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Hamilton wins pole at Martinsville:

#04-Bobby Hamilton won the pole for the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway with a lap of 95.098mph, a new track record, beating out #66-Todd Bodine who will start 2nd. The rest of the top-10 are: #16-Jack Sprague, #99-Ricky Craven, #47-Bobby Labonte, followed by #...

Martinsville News and Notes:

Johnny Benson (#23 Toyota Tundra Toyota) owns a niche in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history hed just as soon relinquish. Benson is the only active competitor to participate in the series Feb. 5, 1995 inaugural event who has yet to win a race. Not that the 41-year...

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Bristol:

We had a typical Bristol slugfest today, but when the final 69 laps went green Kevin Harvick led 67 of 'em! Harvick survived another wild and wooly short track event at Bristol Motor Speedway today to win the Food City 500 in front of a mere 160,000 fans. We had our...

Rusty’s son to make Busch starts:

Just as Rusty Wallace's farewell tour is getting under way, his son Steven Wallace is taking one of the first steps up the NASCAR ladder. Wallace said Friday his 17-year-old son [turns 18 this summer] has been signed to a driver development contract by Dodge, which...

Testing at Martinsville:

Advance Auto Parts 500 Schedule UPDATED March 28: rained out. March 29: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #15-Michael Waltrip, #5-Kyle Busch, #25-Brian Vickers, #11-Jason Leffler, #21-Ricky Rudd, #14-John Andretti, #22-Scott Wimmer, #17-Matt Kenseth, #49-Ken Schrader, #32-Bobby...

Nashville News and Notes:

Despite his historic win in Mexico City, a fourth-place finish to open the year at Daytona and a solid 11th-place result last week at Atlanta, Martin Truex Jr. (No. 8 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet), the reigning NASCAR Busch Series champion, has been under the radar in ...

Hamilton Jr. tests at Martinsville:

#32-Bobby Hamilton's team was the only NEXTEL Cup team testing at Martinsville Tuesday, joining almost a half-dozen NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams. Hamilton won't be back for a second day of testing on Wednesday, but several NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers...

Off-Weekend News and Notes:

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 10 Years Tough in 2005 and beginning its second decade as a NASCAR national touring series, is decidedly higher profile than in its inaugural season with events at many high-speed tracks like Daytona International Speedway and most...

StockCarFans – Rumblings – Atlanta:

We had a phenomenal finish to a fantastic weekend as Carl Edwards grabbed his first-ever Nextel Cup victory by a whopping .02 seconds over the ultra-consistent Jimmie Johnson in today's Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In a 25 lap shootout to the end, Edwards...

Hornaday edges out Labonte at Atlanta:

#6-Ron Hornaday won the World Financial Group 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway by 8/1000's of a second over #47-Bobby Labonte under a green-white-checkered finish. #04-Bobby Hamilton finished 3rd [he has a 1st, 2nd and 3rd so far in 3 races], #46-Dennis Setzer and #75...

Crawford wins pole at Atlanta:

#14-Rick Crawford won the pole for the World Financial Group 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a lap of 182.735mph. The rest of the top-five are #15-Shane Hmiel, #5-Mike Skinner, #23-Johnny Benson and #22-Bill Lester. #04-Bobby Hamilton had to use the Champions Provisional...

Top Two Finishers May Face Penalties UPDATE Penalties, Fines and Suspensions:

Speed Channel is reporting that #48-Jimmie Johnson, the winner at Las Vegas, was found in post race inspection to be too low and the 2nd place finisher #5-Kyle Busch's Chevy quarter panels were too high. NASCAR decisions will come Monday or Tuesday. The win will probably...

StockCarFans – Rumblings – Las Vegas:

Jimmie Johnson dominated today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and drove off with the win in the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. Tho he didn't lead till lap 147, he led all but 14 of the laps to the finish. That's five times for 107 circuits (including the final 55) and it led...

Testing at Martinsville:

Advance Auto Parts 500/Kroger 200 Test Schedule 3/22: Cup Series: #32-Bobby Hamilton Jr.; Truck Series: Ricky Craven, Todd Kluever, Brad Keselowski, Justin Allgaier. 3/23: Truck Series: Todd Kluever, Darrell Waltrip, Robert Huffman, Bill Lester, Brandon Whitt, Justin...

Speedway Children’s Charities’ Driver Auction raises $180,000:

The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities annual NASCAR Driver Auction raised $180,000 for the children of Las Vegas and southern Nevada last night at Sam's Town Live!, inside Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall. NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick, Scott Wimmer...

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Kas Vegas:

We went back to the qualifying format we've used for years, and the face we've seen for years pointing to the Bud scoreboard was atop the final rundown today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Ryan Newman took the top-spot for Sunday's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 with a time...

Hamilton plans to retire after 2006 season; Cup team for Jr. UPDATE no retire:

#4-Bobby Hamilton plans to hang up his own helmet at the end of next season. ''I'll race this year and next year, that's my plan,'' he said. ''I've got some bright young drivers racing for me and it's going to be fun to devote my time to running the team and helping...

Off Weekend-Atlanta Notes:

NASCAR racing, unlike other professional sports, has no player draft. Future prospects are where you find them. Jack Roush arguably is the best in the business at beating the bushes and identifying the stars of tomorrow especially through competition in the NASCAR ...

Atlanta News and Notes:

David Reutimann (#17 NTN Bearings Toyota) had a decent season in 2004 but recognizes it could have been much better. Despite capturing 2004 Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors, Reutimann failed to reach other goals, such as a race win and a spot in the top 10 (he finished...

Hamilton plans to retire after 2006 season; Cup team for Jr.:

#4-Bobby Hamilton plans to hang up his own helmet at the end of next season. ''I'll race this year and next year, that's my plan,'' he said. ''I've got some bright young drivers racing for me and it's going to be fun to devote my time to running the team and helping...