The war of words over last weekends’ pit stall fender banging incident between Tony Stewart and Paul Menard escalated with Stewart taking verbal shots on his radio show and Menard firing back in the garage area at Martinsville.
“Well, it’s a situation and I normally would keep my mouth shut on this, but I just have [...]

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QUESTION TO JIMMIE JOHNSON:  THERE WAS NEWS THIS WEEK THAT YOU AND JEFF GORDON AND CASEY MEARS CONTRIBUTED TO MAYOR GUILIANI’S POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. IS IT A DELICATE SITUATION WITH YOUR FANS AND SPONSORS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION LIKE THAT CREATES THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU’RE NOT POLITICALLY NEUTRAL?”
JOHNSON: “Yeah, it is a tightrope [...]

Jeff Gordon showed that he’s not giving an inch in his quest for a 5th Nextel Cup title. He won his seventh pole of the season on Friday after he took the top spot in qualifying for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Subway 500. After a limited practice session, Gordon was able to record [...]

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Robby Gordon Motorsports is prepared to add a second Nextel Cup team in 2008, and team owner Robby Gordon said Friday that Johnny Sauter is a candidate, provided he can bring sponsorship.
“We’re speaking with Johnny Sauter, who could potentially be available,” Gordon said Friday at Martinsville Speedway. “It depends on sponsorship — either sponsorship he [...]

Roush Fenway Racing officials say that Nextel Cup Series driver Greg Biffle married his longtime girlfriend, Nicole Lunders, Wednesday evening at Palmetto Bluff Resort in South Carolina.
The couple has been dating since 1998 and became engaged last Christmas.

Weather forecast calls for rain today at Martinsville:
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue moving northeastward across southwest Virginia and northwest North Carolina through early afternoon.

Jayski.com is reporting that Kenny Wallace is on standby at Martinsville Speedway for #88-Ricky Rudd as Rudd’s shoulder is still sore from the Californina wreck [missed 4 races].
Rudd may also start the race on Sunday and Wallace could sub and finish the race.

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Steve Hmiel says it was a difference in opinion that led to his departure from Dale Earnhardt Inc.
“Just a difference in philosophy,” Hmiel said of the split Friday at Martinsville Speedway. “It was a job I grew into, so there wasn’t really ever a definition.

Juan Pablo Montoya never meant for his move from Formula One to NASCAR to be the one that made devout open-wheelers accepting of stock cars. But in the 15 months since he made the switch, the list of followers has grown.
Now Montoya has a warning for those considering NASCAR: It’s a lot harder than it [...]

The day after the 2007 Nextel Cup champion is decided, NASCAR attorneys are scheduled to be in a courthouse trying to convince a judge that Kentucky Speedway’s anti-trust lawsuit has no merit.