Johnny Benson used an alternative pit strategy to perfection and captured Wednesday night’s O’Reilly 200 at the Bristol Motor Speedway. The No.23 Exide Batteries Toyota crossed the finish line seven lengths ahead of Brendan Gaughan.
The victory was Benson’s second of the season and seventh of his Craftsman Truck Series career.
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Neither rain, nor fog, nor the threat of missing work or school could keep Michigan International Speedway’s race fans away Tuesday.
Race fans turned out in droves to attend the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series 3M Performance 400 two days past its scheduled date. Persistent rain postponed the race not once, but twice. The race was scheduled [...]

Dave Blaney crossed the finish line 6th after starting 17th.  Brian Vickers finished 8th after starting 18th. He led the race three times for a total of 11 laps. Two Camrys ended up in the top-10 today — the first time that has happened in a Nextel Cup Series race.
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Roger Penske:
“Let me say this. Kurt Busch was a great driver from the very beginning. I was very disappointed in the situation that took place at Phoenix because Kurt did not have a DUI but it was thrown up that way. Then when he was let out of the team it aggravated a situation that [...]

Below is a look at the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Top 12 along with some other notable drivers, going into the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 25.
1 — Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet)
The File:
* 36 years old, Vallejo, Calif., 79 career wins
* Four wins, 14 top fives, 20 top 10s this [...]

Wallace won nine times in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup competition at Bristol and is tied with Dale Earnhardt and Cale Yarborough for second in all-time wins at the track…
1) What made you such a successful driver at Bristol, and how special is the track to your career?
“Bristol is my favorite racetrack. I got my first victory [...]

Aric Almirola will make his debut in the No. 01 U.S. Army Chevrolet in Saturday night’s Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It will be the second career Cup race for the 23-year-old driver and his first with Dale Earnhardt Inc.
Almirola joined DEI after a whirlwind week in mid July. In a matter of [...]

Kenny Wallace announced on Tuesday that he will race in the Nextel Cup Series race at Bristol motor Speedway in the #45 Petty Enterprises Dodge, replacing the injured Kyle Petty. This is currently a one race deal, as Petty is expected to make a full recovery form an injured hand. Kenny says that he is [...]

Nextel Cup Series teams will test at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Oct. 29-30 (Monday-Tuesday). The two-day test will be with the Car of Tomorrow only and will run the two days following the Pep Boys Auto 500, scheduled for Oct. 28 at the speedway. Teams will test from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. on both [...]

The Rusty Wallace Racing Hall of Fame is announced that Bill Sanders, Founder of the Hall, and Eddie Hurley, Principal of Lakeview Management and Development LLC, have signed a Letter of Intent and reached an agreement in principle to jointly develop the Rusty Wallace Racing Hall of Fame in Morristown, Tennessee.
The Hall site will be [...]