Georgetta Roush, mother of Roush Fenway Racing owner Jack Roush, passed away today at the age of 92. Georgetta Roush was a great fan of racing and was the designated owner for the #97 Nextel Cup entry from 1998 through 2005, including 2004 when the team won their first Nextel Cup championship.

Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Carl Edwards are scheduled to test at Iowa’s Speedways ‘Test Fest’ this week in Newton, Iowa. Teams testing Tuesday and Wednesday, August 28 and 29, on the 7/8 mile oval track include Dale Earnhardt Incorporated (DEI), Roush Fenway Racing, and RWI, Inc., the team owned by Rusty Wallace, track designer and [...]

Q - The Cup and Busch teams were just at Michigan International Speedway, the sister track of California Speedway. Are there many differences in the setups between the two tracks?
“There are some similarities, but teams will most likely use the same car they used at Michigan, especially Kurt Busch. If I were that dominant in [...]

This weekend, Kyle Petty and the #45 Wells Fargo Dodge team will travel west to the two-mile California Speedway for Sunday’s California 500. The annual fall race at California has become the new Labor Day tradition for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.
Petty will be making his return to the #45 Dodge after missing the [...]

Kevin Harvick Inc. officials announced that Scott Wimmer would drive the team’s No. 77 Chevrolet in this weekend’s Camping World 300 Busch Series race at California Speedway.

Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One champion and 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner, will drive seven races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Bill Davis Racing in anticipation of racing full time next season. Villeneuve tested in a Craftsman truck [the #27 Toyota], which uses a stock-car chassis with a pickup body, in Chicago on [...]

Busch is easily one of the most rude and profane drivers to ever grace the NASCAR team radio airwaves. Constantly switching between whining how bad his car is and cursing the other competitors and race officials, Busch comes off as a totally spoiled child on the radio.
No public relations filter here. No shining things up [...]

Ford Racing officials expect to have Australian driver Marcos Ambrose competing in the Nextel Cup Series in at least on a part-time basis next season.
John Sazymanski, director of sponsor development for Ford Racing Technology, said on Friday the manufacturer is extremely pleased with Ambrose’s development in Craftsman Truck and Busch Series races and believes he’s [...]

“Dale” will premiere on cable TV at 8 p.m. EDT Sept. 4 on CMT.
The film, which was produced by NASCAR Images and CMT films, was featured earlier this year in 40 theaters across the U.S.