Kevin Harvick captured Saturday afternoon’s inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in wild fashion after Robby Gordon spun out the race leader. The No.21 Chevrolet crossed the finish line 0.330 seconds ahead of Canadian Patrick Carpentier.
The victory was Harvick’s fourth of the season and 30th of his Busch Series career.

Local hero Patrick Carpentier captured the pole for Saturday afternoon’s NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal, Canada. The No.22 Armando Fitz Dodge circled the 2.710-mile road course in one minute, 42.086 seconds (95.531 m.p.h.). The pole victory was the first of Carpentier’s Busch Series career in his first start.

A well-placed source at Hendrick Motorsports said it will be three to six more weeks before the 2008 sponsorship package for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will be announced. “There are a lot of details to deal with,” the source said. Earnhardt is leaving details of the sponsor agreement to his sister and business manager, Kelley Earnhardt [...]

There were 124 employees who lost their jobs following the recent Ginn Racing-Dale Earnhardt Inc. merger, former Ginn employee Slugger Labbe said Friday.

The #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge will honor the victims and those hurt in the Minneapolis (Minn.) bridge collapse this past week during Sunday’s Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.

Montreal Canadiens owner George Gillett told the [St Petersburg] Times on Thursday there is a “95% chance” his purchase into Evernham Motorsports will be final by today or Monday at the latest. Gillett, 67, who has had stakes or complete control of the Harlem Globetrotters, Miami Dolphins and currently the Liverpool Football Club, would not [...]