New Hampshire International Speedway’s president, Bob Bahre, confirmed to FOX Sports today that he and Boston Red Sox owner John Henry have had discussions in the past month about the sale of the Loudon track to Henry’s Roush Fenway Racing. No deal has been made as of yet.

Morning Speeds:
Pos, Car#, Driver, Manu, Time (seconds), Speed (mph)
1 11 Denny Hamlin Chevy 50.517 189.560
2 18 J.J. Yeley Chevy 50.586 189.301
3 96B Tony Raines Chevy 50.590 189.286
4 42A Juan Pablo Montoya Dodge 50.673 188.976
5 40A David Stremme Dodge 50.754 188.675

It’s a whirlwind week for NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series competitors, who completed the season’s 26th event last Saturday at Richmond International Raceway and now find themselves hundreds of miles south — at Talladega Superspeedway.
Monday marked the first day of a two-day test at Talladega, which will host the series’ first Car of Tomorrow restrictor-place event [...]

Gillett Evernham Motorsports announced today that Boris Said will drive a fourth Nextel Cup entry for the team this weekend at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Said will be running the No. 98 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Avenger in what will be his first Nextel Cup start on an intermediate track since 2005.

Toyota’s blockbuster move - signing Joe Gibbs, with Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch, three of the top drivers in NASCAR - is one of the biggest coups in auto racing in quite some time. It may have been long in the making, perhaps since April, perhaps even back to last year, with secret [...]

Aurora Colorado is still in the running for a major NASCAR racetrack planned for Colorado, despite a lack of news about the proposal in recent weeks, said a city councilman who is helping to lead the effort to attract the facility.
“The discussions are still ongoing,” said Aurora Councilman Ryan Frazier. “No deal has been finalized [...]

UPDATE 5:
Q) Will The Owner Points For The #5 And #25 Stay In Place Where They Are In 2008?
A) Rick Hendrick: “Yes, they’ll stay like they are. Casey will move over to the #5 car and that’s the only that will change there and the number will change on the #25.”

On Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway the battle for the IndyCar Series title came down to the final lap, with seemingly NASCAR bound Dario Franchitti scoring the championship when Scott Dixon ran out of fuel.
On Saturday at Richmond International Raceway NASCAR, in most anticlimactic style, locked in the field for its Nextel Cup Series Chase for [...]

Travis Kvapil was announced as the new driver of the No. 88 Yates Racing Ford Fusion for 2008. Kvapil spoke about the opportunity via telephone Saturday afternoon with Ford Racing.

Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Impala SS, Started 13th, Finished 7th - 11th in the standings of 12 drivers beginning the Chase.
“Tonight we had our car going pretty good. We just had that one deal and had to come from the back. Still a good night for us. Everybody’s back on the same turf now [...]