Just when Denny Hamlin thought things couldn’t get any worse, he fell hard on his left hip playing basketball and could hardly walk when he arrived Monday for testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Afternoon Testing Speeds:

Rank, Car#, Driver, Manu, Time, Speed
1 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 29.698 181.830
2 18B Kyle Busch Toyota 29.942 180.349
3 8 Mark Martin Chevy 29.954 180.276
4 99 Carl Edwards Ford 29.960 180.240
5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 29.973 180.162

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S IMPALA SS, met with members of the media during testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and discussed testing at Lowe’s, repaving of Darlington Raceway, the progress of the Impala SS, various incidents on Saturday race at Richmond and other topics.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT IMPALA SS, met with members of the media during testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and discussed testing at Lowe’s, repaving of Darlington Raceway, the progress of the Impala SS, various incidents on Saturday race at Richmond and other topics.

Kyle Busch crushed the competition on the track and in the ballots as he won 1st quarter Driver of the Year 2008. Busch won a total seven races in NASCAR’s top-three series, Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series. Although he leads in the Cup standings with a second place this past weekend in Richmond, […]

Michael Waltrip was allowed back on the track Monday, two days after getting his first taste of NASCAR’s harshest penalty.
After Casey Mears knocked Waltrip’s car into the wall late in Saturday’s race at Richmond International Raceway, Waltrip retaliated by ramming into the back of Mears’ car and pushing it several hundred yards.
NASCAR parked Waltrip for […]

UPS officials released a statement Monday saying the company is not currently in negotiations with any specific Sprint Cup team or driver. UPS currently sponsors the #44 driven by David Reutimann. Michael Waltrip Racing Vice President Cal Wells has said that UPS has had preliminary discussions with six teams about what cars and drivers they […]

Three security guards walked into the media center with Kyle Busch during Monday’s test session at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, but none was needed. Although fans threw things onto the track at Richmond International Speedway following Saturday night’s late-race incident between Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a few tossed obscenities at Busch later that […]