Sixty years ago today, the intent of Bill France Sr. became clear. Determined to bring organization to the long-disjointed sport of stock car racing, France had his newly formed sanctioning body – the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing – incorporated.
It became official, on Feb. 21, 1948. NASCAR had been born.

Dale Earnhardt Inc. officials announced Thursday that Coors Light will sponsor Regan Smith’s No. 01 Chevrolet for the next two Sprint Cup races at California Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Smith’s No. 01 entry will carry logos highlighting Coors Light’s status as the “official beer of NASCAR and NASCAR fans everywhere.”

Roush Fenway Racing announced DISH Network has signed on as a sponsor in the 2008 Sprint Cup Series. DISH Network will have a team representative and serve as a primary sponsor in 15 Sprint Cup Races in 2008, alternating between three Roush Fenway drivers.

RYAN NEWMAN:
“We’ve always run well at California, we just haven’t gotten to victory lane. We have a pole there and several top 10s. I think we learned a lot in our test there earlier this year, so I expect our Alltel Dodge to be very competitive. We accomplished our first goal by winning the Daytona [...]

If last week’s season-opening Daytona 500 is any barometer, expect more “raciness” in this Sunday’s Auto Club 500 at California Speedway.
NASCAR’s new car, beginning its first full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, promises a ramped-up competitive environment along with significant safety boosts and cost-containment measures.

If Greg Newman has anything to say about it, none of the $1.5 million his son earned for winning Sunday’s Daytona 500 will be going to Purdue University. Ryan Newman graduated from Purdue in 2001 with a degree in vehicle structural engineering. But his father, who made a college degree a prerequisite for supporting Ryan’s [...]

Jacques Villeneuve is hoping to race this summer in Montreal at the NASCAR [Nationwide] NAPA Auto Parts 200 race to be held Aug. 2 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Villeneuve announced at a press conference Wednesday at his downtown Newtown club that he is not giving up on his racing career, after he was dropped by [...]

UPDATE:
Robby Gordon will appeal NASCAR’s penalty of 100 points, $100,000 and a six-race suspension to crew chief Frank Kerr for presenting an illegal nose for inspection prior to Daytona 500 practice Feb. 8.
Gordon, who had a week earlier announced he was switching from Ford to Dodge as part of a technical partnership with Gillett Evernham [...]