Richard “Slugger” Labbe, who was crew chief of the No. 27 Bill Davis Racing car, has parted ways with the team, a BDR spokesman confirmed Monday.

Johnny Sauter was released today by Phoenix Racing just five races into the 2008 Nationwide Series season. Sauter was 17th in the standings, and the team is already on its third crew chief.
“I got a call this morning from [general manager] Steve Barkdoll and he just said that pretty much my driving services weren’t needed [...]

Could a dedicated NASCAR test team and driver help the tire situation in NASCAR which sees drivers unhappy with Goodyear tires year in and year out?
“You’ve got to have the best drivers and teams you can test tires,” Pemberton said. “You can’t have guys that don’t stand on the gas test tires. You can’t have [...]

Robin Pemberton, NASCAR’s vice president of competition, says that Darlington Raceway will host a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice on the Thursday prior to the May 10 Dodge Challenger, so drivers will have more time on the tires being used there.

Toyota Camrys led the most laps (377) in today’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway with Tony Stewart leading a race-high 267 of 506 laps. Other Camrys drivers taking turns up front today included Denny Hamlin (98 laps), Kyle Busch (seven laps) and Michael Waltrip (five laps). One Toyota Camry finished in the top-10 today at [...]

Dale Jarrett received a standing ovation in the drivers’ meeting in honor of his final points race. He then told the drivers to enjoy their careers “because we all have one time in this, and mine has been fantastic.” The 1999 Cup champion also was honored during prerace introductions, receiving a “Tennessee Volunteer” rifle similar [...]

It is never over until it is over, especially at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jeff Burton, No. 31 AT&T Impala SS, had put himself in position for a solid top-three finish when the caution flag flew for the final time on lap 497 of the Food City 500 setting up a green-white-checkered scenario.
Burton was poised when [...]

KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger)
HOW WAS YOUR DAY TODAY: “We were pretty tight all day. The car just wouldn’t turn as good as we wanted, but the guys did a great job on our Budweiser Dodge Charger all day in the pits. We came on strong in the end and did everything we [...]

GREG BIFFLE — No. 16 Jackson Hewitt Ford Fusion (Finished 4th)
“We had a good day. It’s unfortunate that the caution came out at the end because I think we could have got those other guys that stayed out on tires, but, oh well. It was a great day for us. The car was real good. [...]