NASCAR penalized Roush Fenway Racing driver Matt Kenseth 25 Busch Series points and fined crew chief Drew Blickensderfer $10,000 for having the right rear quarterpanel too high in postrace inspection Nov. 10 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Mark Martin says he plans to run about 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2008, a schedule that will closely match this year’s lineup.
Martin and Aric Almirola will share the No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet next season.

Bruton Smith admits that, at $340 million in cash, he might have overpaid for New Hampshire International Speedway and its two Nextel Cup race dates.
But now he owns it and the other suitors — International Speedway Corp., George Gillett, John Henry and the owners of Kentucky Speedway — don’t.

Q – If you were Jimmie Johnson’s crew chief this weekend, how would you approach the race?
“You’ve got a real choice to make. Do you try and carry on the momentum and win the fifth in a row, because to me that’s a big deal. But you’ve got an 86-point lead and how foolish would [...]

ExxonMobil today announced that it is expanding its longstanding relationship with Penske Racing by sponsoring three-time IndyCar Series Champion Sam Hornish Jr. when he moves to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2008.
After an incredibly successful eight-year stint in the IndyCar Series that saw Hornish Jr. become the driver with the most wins in the [...]

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Richard Petty says the battle for the 2007 title that has boiled down to a fight between Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon isn’t ultimately good for the sport. That’s just one of the opinions about the state of the sport that he offered reporters as he sat [...]

Tim Morgan, President of Morgan-McClure Motorsports, Inc. (MMM), and Larry McClure, Team Manager announced that Todd Bodine will drive the #4 State Water Heaters/Lucas Oil Chevy for Morgan McClure Motorsports in the final race of the season this weekend at Miami-Homestead Speedway.