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The 10 millionth vote has been cast:

. Since General Mills began sponsoring the Chex NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award at the beginning of the 2002 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, more than 10 million votes have now been made by fans throughout the world. Fans vote at www.mostpopulardriver.com for...

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP – Qualifying Notes – Bristol:

* Elliott Sadler won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Food City 500, lapping Bristol Motor Speedway in 15.022 seconds at 127.733 mph. Ryan Newman holds the track-qualifying record of 14.908 seconds, 128.709 mph, set March 21, 2003. * This is the 42nd Bud...

Speeding Penalties at Atlanta:

More speeding tickets: NASCAR's pit road crackdown continued at Atlanta. During the drivers meeting, it was announced there will be no more 15-second penalties for speeding on pit road. Instead, drivers will serve drive-through penalties for speeding or driving through...

Not NASCAR, but some ties:

Venturini Motorsports, which fields the #25 Central Merchant Services - ReadyHosting.com Chevrolet in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, announced today that Jason Jarrett is set to replace injured driver, Billy Venturini. Venturini, who was injured during the season opener at...

BBQ Pole Award:

Wayne Wilkins, owner and operator of Huckleberry's BBQ, based out of Pine Mountain Ga., delivered on his word to cater any NASCAR team winning the Bud Pole Award with his famous BBQ chicken and ribs. Robert Yates Racing employees were treated to an overload of chicken...

Seven Drivers in Tylenol Spots:

Johnson & Johnson has signed endorsement deals with seven Nextel Cup drivers to promote the launch of Tylenol's Extra Strength Rapid Release Gels, Street & Smiths's SportsBusiness Journal reports. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jarrett...

Ford Drivers Give Driving Lessons to PGA Players:

As part of the Ford Championship Racing Adventure, PGA's top stars will participate in three distinct driving events this week with seven professional race drivers. NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series standouts Dale Jarrett, Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, and Elliott Sadler headline...

Remember the Roof Hatches:

Dale Jarrett's, UPS #88 Ford and Elliott Sadler's, M&M's #38 Ford do not have roof escape hatches at the California Race, only because they are using old cars. All of their new cars have Roof Escape Hatches. #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. with his new team will also have...

UPS to Coordinate Mexico Trip:

UPS announced coordination and logistics support for the first-ever NASCAR Busch Series race south of the border at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on March 6. With special document requirements, advance coordination between U.S. and Mexican officials...

California News and Notes:

The buzz surrounding Tony Stewarts (#33 Old Spice Chevrolet) own version of the pass in the grass en route to his first NASCAR Busch Series victory at Daytona last Saturday has barely died down. Now, the adrenaline rush following the 2005 season-opener now carries ...

Another Herbie scheme:

Scott Riggs will have the movie "Herbie: Fully Loaded" on his #10 Chevrolet at Daytona in July. As announced last month, Riggs will join #88-Dale Jarrett, who will race a Herbie paint scheme at Richmond [in May], as the second driver to promote the movie, which has...

Jarrett, Riggs and Herbie UPDATE 2 :

#88-Dale Jarrett will help promote the movie "Herbie: Fully Loaded" with a special paint scheme at Richmond in May. This is the same movie, which features Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon and Michael Keaton, that was filmed during the 2004 Pop Secret 500 weekend Sept. 3-...

Stewart wins….Contingency Awards:

Tony Stewart led a race-high total of 107 laps during Sunday's Daytona 500 on his way to a seventh-place finish in Joe Gibbs Racing's #20 Chevy and collected three of the eight contingency awards announced after the event. Stewart's prizes were the Goodyear Gatorback...

Gordon wins the Daytona 500:

#24-Jeff Gordon won the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, winning his 3rd Daytona 500 and his 70th career Nextel Cup Series race. Gordon now ties Dale Jarrett and Bobby Allison for third on the all time Daytona win list with 3 [Richard Petty had 7, Cale...

Harvick, Johnson meeting to clear air:

After #29-Kevin Harvick exited the infield care center with an aching chest Thursday, #01-Joe Nemechek nearly hit him with a water bottle. It was a clear display of the anguish Harvick caused during the second of two 150-mile qualifying races for the Daytona 500. Harvick...

Jarrett to Race the Truck:

Dale Jarrett, whose #88 Robert Yates Racing Ford is sponsored by UPS, will be featured in a UPS commercial scheduled to run during Sunday's broadcast of the Daytona 500 in which he finally agrees to race the bulky UPS delivery truck. The new commercial is the fifth...

ARCA and HANS only? Jarrett to get ARCA ride?

After last Saturday's ARCA crashfest ay Daytona that left just 10 of 41 cars running at the finish including an accident which resulted in multiple injuries to driver Billy Venturini's second vertebrae and the disc below expect the sanctioning body to re-evaluate...

Jarrett testing:

mentioned during FOX's Daytona 500 qualifying, #88-Dale Jarrett [the pole sitter] will test a short track car at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, FL on Monday and Tuesday.(2-14-2005)...

Jarrett Wins Bud Pole:

#88-Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Bud Pole for the 2005 Daytona 500, lapping Daytona International Speedway in 47.793 seconds at 188.312 mph. Bill Elliott holds the track-qualifying record of 42.783 seconds, 210.364 mph, set Feb. 9, 1987, prior to the advent...

Jarrett wins the Daytona 500 pole:

#88-Dale Jarrett won the Budweiser Pole for the Daytona 500 with a speed of 188.312mph, his 3rd Daytona 500 pole, 4th ever at Daytona and first in 93 races [Michigan 6/2002]. The last time Jarrett won the Daytona 500 pole [2000] he won the race. #48-Jimmie Johnson ...