FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 23 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Ragu 190/5 250 Running 57,525
2 1 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 180/10 250 Running 59,089
3 10 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 170/5 250 Running 40,437
4 20 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Spectracide Hot Shot / Lowe’s 165/5 250 Running 24,850
5 25 21 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet AutoZone 155/0 250 Running [...]

Kasey Kahne passed Ryan Newman with eight laps to go, then held off several charges from Jason Leffler to win the Busch Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night.

In one of the closest qualifying sessions of the season, Kasey Kahne captured the pole for Saturday night’s Sharpie 500 Nextel Cup race at the Bristol Motor Speedway short track. The No.9 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge circled the 0.533-mile high-banked half mile in 16.016 seconds (119.805 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Kahne’s second of the season [...]

UPDATE 2:
Dale Earnhardt, Jr has asked people to cool down on their critical remarks of Teresa Earnhardt over the fact that Dale Jr wasn’t able to ‘acquire’ the rights to the car number ‘8′ he has used his entire Nextel Cup career up until this point.
“I do want to say that I think it’s about [...]

UPDATE 2:
Bill Davis Racing plans to field a full-time Sprint Cup entry for former Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve in 2008, team owner Bill Davis said Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Davis said the plan right now is to run Villeneuve in the No. 22 Craftsman Truck Series entry later this season, as well as [...]

UPDATE:
“The situation we have been put in, not by the court, but by NASCAR, is just an absurd one,” AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said Friday morning in a phone interview. “We are so committed to the sport that we are willing to run a car, which we will, with an orange paint scheme with absolutely [...]

In winning the last two Bristol night races, Matt Kenseth has established himself as a master of the high-banked short track.
He has finished in the top 10 in nine of his last 11 Bristol races, and his worst finish in that span was 16th in 2005. Over the past five races, Kenseth sits atop most [...]

Tuesday’s victory in the twice-rain-delayed event at Michigan International Speedway helped Kurt Busch (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge) strengthen his hold on 12th place in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup standings.
But now it’s grab-as-many-points-as-you-can with three races to go.
And only 163 separate Busch and 13th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet), who finished 12th at [...]

The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and NASCAR Busch Series head to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee this weekend as drivers and teams get ready to lay down rubber on the newly resurfaced concrete racing surface. Fans will see sparks fly with the high speeds and close quarters of Bristol night racing.
ESPN’s NASCAR Countdown will have a [...]