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Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

Lowe's Motor Speedway will be the site of the final scheduled test session of 2006 for the NASCAR Busch Series today through Wednesday. This year, NASCAR set a schedule for when and where each of its national series tests at tracks that host NASCAR events. Those tests...

Robertson to Drive for MacDonald in Bristol:

An agreement reached between Jerry Robertson and MacDonald Motorsports will see Robertson driving in the Busch race on March 25th at Bristol. This one-race deal puts the Arvada, CO competitor behind the wheel of the #72 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with sponsorship from Furniture...

#32 and #78 to share resources:

Nextel Cup's #78 Furniture Row Racing of Denver has joined forces with North Carolina-based PPI Motorsports. The single-car teams agreed to share resources and manpower, according to Furniture Row backup driver Jerry Robertson of Arvada [CO]. Robertson, who might replace...

#78 team plans to run full schedule:

#78 Furniture Row Racing, one of the few sponsor owned Nextel Cup teams, is scheduled to run 36 Nextel Cup races with Kenny Wallac and Jerry Robertson driving. Wallace is committed to run the first 5 Cup races of the season for Furniture Row Racing. Kenny Wallace states...

Newman wins pole at Homestead:

#39-Ryan Newman won the pole for the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a lap of 174.548mph. #66-Greg Biffle will start 2nd followed by #6-Kasey Kahne, #60-Carl Edwards and #47-Jon Wood. Points leader, #8-Martin Truex Jr. got loose on his first lap and smacked...

Qualifying Notes – Phoenix:

Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Techron, lapping Phoenix International Raceway in 26.831 seconds at 134.173 mph. Ryan Newman holds the track-qualifying record of 26.499 seconds, 135.854 mph, set Nov...

Ramblings – Phoenix:

A year ago, he didn't have a regular ride in any of the top-three divisions of NASCAR. Six weeks ago, he'd never been in a Cup car. Now, he's had three Top-10 finishes to his credit and today Denny Hamlin captured his first Bud Pole at Phoenix International Raceway...

Hamlin wins pole at Phoenix:

#11-Denny Hamlin won the pole for the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, for his first career pole in his 6th race. The pole puts Hamilin in the Budweiser Shjootout and he is the 17th pole winner of 2005. 2nd in points, #48-Jimmie Johnson will...

Testing at Texas UPDATE:

One of the busiest test sessions in speedway history will have drivers preparing Tuesday for the Dickies 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, Cup drivers scheduled to test include: #31-Jeff Burton, #44-Terry Labonte, #17-Matt Kenseth, #12-Ryan Newman, #18- Bobby Labonte, #...

Furniture Row Racing to make Cup debut at Dover:

Furniture Row Racing will debut their #78 Chevy at the Dover International Speedway on September 25. T he newly formed stand-alone NEXTEL Cup team has signed veteran driver Kenny Wallace to a five-race deal headed up by team manger Joe Garone. "Well be testing before...

Martin wins pole at RIR:

#9-Mark Martin won the pole for the Emerson Radio 250 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 127.239mph. #60-Carl Edwards is 2nd, followed by #90-Elliott Sadler, #17-Matt Kenseth and #32-Jason Leffler. Points leader, #8-Martin Truex Jr. starts 10th. #6-Erin...

Qualifying Rained out at MIS:

Rain/wet track canceled qualifying for the Domino's Pizza 250 at Michigan International Speedway, so the field was set via the rules books, Top 35 in owners points, past champs, winners not already in and race attempts, so #8-Martin Truex Jr. will start first followed...

Kenny Wallace to a new team? MORE:

during Speed Channel's Inside Nextel Cup show, Kenny Wallace mentioned he would be driving some races for Joe Garone and Furniture Row Racing in some Cup races this year, that is why Johnny Benson will drive Michael Waltrip's #00 State Fair Corn Dogs Chevy at Michigan...

New Rookie of the Year Candidate:

Despite the NASCAR national touring season being nearly halfway complete, three drivers announced over the weekend their intention of competing for their respective series' Raybestos Rookie of the Year awards. Former American Speed Association and Hooters Pro Cup standout...

Edwards wins pole at Kentucky:

#99-Carl Edwards returned to the site of his first NASCAR-sanctioned [Trucks] win and set a new NASCAR Busch Series track qualifying record with a fast lap of 181.287mph. The lap is 1.185 mph better than then #8-Martin Truex Jr. set last year. Edwards will be the fifth...

NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes: Nashville

Nashville hub of Tennessee racing tradition Nashville has a rich racing heritage, starting with the horse track that became the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and ultimately led to the construction of the Nashville Superspeedway. The Music City Motorplex, the re-named...

Garone leaves MWR for new Busch team UPDATE:

Joe Garone, former Director of Competition for Michael Waltrip Racing, has left that position to accept a crew chief job with a brand new NASCAR Busch Series team, Furniture Row Racing, based in Denver, Colorado. Furniture Row Racing and Garone are a perfect match ...

Robertson to the Busch Series?

Drivers at Colorado National Speedway are probably breathing a collective sigh of relief. That's because Jerry Robertson, the 2004 Rocky Mountain News Oval Driver of the Year, will not be a weekly competitor at the track next season. Robertson, who won his second consecutive...

Truck News:

Jerry Robertson of Denver, CO will pilot the #26 Mittler Bros/ATI Ford at Milwaukee for his 2nd race of the year. Robertson was also the driver for the #26 Ford at TexasMotor Speedway finishing 26th for their sponsor, Lucas Oil(Sue's ADNASCAR Newsletter)(7-1-1999)...