NASCAR Now, ESPN’s daily NASCAR news and information program, returns to the air for its second season Monday, Feb. 4, at 6:00pm/et on ESPN2.
The program includes highlights, opinion, debate, analysis and the latest news from drivers, crew chiefs and insiders both on and off the track. The program airs for 30 minutes at 6:00pm/et Monday [...]

Sprint Cup team owner/driver Robby Gordon nearly set an event-record in winning Thursday’s SCORE Laughlin Leap competition, a prelude to this weekend’s season-opening 14th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in Laughlin, Nev. Gordon won the large truck division by sending his powerful #77 Chevy CK1500 SCORE Trophy-Truck off the six-foot dirt jump for a distance [...]

1. Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge, 186.761
2. AJ Allmendinger, No. 84 Red Bull Racing Toyota, 185.752
3. Casey Mears, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, 185.344
4. Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge, 185.217
5. Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge, 185.058
6. Elliott Sadler, No. 19 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge, 185.008

Pos, Car#, Driver, Manu, Time, Speed
1 99B Carl Edwards Ford 29.307 184.256
2 00B David Reutimann Toyota 29.350 183.986
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 29.365 183.892
4 17B Matt Kenseth Ford 29.375 183.830
5 20A Tony Stewart Toyota 29.397 183.692

The 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17 - the most anticipated event in racing history - will carry a record purse of more than $18 million. The posted awards for “The Great American Race” on Sunday, Feb. 17 will be $18,689,238.

In accordance with a new Tennessee state law, all grandstand, terrace, suite, and restroom areas at Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway now are non-smoking. This became effective October 1, 2007.

Legendary blues rock trio ZZ Top will perform a special concert on Sunday, February 24, during the pre-race festivities at California Speedway’s 2008 Auto Club 500, Speedway President Gillian Zucker announced today. The concert will be free to all those in attendance for the 2008 West Coast Premiere of NASCAR.

Sam Hornish Jr. said Monday it’s doubtful he’ll be able to race in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca Cola 600 on May 25. In making the switch from open-wheel to stock car racing, his focus, he said, must remain on NASCAR and the Coca Cola 600.

Work continues on the Nationwide car of tomorrow program, with the four manufacturers helping to push up the timeline for development of the new car, Nationwide Series Director Joe Balash says.
Another wind tunnel test is planned, Balash said, after the four manufacturers in the series - Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge and Toyota - have constructed “identity” [...]

Afternoon test speeds:
1. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, 183.580
2. Tony Stewart, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, 182.426
3. Tony Stewart, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, 182.334
4. Carl Edwards, No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, 182.119
5. Carl Edwards, No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, 182.027