NASCAR announced that the #18 and #20 teams in the Nationwide Series have been penalized due to rule violations discovered by NASCAR inspectors prior to post-race testing on the chassis dynamometer Aug. 16 at Michigan International Speedway.
Both the #18 and # 20 cars were found to be in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to [...]

Sirius Speedway has learned that Chevron-Texaco will not return as sponsor of Juan Pablo Montoya’s #42 Dodge next season. The Texaco-Havoline brand is in the final year of its sponsorship contract with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, and a media representative for Ganassi Racing confirmed the move this afternoon.

2009 Cup Schedule Announced, 4 “off” weeks: NASCAR announced today its national series schedules for the 2009 season, which features realigned dates for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Truck Series. In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series there will be a three-way date swap between Atlanta Motor Speedway, Auto Club Speedway [...]

Date - Site
Feb. 14 - Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 21 - Auto Club Speedway
Feb. 28 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 21 - Bristol Motor Speedway
April 4 - Texas Motor Speedway

Date - Site
Feb. 13 - Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 21 - Auto Club Speedway
March 7 - Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 28 - Martinsville Speedway
April 25 - Kansas Speedway

It’s official. NASCAR has selected Iowa Speedway as the site of a Nationwide Series race in 2009. Rusty Wallace, ABC/ESPN announcer and former NASCAR champion made the announcement at a morning news conference in Newton, Iowa.

Toyota’s top racing official says the manufacturer doesn’t condone the actions by Joe Gibbs Racing employees who tried to manipulate NASCAR’s horsepower test of Nationwide Series engines following Saturday’s race at Michigan International Speedway.
Joe Gibbs Racing officials have said that no Toyota engineers were involved in the incident. The team is bracing for major penalties [...]

NASCAR planned to test horsepower on at least 10 cars after Sunday’s 3M Performance 400 Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. NASCAR took the Fords of Carl Edwards and Travis Kvapil, the Chevrolets of Mark Martin, Jeff Burton and Jimmie Johnson, the Toyotas of Brian Vickers and David Reutimann and the Dodges of [...]

Matt Borland isn’t sure exactly what the future holds for him when Haas CNC Racing turns into Stewart-Haas Racing, but the team’s competition director plans to return to the team in 2009.
Borland will have two new high-profile competitors in Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman – a driver Borland worked with for nearly seven years – [...]

The No. 18 and No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing teams in the Nationwide Series will likely face big penalties after efforts to alter the results of a chassis dyno test.
NASCAR inspectors, preparing to do tests on horsepower numbers following Saturday’s Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway, found magnets under the gas pedals on the two [...]