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Dale Jr Leads Most Popular Vote:

#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to lead the nationwide fan balloting for the 2003 Grands! Biscuits NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award. With more than 700,000 votes in to date, Earnhardt Jr. leads second-place #24-Jeff Gordon, third-place #29-Kevin Harvick and fourth...

Confetti for Martin at Daytona:

#6 Mark Martin will run a Viagra/Confetti Ford at the Pepsi 400 in Daytona. See my Paint Scheme Gallery for an image.(5-20-2003)...

New Books:

J and B Racing Publications is proud to announce to the racing public the release of the 2nd Edition of FAST MONEY: How to put your racing merchandise business in the pole position. This is the very 1st book of its kind about this billion dollar business and is packed...

Rusty to be on Beyond the Glory:

Fox Sports Net will profile Rusty Wallace in an episode of its documentary series "Beyond The Glory." The one-hour biography of Wallace will premiere Sunday, June 1, at 8:00pm. Fox Sports Net is in the process of putting the finishing touches on the show. It delves...

Going to Charlotte for the races? check out Sam Bass and…:

The walls of the Sam Bass art gallery, located less than a lap away from Lowe's Motor Speedway's high-banked oval, are alive with vivid recollections of racing's most exciting and endearing events. Visitors are often overcome with a sense of time frozen in place as...

Biffle to run Lowe’s Busch race:

Roush Racing confirmed that reigning Busch Series champion Greg Biffle would be in the Carquest 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the #9 Ford. That car was fielded with Winston Cup driver Jeff Burton last season in Busch competition.( ThatsRacin.com ) AND Greg Biffle...

Biffle to run Lowe’s Busch race:

Roush Racing confirmed that reigning Busch Series champion Greg Biffle would be in the Carquest 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the #9 Ford. That car was fielded with Winston Cup driver Jeff Burton last season in Busch competition.(ThatsRacin.com) AND Greg Biffle is...

Nadeau fastest in Weds teating at Lowe’s:

#01-Jerry Nadeau marched to the top of the unofficial speed chart Wednesday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway as NASCAR Winston Cup teams concluded preparations for The Winston on May 17 and the May 25 Coca-Cola 600. Nadeau ran 181.757 mph. The starter never unfurled ...

UPDATE 2:

Roush Racing's president, Geoff Smith, spoke with Team Ford Racing regarding the status of the sponsorship deals on the five NASCAR Winston Cup cars his operation runs. Smith began by saying that of his five entries only Greg Biffles #16 Granger Ford is 100 percent...

Fellows fastest in 2nd day of testing at Infineon Raceway:

Infineon Raceway says #81-Ron Fellows, a road-racing veteran running a limited Winston Cup schedule with Dale Earnhardt Inc. this year, posted the fastest stock-car lap ever at the Sonoma, Calif., road course to lead six Winston Cup drivers testing Wednesday. Fellows...

Mark Martin Posts Top Time in First Day of Testing at Infineon Raceway:

#6-Mark Martin posted the top time Tuesday during the first day of a NASCAR Winston Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. Martin, one of six Winston Cup drivers testing the 10-turn, 2-mile road course in preparation for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 (June 19-22), ran 92....

Nine different winners in the first 9 races of 2003:

So far in the 2003 Cup season, 9 different drivers have won the 9 races run. The drivers are: Michael Waltrip, Dale Jarrett, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, Ricky Craven, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon. The current 'modern-era' [1972-present...

NASCAR Drivers Head to Infineon Raceway for Two-Day Test Session, April 22-23:

#17-Matt Kenseth will highlight a group of five drivers scheduled to participate in a two-day test session at Infineon Raceway, April 22-23. Kenseth will be joined by #6-Mark Martin, #42-Jamie McMurray, #0-Jack Sprague and #41-Casey Mears. Kenseth, who has tested at...

Roush Drivers Featured on Collectibles Tins:

Racing fans nationwide now have the opportunity to collect four limited edition tins designed by motorsports master artist Sam Bass featuring four of Roush Racing's drivers: Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin and Jeff Burton. Through June, each limited edition tin...

Roush Comments on the Restrictor Plate Racing:

Jack Roush might have a new lease on life, and the accompanying attitude that a near death experience brings, but Roush has no love in his heart for the racing venues known as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. Roush can rattle-off reason after...

Talladega Sweep:

Dale Earnhardt Jr became the first driver to sweep both major [NASCAR] events on a single NASCAR weekend since Burton won Busch Series and Winston Cup events at Phoenix International Raceway in November 2000. Earnhardt also won the Aarons 312, a Busch Series race, ...

Little E leads the Vote:

More than 230,000 votes have been cast in the 2003 National Motorsports Press Association's Most Popular Driver award and Dale Earnhardt Jr. holds an early lead. Earnhardt Jr., who was edged out by Bill Elliott [who removed his name from this years voting] in last ...

All 61:

Seven drivers have competed in all 61 restrictor-plate races at Daytona and Talladega: Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, Rusty Wallace and Michael Waltrip.(4-3-2003)...

Some Texas Facts:

#5-Terry Labonte has five top-10 finishes at Texas in the six NASCAR Winston Cup events held at the track. One of those top 10s was a victory in the 1999 event his last victory. His average finish of 7.0 at TMS is the best among drivers with at least five starts ...

Martin special scheme in the Winston:

#6-Mark Martin will drive a white #6 Viagra Ford in the Winston ay Lowe's Motor Speedway this year, see my Paint Schemes Gallery for the images.(3-26-2003)...