Terry Labonte will be a teammate to his brother Bobby at Petty Enterprises starting next month, pending sponsor approval. Terry (and Chad McCumbee) will drive the #45 when Kyle Petty gets out for the summer.

Petty is scheduled to compete in the Coca-Cola 600 and then miss the next seven races (one for his daughter’s wedding […]

The romantic in Jim Hunter would love to see the Southern 500 back at his beloved Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. The pragmatist in NASCAR’s chief spokesman is certain why it shouldn’t.

THE MODERATOR: We’re going to roll into our post race winning press conference. We have our race winner, Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M Indiana Jones Toyota here at Darlington Raceway. This is his third victory in 2008. He continues to be our points leader. This is his ninth career NASCAR Sprint […]

THE MODERATOR:
We’re pleased to be joined in the media center with our race runner up of the Dodge Challenger 500, that’s Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Claritin Ford.
Carl, your thoughts about how things panned out there this evening.
CARL EDWARDS: I mean, first of all, I’m definitely disappointed to finish second; not win the […]

Hendrick Motorsports and Team Chevy drivers Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Impala SS and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 Mountain Dew/AMP Energy/National Guard Impala SS, finished third and fourth respectively in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Gordon’s fourth top-five and fifth top-10 finish of the season jumped the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) […]

GREG BIFFLE — No. 16 3M Ford Fusion (Finished 43rd)
YOU HAD A DOMINANT CAR. “It is really frustrating, but, you know what, I’ve just come accustomed to expecting it because it’s just week after week it’s something. Something breaks. Something falls off. We’ve got wheels loose. We had wheels loose twice tonight. I don’t know. […]

KURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger) Finished 12th
“The Miller Lite team did a great job tonight. The Charlotte test paid dividends. With this right sides being the same as Charlotte here at Darlington, we just kept the same frame of mind for four days straight which really helped us. It will be nice […]

Kyle Busch won the battle of attrition Saturday night as NASCAR’s least popular driver overcame a pit-road penalty and several scrapes with the wall to win at Darlington Raceway.

POS, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND
1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 179.442 27.405 Leader
2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Mountain Dew / AMP Energy / Nat’l Guard 179.357 27.418 -0.013
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 179.206 27.441 -0.036
4 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 179.076 27.461 -0.056
5 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 178.965 27.478 -0.073

UPDATE:
Crew Chief Jeff Meendering: “As for reports that Bobby Labonte has signed with the team, I don’t think that anything is set in stone there. They are getting really close on working everything out. But to say anything is set in stone might have been some speculation.

KEVIN HARVICK, DRIVER OF THE NO. 29 SHELL-PENZOIL IMPALA SS met with members of the media at Darlington Raceway and talked about the fast speeds, the Lowe’s test, winning the All-Star race, the burnout competition and more.
HOW FAST IS THE TRACK, IS IT TOO FAST? “Well I mean you’re kind of in a catch 22 […]

CLINT BOWYER, NO. 07 JACK DANIEL’S IMPALA SS, met with member of the media at Darlington Raceway and discussed team momentum from Richmond win, new surface at Darlington, improvements at RCR and other subjects. Full transcript follows:
DOES YOUR WIN AT RICHMOND LAST WEEKEND GIVE YOU GOOD MOMENTUM COMING IN TO DARLINGTON? “It does. What a […]

DALE EARNHARDT JR. , NO. 88 MOUNTAIN DEW/AMP ENERGY/NATIONAL GUARD IMPALA SS — QUALIFIED 2ND
JIMMIE JOHNSON , NO. 48 LOWE’S IMPALA SS — QUALIFIED 3RD
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HAVING BEEN ON THE NEW SURFACE FOR PRACTICE LAST NIGHT AND TODAY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
JUNIOR: “It’s going to be a tough race. We’re going to have to run really hard […]

Vocal Goodyear critic Tony Stewart had only nice things to say Friday about the tire manufacturer’s choice for the newly repaved Darlington Raceway.
Stewart was harsh about Goodyear after the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway earlier this year and has been a thorn in Goodyear’s side after other races. But Stewart praised the company for bringing […]