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Testing at Richmond UPDATE:

Testing at Richmond UPDATE: Eighteen NASCAR Winston Cup Series and NASCAR Busch Series drivers are scheduled to test at Richmond International Raceway over a four-day period next week in preparation for their visit to "The Action Track" May 2-4. Tentatively scheduled...

Dale Jr Leads Voting:

Dale Jr Leads Voting: #8-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. leads, and more than 130,000 votes have been cast for the Grands NMPA NASCAR Winston Cup Most Popular Driver Award. Voting began in early March at www.nascarpopulardriver.com, and NASCAR fans have responded in amazing numbers...

Martin will attend health seminar at Texas:

Martin will attend health seminar at Texas: #6-Mark Martin will join fitness expert Larry North for a seminar entitled "Keeping Up the Pace" on Saturday at 8:00am at Texas Motor Speedway. Martin and North will be outside the track at the Pfizer Men's Health Tune-up...

#500 for Martin:

#500 for Martin: #6-Mark Martin will make his 500th career start on the Winston Cup circuit this week at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Food City 500 on March 24, 2002. Martin first raced on the Winston Cup circuit in 1981, when he ran his self-owned car five times, ...

Money raised:

Money raised: The Atlanta Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities, a non-profit foundation dedicated to enhancing the lives of children, raised $35,875 during a gala reception held in conjunction with the recent MBNA America 500 Winston Cup weekend at Atlanta Motor...

Pit Road Safety:

Pit Road Safety: NASCAR's Jim Hunter said yesterday that the sanctioning body has begun a major study of the Winston Cup tour's 24 pit roads with an eye toward making changes to improve safety for over-the-wall crews. "We're going to be all over this," Hunter said. "...

Cars Tested:

Cars Tested: the cars of #40-Sterling Marlin, #19-Jeremy Mayfield, #6-Mark Martin, #12-Ryan Newman, #20-Tony Stewart, #88-Dale Jarrett and #48-Jimmie Johnson were tested on the NASCAR chassis dynamometer after Sunday' race.(ThatsRacin.com)(3-4-2002)...

Streaking:

Streaking: #24-Jeff Gordon has not posted a top five finish since winning at Kansas in 2001, a span of eleven races. Gordon's longest drought of his career is 12 consecutive races, from the last five races of 1999 thru the first seven races of 2000 but he has not DNF...

$89,131 raised at Auction:

$89,131 raised at Auction: The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities kicked off its 2002 fundraising drive with a home run: the fourth annual NASCAR Driver Auction raised $89,131 for the needy children of Las Vegas and southern Nevada. The auction, held...

#48 Crewman hurt UPDATE:

#48 Crewman hurt UPDATE: The tire carrier for #48-Jimmie Johnson, David Bryant, was injured during the first round of pit stops and has been transferred to a local hospital for x-rays on his right leg, he is awake and alert. MRN radio reports that Bryant was hit by...

Kenseth wins Subway 400 at the Rock

Kenseth wins Subway 400 at the Rock under yellow after #36-Ken Schrader hit the wall and #31-Gordon spun and left a tire on the track with four races to do, NASCAR said there was not enought laps left to throw a red flag (direct ALL questions on that subject to them...

Rockingham Stuff:

Rockingham Stuff: There have been 11 different Bud Pole winners in the 14 NASCAR Winston Cup races at Rockingham since 1995. Mark Martin (fall 1999, fall 1998 and spring 1997) and Jeff Gordon (spring 1995 and spring 2001) are the only repeat Bud Pole winners in the...

Pfizer Men’ Health Tune-up for Life:

Pfizer Men' Health Tune-up for Life: The 2002 Mark Martin Health Challenge is a new addition to the Pfizer Men' Health Tune-up for Life program, a national men' health awareness initiative that was introduced in February 2000. For the past two years, the program has...

#54 Close to a Sponsor?

Team Bristol Motorsports [#54 BGN] owner Rick Goodwin believes he's close to landing primary sponsorship for driver Kelly Denton, and adds that they could run a handful of Winston Cup races later this year. Denton left Team Bristol in June of last year, but rejoined...

New Cup Team?

New Cup Team? Team Bristol Motorsports [#54 BGN] owner Rick Goodwin believes he's close to landing primary sponsorship for driver Kelly Denton, and adds that they could run a handful of Winston Cup races later this year. Denton left Team Bristol in June of last year...

Lakeland Testing:

Lakeland Testing: some teams/drivers tested at Lakeland Speedway in FL this week. John Andretti tested the #43 and #45 Dodges. Eliott Sadler tested the #21 Ford with help from Mark Martin. #10-Johnny Benson was scheduled to test there but had to cancel and rescheduled...

Help unveil the 2002 #36 paint scheme UPDATE:

Race fans will have a chance to help unveil the 2002 paint scheme of the #36 GNC Live Well car, driven by Hank Parker Jr. in the BGN. Beginning Monday, Jan. 14, fans visiting the official Web site of the GNC Live Well Racing team, www.GNCRacing.com, will be asked a...

Kraft Foods and Roush Racing Launch Sponsorship:

Kraft Foods and Roush Racing Launch Sponsorship: Roush Racing announced that eight Kraft brands have become associate team sponsors on all five Winston Cup cars in the Roush stable, as well as one Busch series car. Kraft will launch its racing program in Daytona as...

Marlin and Martin at the track:

Marlin and Martin at the track: Sterling Marlin and Mark Martin, who tested here last week, were seen patrolling the garage area Tuesday. Marlin, who drives for Ganassi Racing, is shooting a television commercial at the track. Martin came over to say hi to Roush Racing...

Testing at Las Vegas:

Testing at Las Vegas: 49 drivers are scheduled to attend Las Vegas Motor Speedway's annual "Test in the West" Jan. 28-31. Cup champ #24-Jeff Gordon will be among 32 Cup drivers and 17 BGN drivers slated to test over the four-day period in preparation for the March ...