Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Monte Carlo SS, scored his eighth victory of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (NNCS) in the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The victory for the defending NNCS champion was the 24th win for Chevrolet thus far in 2007, exceeding the 23 victory mark set by [...]

Brian Vickers scored his fifth top-10 of the season with a 10th-place finish Sunday at Atlanta. Camry drivers Michael Waltrip (11th), AJ Allmendinger (16th) and Dale Jarrett (19th) all earned top-20 finishes. It was Jarrett’s best finish of the season (22nd at Daytona). Allmendinger led one lap in the No. 84 Red Bull Camry, the [...]

KURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger) Yes, we had an excellent chance at winning, that’s what you always shoot for. Coming down to the end to have four of us battling it out on the track, that’s exciting and fun. I love the pressure being in my hands to get the job done. [...]

DAVID GILLILAND — No. 38 M&M’s Ford Fusion (Finished 42nd) “I’m all right. I’m just disappointed for all our guys. Our M&M’s Ford Fusion was really strong all weekend. I had a great run going, but I just ran out of room out there. I was passing a lapped car and ran out of room [...]

Jimmie Johnson got better as the day went on and took advantage of a Denny Hamlin mistake to win Sunday’s Pep Boys Auto 500 Nextel Cup race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon finished seventh and through seven races in the 10-race “Chase for the Nextel Cup,” holds a slim nine-point lead over his [...]

Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing announced earlier today that the team will field two full-time entries in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Two-time 2007 pole winner, Steve Wallace, will continue full time in the team’s No. 66 car for 2008, while its new No. 64 entry will feature several drivers. NASCAR Cup Series veteran, David [...]

Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson have opted to skip the car of tomorrow test Monday and Tuesday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

POS, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME BEHIND 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford Lumber Liquidators 192.453 28.807 Leader 2 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 192.426 28.811 -0.004 3 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 191.655 28.927 -0.120 4 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 191.595 28.936 -0.129 5 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet [...]

CEO Rick Wagoner of General Motors has been talking with NASCAR executives about bringing ethanol fuel into stock-car racing, to make the sport “greener.” Brent Dewar, GM vice president in charge of racing, said “We are guests at this party. But we’re also a partner, and we think this would be the right signal to [...]

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS 1 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 190/5 329 Running 343,861 2 16 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 170/0 329 Running 217,775 3 32 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target / Breast Cancer Awareness 165/0 329 Running 203,533 4 17 17 Matt [...]

Tony Stewart, No. 20 Home Depot Monte Carlo SS met with media and discussed what he likes about Atlanta Motor Speedway, on staying in contention for the title, the Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth incident at Martinsville, whether he’d prefer a hands-on or hands-off owner, on the Chase and whether luck has been a big [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Budweiser Monte Carlo SS will start fifth in Sunday’s Pep Boys Auto 500, spoke after his qualifying effort at Atlanta Motor Speedway: ON NOT MAKING THE CHASE: “We feel we missed a great opportunity this year with a great chance of winning the championship and challenging for it. And we’re [...]