Bill Elliott’s 2008 planned Cup schedule in the #21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford consists of seventeen races, including the 2008 Budweiser Shootout along with the Daytona 500, then:
California [2/24];
Atlanta [3/9];
Bristol [3/16];
Texas [4/6];

Sprint Cup officials have changed the name and logo for the annual all-star race, added a few laps to each segment and indicated that the race will remain in Charlotte [NC] beyond this season. The race will be the NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race XXIV. The event was previously known as the Challenge, but officials [...]

Ray Evernham said that rumors of his retirement from NASCAR were greatly exaggerated. After selling part of his business to the Gillett group (GEM) Evernham, Jeff Gordon’s former crew chief who started his own team full-time with Dodge in 2001, admitted that racing is not fun any longer in an interview during the Sprint NASCAR [...]

Lowe’s Motor Speedway President & General Manager H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler will put his skills as NASCAR’s ultimate promoter, storyteller and diplomat on display for SPEED viewers beginning with a one-hour pilot Feb. 12 at 9:00pm/et, when The Humpy Show debuts with guests Buddy Baker and Kurt Busch discussing great NASCAR rivalries.

Former Cup champion Dale Jarrett will replace Rusty Wallace in the booth this season for ESPN’s NASCAR coverage, and Wallace will become the lead analyst for the network’s studio programs.
Jarrett, who won the Cup title in 1999, will compete in the first five races this season before retiring. It will be a high school reunion [...]

McDonald’s will make its return to NASCAR’s Cup series as one of three primary sponsors for Gillett Evernham Motorsports’ No. 19 Dodge of Elliott Sadler this season. McDonald’s, Best Buy and Stanley Tools were announced as company’s sharing sponsorship on the car Tuesday.

Tony Stewart, who has spent his entire NASCAR Cup Series career at Joe Gibbs Racing, says he is in no rush to begin talks regarding a contract extension with the successful racing operation.
“Right now I just want to get started with this year,” Stewart said Tuesday. “I’m really not concerned about the end of ‘09 [...]

John Andretti, who drove for the BAM team at the end of last season, likely would not return to the seat. BAM Racing has not solidified its driver lineup beyond the Daytona 500.

Kyle Petty’s Victory Invitational Golf Tournament has announced a partnership with Coca-Cola for the NASCAR-themed golf benefit scheduled to take place in the Greater Phoenix area on Thursday, February 28, 2008.
Coca-Cola will join Kyle Petty’s Victory Invitational as a Victory-level sponsor, which lends naming rights to the soft drink company for the putting green at [...]

US cable network Turner Broadcasting System extended its contract with NASCAR to operate its official Web site.
The extension, which runs through to 2014, allows the Time Warner Inc owned TBS to collaborate on content creation, e-commerce and race ticket sales, as well as managing the circuit’s site. Turner has run the site since 2001.