Jeff Gordon and Jimmy Johnson are neck-and-neck in the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup coming into the SUBWAY 500 at Martinsville Speedway this weekend.
That’s similar to last spring’s scenario when Johnson edged his Hendrick Motorsports teammate by a mere .065 seconds for a win in the Goody’s Cool Orange 500.
At least on paper, you [...]

Gale “Bandit” Wilson, the friendly crew member for the U.S. Army/Dale Earnhardt Inc. NASCAR team, was caught off guard Saturday before the Nextel Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. A long-time race team transport driver, Wilson was recognized with a special plaque from the Transport Drivers of Motorsports Association.
The plaque, which was presented to Wilson [...]

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“Joe Gibbs Racing is 100 percent focused on trying to win a championship for GM, as well as our sponsors and fans. We have at no time shared any technical information with Toyota or any Toyota team, nor will we as long as there are still races to be run in 2007.” - J.D. Gibbs, [...]

Lowe’s Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith now says there is a “90%” he will move his track out of Concord for another site around Charlotte. And if he leaves Concord, Smith said, he will raze the track and sell the property piecemeal. Smith’s comments to the Observer on Monday are the latest twist in an [...]

On Monday, Oct 15th, Kasey Kahne, NASCAR driver and founder of the Kasey Kahne Foundation donated $500,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte to support the construction of a new Ronald McDonald House in Charlotte. “We are thrilled to partner with Kasey Kahne on this important initiative to support critically ill children in the [...]

Jeff Burton and the #31 AT&T Racing team are scheduled to test at Nashville Superspeedway on Wednesday, October 17 in preparation for the remaining races on the 2007 NASCAR Cup Series calendar.
[RCR PR]

The #22 Caterpillar Racing team and driver Dave Blaney spent Monday and Tuesday tire testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The team will spend two days next week at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis.
The BDR team will also participate in the COT test at Atlanta Motor Speedway at the end of the month.
[BDR PR]

J.J. Yeley tested for Hall of Fame Racing at Kentucky Speedway on Tuesday, along with David Green testing for Michael Waltrip Racing. #45-Kyle Petty is scheduled to test on Wednesday.
Also Jeff Green and the #66 Haas CNC Racing team are taking part in a two-day test session, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 16-17. Fans can watch [...]

Patrick Carpentier was introduced to the media today at a press conference prior to the Montreal Canadiens game at the Bell Centre. Foster Gillett welcomed Carpentier on behalf of the Gillett family, who owns the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club and recently purchased ownership in Gillett Evernham Motorsports.
Carpentier, a Quebec native, has had success driving in [...]

The strongest field of drivers in the history of the Drive For Diversity program took the track for the fifth annual Testing & Evaluation Combine at South Boston (Va.) Speedway Monday.
Half of the 24 drivers participated in the on-track evaluation. The remaining 12 drivers took part in a media portion of the event.
“Today we saw [...]