Below is a look at the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Top 12 going into the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Oct. 28.
1– Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet)
The File:
* 36 years old, Vallejo, Calif., 81 career wins
* Six wins, 20 top fives, 26 top 10s this year
* Seven poles
* Average finish [...]

Red Bull Racing Team Competition Director Elton Sawyer on the Departure of #83 Crew Chief Doug Richert: Red Bull Racing Team R & D Manager, Randy Cox, will replace Doug Richert as the #83 Red Bull Racing Team crew chief starting this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Cox’s past crew chief roles were in the [...]

Q – Atlanta Motor Speedway has produced a lot of close finishes. What is it about the track that creates such close racing?
“The track creates such close finishes because of the momentum that drivers build while racing in and out of Turn 4. The preferred groove is on the bottom of the racetrack, but it’s [...]

Ford has made tremendous advances in providing engineering support to the Ford NASCAR Nextel Cup teams this year, but there are definite lines drawn on what Ford engineers can and will do to help the teams, said Pat DiMarco, the vehicle dynamics and chassis supervisor at Ford Racing Technology. What the engineers share among the [...]

BB&T Corporation and Richard Childress Racing (RCR) have extended their sponsorship agreement through 2009.
BB&T will continue its role as the official bank of RCR and the primary sponsor of Clint Bowyer’s No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in 25 NASCAR Nationwide Series races as Bowyer competes for the 2008 Nationwide Series Championship. BB&T will [...]

UPDATE 3:
Jacques Villeneuve’s manager Craig Pollock says he is interested in buying a Nextel Cup team while admitting he has held talks with Bill Davis Racing, the team for which his driver is currently competing in NASCAR. The former Formula One team principal and Champ Car team owner said in an interview with Le Journal [...]

If rumblings are to be believed NASCAR may soon have a new CEO.
According to some there is speculation inside International Speedway Corporation that current NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France will step down from his post ‘in days’ to make room for his uncle, Jim France.

Chip Ganassi Racing officials confirmed Monday that Dario Franchitti will make his Busch Series debut in this weekend’s Sam’s Town 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Burney Lamar, former Kevin Harvick Inc. Busch driver, was at Martinsville. He revealed that he plans to attempt to make the Nextel Cup field at Atlanta next week with an independent team.
Lamar’s most memorable achievement to date was his second-place finish at for KHI at Daytona in 2006.