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Career start #700 for Rusty at Kansas:

Sunday's Banquet 400 at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway will mark #2-Rusty Wallace's 700 th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup career start and it will be his final career in his native midwestern area of the country. Both of those facts have contributed to the abundance of confidence...

News and Notes – Offweek:

Todd Bodine (#30 Germain Motor Company Toyota) loves rollercoasters but had no idea when the 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season started, that his season would resemble one. Starting the season with a new team, Bodine finished third at Daytona but then struggled...

McMurray’s car flunks post-insp at Talladega:

Following a weekend of rules controversies, Jamie McMurrays #42 Chip Ganassi-owned Dodge flunked post-race inspection when right-rear quarter panel didnt meet the minimum height requirement. No penalty will be issued, NASCAR officials said, because McMurrays car...

Talladega Race News/Notes:

Dale Jarrett won the UAW-FORD 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, scoring his 32nd NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 596th career start. Jarrett scored his first victory in 2005. His last victory came at Rockingham in February 2003, 99 races ago. Jarrett became the...

Rumblings – Talladega:

It was another wreckfest today at Talladega Superspeedway, and in a race decided somewhere around turn 3 (we think) Dale Jarrett was declared the winner of the UAW-Ford 505. In a finish under caution, DJ gets his 32nd career win and his first since he won at Rockingham...

More on McMurray/Busch moving on in 2006:

#42-Jamie McMurray said leaving Chip Ganassi Racing a year early to join [#6] Roush Racing remains a possibility. "If people above me get things worked out and it happens, I'd rather be at Roush Racing next year because that's where my future is," said McMurray, who...

Busch Series Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway OVER – Speeds:

More than a dozen NASCAR Busch Series teams, including those fielding cars for NEXTEL Cup title contenders Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, are scheduled to test at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Tuesday, Sept. 27, and Wednesday, Sept. 28 in preparation for the Dollar General...

Busch to be let out of contract? McMurray in the #97 instead of #6? UPDATE 2:

here is a new one....from the Tampa Tribune: When Jamie McMurray [current #42 Texaco driver] joins Roush Racing in 2007, he may drive [Kurt] Busch's #97 Ford rather than Martin's #6 Ford as originally planned, Roush said. McMurray is scheduled to join Roush in 2007...

Martin still to run Truck Series in 2006:

Mark Martin's future is finally coming into focus and that includes another stint behind the wheel of the #6 Roush Racing Ford. Martin started the 2005 season thinking this would be his last year as a full-time Nextel Cup driver. Those plans changed in midstream when...

Driver Points Standing

after Dover race 2 of 10 in the Chase: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 5362 #2-Rusty Wallace, -7 #12-Ryan Newman, -12 #6-Mark Martin, -21 #20-Tony Stewart, -23 [5 wins, 4 2nds, gets spot] #16-Greg Biffle, -23 [5 wins, 1 2nd] #19-Jeremy Mayfield, -81 #99-Carl Edwards, -103 #17-...

Unofficial “Classic” Points Standings – Top 15

....the old way, not the Chase after Dover, race 28 of 36: 1) #20-Tony Stewart, 4005 2) #16-Greg Biffle, 3825, -180 3) #2-Rusty Wallace, 3727, -278 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3727, -278 5) #6-Mark Martin, 3589, -416 6) #19-Jeremy Mayfield, 3489, -516 7) #97-Kurt Busch, ...

Rumblings – Dover:

Jimmie Johnson passed Mark Martin on lap 377, then held off his teammate Kyle Busch to take today's MBNA RacePoints 404 at Dover International Speedway. It was his third win of the season (he won at Lowe's in May and Las Vegas in February), his third at Dover, the ...

Harvick staying at RCR in 2006 UPDATE but?:

Kevin Harvick will be back behind the wheel of Richard Childress Racing's (RCR) #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet for the 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series season. Speculation has fueled rumors that the 2001 NEXTEL Cup Series Rookie of the Year would move to another team at the end...

New Hampshire Race Notes:

Ryan Newman won the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway, scoring his 12th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 143rd career start. Newman scored his second win at Loudon in eight races. He scored his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in the September...

NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes: Off-Week

The key numbers as the NASCAR Busch Series settles into its third off-week of the season are these; the #8 leads the #2 by 69 points. Defending series champion and points leader Martin Truex Jr. (#8 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet) still holds an advantage over second-place...

McMurray in the #97 instead of #6?

here is a new one....from the Tampa Tribune: When Jamie McMurray [current #42 Texaco driver] joins Roush Racing in 2007, he may drive [Kurt] Busch's #97 Ford rather than Martin's #6 Ford as originally planned, Roush said. McMurray is scheduled to join Roush in 2007...

Busch Release Cutoff is mid-Oct:

Roush Racing president Geoff Smith said the cutoff date for releasing Kurt Busch to leave for Penske Racing South is mid-October. He added that Roush Racing and Buschs sponsors are comfortable with leaving Busch in the #97 car next season. At the same time, were...

Kurt Busch wins at Richmond, Newman gets 10th in Chase:

#97-Kurt Busch won the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway, dominating the 2nd half of the race, leading 185 of 400 laps for his 14th career win and 3rd win of 2005. #17-Matt Kenseth finished 2nd, followed by #16-Greg Biffle, #5-Kyle Busch and...

Looks like Martin will be back in the #6 in 2006:

It isn't much of a surprise, but it looks like Mark Martin's retirement from Nextel Cup Series is going to be postponed for a year. In the afterglow of a victory in Thursday night's IROC race at Richmond, Martin said it appears he will be back in Jack Roush's #6 Ford...

Starr wins pole at Richmond:

#75-David Starr won the pole for the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 126.648mph with a new track qualifying record [was held by Jamie McMurray, 125.436 in Sept 2004] in the last Truck Race at Richmond for his 2nd pole of...