NASCAR has asked International Speedway Corporation to come up with a plan to improve the inside retaining wall on the frontstretch after an accident Friday night during the Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. Andy Lally’s truck smashed into the wall, virtually breaking it in half, leaving concrete pieces on the track but [...]

Kyle Busch’s run of bad luck officially ended Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.
Busch followed his Friday night Truck Series win with a victory Saturday in the Busch Series, giving him a chance Sunday in the Nextel Cup event to become the first driver to sweep all three of NASCAR’s national series at the same track [...]

Practice 3 - Happy Hour (Saturday):
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy 27.880 129.125 2 47
2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 27.886 129.097 1 52
3 25 Casey Mears National Guard/GMAC Chevy 27.930 128.894 1 41
4 40 David Stremme Wrigley’s [...]

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion, spoke to members of the media after Friday’s practice session at Phoenix International Raceway.
HAVE YOU CRUNCHED ANY NUMBERS TO SEE WHERE YOU’RE AT AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET BACK IN THIS CHASE? “I’ve been trying not to pay attention to the numbers [...]

A Best Buy official says the legal troubles of Haas CNC Racing owner Gene Haas were one of several factors in the company’s decision to move its sponsorship to Gillett Evernham Motorsports’ No. 19 for the 2008 Sprint Cup Series.
“It was a variable, no doubt [about] it,” said Brad Morrill, senior motorsports manager for [...]

Jeff Gordon was asked Friday at Phoenix if he thought the current ‘Chase’ points system is unfair…and he gave an interesting answer.

KURT BUSCH (No. 2 MILLER LITE DODGE AVENGER)
WHAT IS YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE RACE ON SUNDAY? “We always enjoying coming out to the west coast, to my favorite county — Maricopa and seeing my good friends. It’s great to be back, love the short track atmosphere here at Phoenix. We’ve got a different type of [...]

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT IMPALA SS, QUALIFIED 3RD:
“It was a pretty good day for us, I just got a little free there qualifying on the second lap, so we just weren’t able to put down the lap we were hoping for, but all in all a good day.”

MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 1 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER BOATS IMPALA SS, QUALIFIED 2ND:
“Well I was surprised. We didn’t have the greatest practice. We were only about 32nd in the order. We did a bunch of race practice and did a few qualify8ing runs and we were really tight all day. Bono (crew chief Kevin [...]

DAVID RAGAN — No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion (Qualified 45th)
“I thought we had a top 10 car or so in practice and qualifying is such a tough deal. You have to hit your marks. You’ve got two laps to do what you’ve got to do and certainly I was trying to get all I could [...]