The future of the Budweiser Shootout after the 2008 season has yet to be determined with Tuesday’s announcement that Coors Light will be the new official beer of NASCAR.
The Shootout, a season-opening, non-points event between the previous year’s pole winners and past champions at Daytona International Speedway, will be run in 2008 under the Budweiser [...]

Robby Gordon Motorsports officially named Peter Sospenzo as the crew chief for the #7 Ford Fusion. Historically with multicar teams such as Penske, Hendrick Motorsports and Ginn Racing, Sospenzo brings renewed optimism to Nextel Cup’s only single car owner/driver combination.

According to AutoRacing1.com sources, Interstate Battery sent a memo to all their distributers today telling them that Interstate will be on the Joe Gibbs Racing car for 6 races and M&Ms on for the rest in 2008.
Interstate will be the “official battery of Joe Gibbs Racing” and will have NFL ties. They cited a decline [...]

Anheuser-Busch VP/Global Media & Sports Marketing Tony Ponturo indicated that A-B decided to end its title sponsorship of NASCAR’s Busch series and its role as the official beer of NASCAR “so that it could invest more in entertainment and the digital space,” according to Gail Schiller of the Hollywood Reporter.

Ricky Rudd will remain on the sidelines this weekend, and Kenny Wallace again will drive Robert Yates Racing’s No. 88 Ford.
Wallace will be making his fourth start in the car when he competes in the LifeLock 400 Nextel Cup race at Kansas Speedway.
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NASCAR will not penalize Kyle Petty for slapping the visor of Denny Hamlin in the garage area following their accident in Sunday’s Dodge Dealers 400, a NASCAR spokesman said.

The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule was announced today, a 36-race slate that kicks off with the 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17 at Daytona International Speedway. The 2008 season also marks NASCAR’s 60th year as stock car racing’s longest operating sanctioning body. Following the “Great American Race” the series [...]

Hendrick Motorsports claims that the air-traffic controllers “set up the crew for failure” for a plane that crashed in October 2004, killing 10 people on their way to the NASCAR race at Martinsville, Va., according to recent filings in the ongoing legal battle over who was negligent for the accident.
Hendrick Motorsports and widows Dianne Dorton [...]

Busch Series driver Jason Leffler will take over Red Horse Racing’s No. 1 Toyota in the Craftsman Truck Series for five of the six races left on the 2007 schedule.
Brandon Whitt will drive the truck at Atlanta Motor Speedway while Leffler tends to his Busch commitments with Braun Racing at Memphis Motorsports Park. Leffler [...]

Sam Hornish Jr. has added at least one race to his Nextel Cup schedule in the #06 Penske Racing Dodge. Hornish has attempted two races [New Hampshire and Dover] but has yet to make the field for a Cup race.