at HMS, apologized after Saturday’s team meeting to Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Casey Mears for recent comments regarding their loyalty.