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KISS back on a truck:

Chevrolet doesn't call the #47 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Silverado its all-star program for nothing. Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte have raced the truck, which will sport decals featuring the rock group KISS on the hood when Kevin Harvick takes the wheel in September...

Kenny Wallace wins at Eldora:

The $10,000 winner's paycheck was far from the standard amount that Nextel Cup or the Busch Series award. What's more, there were no points to be won, either. Yet Kenny Wallace had one of the best times he's ever had behind the wheel of a race car Wednesday night, ...

Mike Ford new crew chief at the #11? UPDATE:

hearing former #88 RYR and #9 Evernham Motorsports crew chief, Mike Ford, will be hired to take over the crew chief duties of the #11 Fed-Ex Chevy that Jason Leffler drives. Dave Rogers is the current crew chief, not sure if he would stay with Joe Gibbs Racing.(6-6...

Biffle wins at Dover:

#16-Greg Biffle dominated the last half of MBNA Racepoints 400 at Dover International Speedway, leading 150 of the final 160 laps to win his 1st race at Dover, 4th of the 2005 season and 7th in his career. Biffle is the 27th driver to win at Dover. The rest of the ...

Dover News and Notes:

Series hits milestone 250th race this week The MBNA RacePoints 200 marks the 250th series race. Many of the drivers competing in Dovers event are winners of previous milestone events. They are Mike Skinner (#5 Toyota Tundra Toyota), first and 25th races; Rich Bickle...

Addington Wins Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Race:

The Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR's longest and most exhausting race, lived up to the hype this weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway. On a record setting night of cautions, a seemingly endless streak of wrecks and blown motors finally climaxed with #48-Jimmie Johnson crossing ...

Johnson wins wreckfest at LMS:

#48-Jimmie Johnson passed #18-Bobby Labonte at the line by half of a car in a wild Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his third straight Coca-Cola 600 win, an all-time record. The race lasted 5 hours, 13 minutes and 56 seconds [the record is 5 hours, 34 minutes...

Coca-Cola 600 Notes:

Jimmie Johnson won the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway, scoring his 16th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 123rd career start. Johnson became the first driver to score three straight Coca-Cola 600 victories. It was Johnsons fourth victory and seventh finish...

Rumblings – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

We ran 400 laps tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway, and the winner wasn't decided till the last turn of the last lap! Jimmie Johnson passed Bobby Labonte on the outside coming off turn 4 for the final time and pulled off the three-peat tonight in the Coca-Cola 600. Johnson...

FedEx, Interstate Batteries Team Up for Coca-Cola 600 IMAGE:

Due to Joe Gibbs Racings #11 race car failing to qualify for Sundays Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Charlotte, officials from Joe Gibbs Racing, FedEx and Interstate Batteries agreed that FedEx would become the primary sponsor of the #18 Chevrolet ...

Conagra to sponsor Bobby Labonte in eight races NEW website:

Bobby Labonte, the only driver to win NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series titles, will compete in eight Busch Series races for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2005. All eight races will be sponsored by brands of ConAgra Foods, Inc. ConAgra Foods' Banquet, Eckrich, Hunt's and Slim...

NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes: Lowe’s Motor Speedway

Its back to work for the competitors in the NASCAR Busch Series following the second off-week of the season. The site of Saturday nights race Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. is NASCARs proverbial backyard, housing a majority of the sports team shops and driver...

Stewart in the #47 at LMS:

Morgan-Dollar Motorsports is pleased to announce they have increased their partnership with SCA Tissue North America to brand the #47 Chevrolet All Star Silverado with their Tork line of Away-From-Home tissue products at the Charlotte NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (...

Lowe’s Motor Speedway News and Notes:

Todd Bodine (# 66 Fiddle Back Racing Toyota) is skeptical that the grinding of the race surface has significantly altered the personality of Lowes Motor Speedway. Its definitely different, but its the same old Lowes; just a lot faster and a lot smoother, said Bodine...

NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes: Off Week

Saturday nights NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge at Lowes Motor Speedway is billed as a premier series event, but many of the participating drivers bring solid ties to the NASCAR Busch Series. Carl Edwards (#60 Charter Communications Ford), who won his second NASCAR...

Rumblings – Richmond:

You certainly can't say it came as a surprise.... Kasey Kahne bagged his first-ever Nextel Cup victory tonight at Richmond International Raceway as he bested Tony Stewart by 1.67 seconds to record the win in the Chevy American Revolution 400. In a race that the top...

Testing at Lowe’s:

More than 25 NASCAR Busch Series teams will be testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway Monday and Tuesday on Monday, May 9, and Tuesday, May 10 in preparation for the inaugural nighttime running of the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 on Saturday, May 28. Testing will run from 3:00...

Bobby Labonte To Drive Boniva Car at Richmond:

GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, and Joe Gibbs Racing, plan to help raise awareness of Boniva(ibandronate sodium), a new medicine for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Boniva will be the primary sponsor for the #18 Chevrolet driven by Bobby Labonte at the Chevy ...

Darlington Qualifying Notes:

Kasey Kahne won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Dodge Charger 500, lapping Darlington Raceway in 28.923 seconds at 170.024 mph. Ward Burton holds the track-qualifying record of 28.295 seconds, 173.797 mph, set March 22, 1996. This is Kahnes fifth...

Testing dates set at Lowe’s Motor Speedway UPDATE – Speeds:

Lowe's Motor Speedway has scheduled 35 hours of open testing for NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Busch and NEXTEL Cup Series teams in preparation for the track's slate of May races, including the May 21 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge and the May 29 Coca-Cola 600. The testing...