FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 190/5 334 Running 486,211
2 18 17 Matt Kenseth Ford USG Sheetrock / DEWALT 175/5 334 Running 378,041
3 1 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 170/5 334 Running 262,245
4 17 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg’s 170/10 334 Running [...]

Jimmie Johnson has a 30 point lead over Jeff Gordon with just 2 races to go in The Chase, and positions 7th through 12th are now eliminated from winning the Championship:

Jimmie Johnson refused to settle for second place and on the fourth try he got past Matt Kenseth to win Sunday’s Dickies 500 Nextel Cup race, the eighth of 10 events which make up the “Chase for the Nextel Cup.” The No.48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet crossed the finish line 0.944 seconds ahead of Kenseth’s [...]

POS, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND
1 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 193.105 27.964 Leader
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 192.424 28.063 -0.099
3 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge Texaco / Havoline 192.417 28.064 -0.100
4 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 192.239 28.090 -0.126
5 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota Red Bull 192.239 28.090 -0.126

CARL EDWARDS – No. 60 Dish Network Ford Fusion – “I’m proud of my guys. We had an unbelievable first half of the season. We had some many points. These guys have been working very hard. I’m so grateful to be driving this car. To win it here at Texas, [...]

CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON YOUR CREW CHIEF SITUATION? “We went ahead as a company and are trying to kind of line our teams up now to get ready for next year, so we brought Rodney Childers over from the No. 10. He is going to be my team director for the last three [...]

Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) announced today that Jack Sprague has signed a multi-year agreement to drive the No. 2 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Truck Series beginning in 2008. A primary sponsor has been secured and will be announced at a later date.
Sprague, a three-time NASCAR Truck Series champion, will begin a [...]