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Qualifying rained out at Nazareth:

Rain washed out qualifying Saturday for the BGN Sacker2 200 race, giving points leader #24-Jack Sprague the pole for Sunday's race at Nazareth Speedway. The rainout was the third in the last four BGN events, with Sprague starting his NetZero Chevy from the pole in ...

Hamilton Jr wins at NHIS:

#25-Bobby Hamilton Jr won the race at New Hampshire, his first ever career BGN win. Hamilton Jr is the 2nd first time winner in 2002 (#10-Scott Riggs also), it is the 16th different winner in 16 BGN races at NHIS and Hamilton Jr is the 7th different BGN winners in ...

Qualifying rained out at Richmond:

Qualifying for the BGN race at Richmond was cancelled due to rain. #24-Jack Sprague, as the series points leader, earned to top starting position for the race as rain forced the cancellation of qualifying. Sprague will be joined on the front row by #57-Jason Keller...

Riggs wins at California:

Rookie #10-Scott Riggs won Saturday's Auto Club 300 at California Speedway after a late-race caution and red flag bunched the field, but Riggs still held off #21-Jeff Green by .991 seconds for the win, his second of the season and second in the past three races. The...

Race Fever does well:

Race Fever does well: Phil Barkdoll, auctioneer for Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind's Race Fever event, got an unprecedented $15,000 bid on a rare autographed Dale Earnhardt helmet Friday night during festivities at the Speedvision Dome. "Preliminary estimates...

Keller wins wreck fest at Talladega:

#57-Jason Keller won the Aaron's 312 at Talladega on Saturday, his second BGN wins of the season and 7th of his career, holding off #59-Stacy Compton by .163 seconds in a race that saw just three of 43 cars on the lead lap at the finish. On Lap 14 of 117, rookies #...

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...

Riggs wins in his 7th start – ties record:

#10-Scott Riggs led only once for the final 47 laps Saturday as he got his first BGN victory in just his seventh start on the circuit at the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, tying a record for the quickest victory by a rookie. Johnny Rumley also won in his seventh...

Purvis wins at Texas in a rain shortened event:

The timing was perfect for #37-Jeff Purvis. Purvis was running well in Saturday's O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway but not quite up front. When all the race leaders pit on Lap 108, Purvis's team elected to take just two tires when most of the others took four. ...

Riggs wins pole at Bristol:

#10-Scott Riggs won his first BGN pole Friday, turning a track-record lap at 126.270mph for the Channellock 250 at Bristol. #21-Jeff Green was second fastest, while Riggs ppc Racing teammate and current series points leader, #57-Jason Keller, was third. #1-Jimmy Spencer...

Burton wins pole at Darlington:

#9-Jeff Burton won the pole for the BGN race at Darlington Raceway, with a lap at 168.250mph. The rest of the top five: #21-Jeff Green, #57-Jason Keller, #10-Scott Riggs and #60-Greg Biffle. 45 cars were to attempt hte race, two failed to make the race: #90-Phil Bonifield...

Testing at Texas:

Testing at Texas: Cup driver #21-Elliott Sadler, and BGN drivers, #10-Scott Riggs, #57-Jason Keller, #38-Christian Elder and #36-Hank Parker, Jr. arrived Monday for the planned two-day test session in preparation for the April 7 NASCAR Samsung/RadioShack 500 and the...

Keller wins at the Rock:

#57-Jason Keller won the BGN race at the Rock with #60-Greg Biffle 2nd and #7-Randy LaJoie third. Pole sitter #21-Jeff Green finished 11th. Keller also assumes the BGN points lead at 340, 2nd is #10-Scott Riggs at 310, is also Keller's teammate. See ThatsRacin.com ...

BGN Qualifying Postponed:

BGN qualifying for Daytona has been postponed due to rain and will be run on Thursday, Feb 14th at 8:30am/et. Five drivers made qualifying laps with #10-Scott Riggs being the fastest at 183.460mph, followed by #60-Greg Biffle's 183.303. #12-Kerry Earnhardt, #95-Steadman...

Friday Testing:

#1-Joe Ruttman was the fastest Friday in the cool air with a speed of 185.943 mph. 2nd fastest was #26-Lyndon Amick at 185.128 and 3rd was #33-Tony Raines at 184.188. Also hearing most of the late afternoon practice was rained out and not much drafting got done. The...

Amick Fastest Thursday:

Fastest on Thursday's testing at Daytona was #26-Lyndon Amick in a Pontiac at 185.319mph with #1-Joe Ruttman at 184.934 and 3rd fastest was #88-Jeff Fuller at 184.237. The speeds for Thursday: #26-Lyndon Amick, Pontiac, 185.319mph #1-Joe Ruttman, Pontiac, 184.934 #...

BGN Testing at Daytona – Session 1 is over:

The NASCAR Busch Series teams that finished in the odd-numbered spots in the owners points standings will test at Daytona on Jan. 21-22 in preparation for the Feb. 16 EAS/GNC Live Well 300 with Jan. 23 serving as a rain date. On Jan. 24-25, the even-numbered Busch ...

Leffler to the CTS?

Reports have Jason Leffler (current driver of the #01 Cingular Dodge and rumored to be out of that ride for Jimmy Spencer) taking over the #2 Dodge Truck in the CTS next year. The #2 CTS team is owned by Jim Smith [who also owns the #7 Ford -- to be Dodge in 2002] ...

Dodge to sponsor weekly series? UPDATE:

Dodge to sponsor weekly series? UPDATE: Dodge and NASCAR are on the verge of announcing that the automobile manufacturer is to be the new sponsor of the Weekly Racing Series, the short-track series played out on nearly 100 local venues throughout the United States. ...

ppc gets Yates:

The ppc Racing operation, which has fielded the BGN cars of #10-Jeff Green and #57-Jason Keller, is moving to Robert Yates engines next season. The team has used Roush engines. Scott Riggs will take over Green's #10 car next season as Green is moving to the #30 AOL...