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Green fastest in testing Tues at Lowe’s:

Jeff Green led the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series speed parade while NASCAR Busch Series drivers Paul Menard and Tim Sauter tested Lowe's Motor Speedway's new SAFER Barriers Tuesday as testing continued at the 1.5-mile superspeedway. It's been 38 years since a Petty Enterprises...

New engine builder at DEI…from Yates?

hearing former Yates engine man, Dennis Schoenfeld has left Robert Yates Racing [#38 and #88] and took the head engine builder job at Dale Earnhardt Inc.[DEI](5-11-2004)...

Rookie History:

The way to the NASCAR NEXTEL championship is to win Raybestos Rookie of the Year. Since 1979, six Raybestos Rookie of the Year drivers have won the title: Dale Earnhardt (1979), Rusty Wallace (1984), Alan Kulwicki (1986), Jeff Gordon (1993), Tony Stewart (1999), and...

Richmond Notes and Facts:

WHAT: NASCAR Busch Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Race 11 of the 34-race schedule...

Kenseth to FX: No thanks to reality show:

Cable TV channel FX debuts its weekly unscripted program "NASCAR Drivers: 360" on Friday. The show will feature drivers and their families during their day-to-day lives. The drivers will include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Jeremy Mayfield, Jamie McMurray, Ward...

Pit Crew for Robby Gordon Pockets Third Win of Season:

For the second straight week and third time of the season, the pit crew for Robby Gordon claimed top honors in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade. Gordon's crew became the season's first three-time winner of the competition by scoring the...

Truex Jr. debut could come at NHIS:

Martin Truex Jr. will likely make his debut appearance in the Nextel Cup Series Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway in September, said his crew chief Kevin Manion. ÃÂÃÂPossibly (New Hampshire) might be our first Cup race,ÃÂÃÂ said Manion, a...

Foundation Questioned:

In the weeks after Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash at the Daytona 500, mourning fans sought to honor him by sending money to a charitable fund in his name. More than three years later, the bulk of that money - around $3 million - is still sitting in a bank account...

New NASCAR TV Series on Spike:

Spike TV hits the ignition Sunday, May 9 (10:00-10:30pm) with the greatest thrills and spills from the history of NASCAR with Stock Car Nation. This original, half-hour series, will delve into the network's rich collection of NASCAR highlights and will feature thrilling...

Dale Earnhardt Foundation Partners with American Forests:

The Dale Earnhardt Foundation and American Forests announced a partnership under which the Foundation will provide American Forests with an initial planning grant in support of its plans to plant 77,000 trees to restore local forests damaged by storm, disease, neglect...

News about Jerry Nadeau:

Jerry Nadeau has dedicated himself to racing since he was a toddler, so sitting out a year with a head injury is "probably the worst thing in the world" to him. Still, common sense and recent history tell Nadeau that he shouldn't rush himself back into the car. Nadeau...

4 in top 10 all year:

Four teams have remained in the top 10 in points since the season started: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #17-Matt Kenseth, #38-Elliott Sadler and #20-Tony Stewart. Eighteen teams remain within 400 points of the leader (Earnhardt), the cutoff point to make the Chase for the...

Irvan Gives Talk:

Ernie Irvan, owner of Irvan Enterprises in Mooresville, NC, was guest speaker at the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class Graduation on April 22. The former NASCAR driver addressed the 2003-04 adult and junior leadership graduates on the importance...

Best Western to Partner with Victory Junction Gang Camp:

Best Western, the Official Hotel of NASCAR, is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a year-round camp for children with chronic and life threatening illnesses located in Randleman, NC. As part of the relationship, Best Western ...

Jeff Gordon wins at California:

#24-Jeff Gordon won the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway, in a fuel mileage race. #48-Jimmie Johnson ended up 2nd. #18-Bobby Labonte was running 2nd and ran out of gas with a 1/2 lap to go. #24-Jeff Gordon made it back-to-back Nextel Cup victories Sunday, parlaying...

NOTES and FACTS:

Jeff Gordon won the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway, scoring his 66th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 375th career start. His last victory came at Talladega just one race ago. Gordon, who won last week at Talladega, posted back-to-back victories for the...

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – California:

#24-Jeff Gordon went back-to-back today....and did it with all of about a gallon of gas to spare. In what turned into a "fuelish" event (don't they so often do both here and at Michigan), Jeff Gordon won today's Auto Club 500 at California Speedway by 12.871 seconds...

Talladega TV Ratings:

The 2004 AaronÃÂÃÂs 499 at Talladega Superspeedway television rating improved 2% to a 6.3 on Sunday, April 25, up from last yearÃÂÃÂs 6.2. On average, over 10.1 million viewers watched Jeff Gordon win his 65th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at the 2.66...

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES NEWS & NOTES – CALIFORNIA

Coast Guard, Labonte Racing and California Speedway to host Hispanic students Nearly 150 Hispanic college and high school engineering students will get an up-close and personal look at the NASCAR Busch Series at California Speedway this week. On Thursday, 20 students...

Dale Jr. is Beautiful:

Dale Earnhardt Jr., current Nextel Cup points leader, will appear on newsstands this week as one of People Magazine's [need sub to view] "Most Beautiful People." Earnhardt is pictured leaning against his Budweiser race car and is among the elite "most beautiful" list...