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Reigning Cup series champion Matt Kenseth checked out to an almost three second lead over the field to score his second win of the season. His first victory was at Rockingham, round two for the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. Race winner...

Jimmie Johnson wheeled the No. 48 Hendrick Chevy to his fourth win this season in the Pennsylvania 500. Johnson took the lead at lap 32, and despite being jockeyed out of the top spot a few times, he easily fought his way back to the front every...

NASCAR's favorite son, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., has been fined $10,000 and docked 25 driver and owner points after an intentional spin at Bristol Motor Speedway. A lug nut problem caused Earnhardt to begin sliding backwards through the field at lap...

Jimmie Johnson went out dead last and but came out first, knocking Ryan Newman out of the top spot to earn his first Budweiser pole of the season. Newman, had gone out fourth and held the top spot throughout the session, until Johnson -- who went...

NASCAR Nextel Cup series points leader Kurt Busch made his stand going into the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Busch, who leads the standings by just 18 points, will start the No. 97 Roush Ford from the pole for the Ford ...

During a press conference at the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., NASCAR President Mike Helton unveiled the new point system that will determine the 2004 Nextel Cup series champion. The new system will work as ...

Joe Nemechek grabbed the Bud pole at Talladega Superspeedway in the No. 01 Chevrolet with a lap of 190.749 mph. This marks Nemechek's first pole of the 2004 season, and the seventh of his career. Joe Nemechek. Photo by Todd ...

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. didn't lead every lap, or dominate the day as DEI cars tend to do on restrictor plate race tracks. But, winning pit strategy at the races closing laps gave Earnhardt all he needed to wheel the No. 8 Budweiser Chevy into victory...

Tony Stewart's up-and-down weekend ended on the right note, in victory lane at Chicagoland Speedway's NASCAR Nextel Cup race today. Tony Stewart. Photo by Eric Gilbert. Stewart crashed in practice on Friday and was forced to qualify...

Rusty Wallace, driver of the No. 2 Penske Racing Dodge, today announced that 2005 will be his final year on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup tour. Wallace's final season will be nicknamed "Rusty's Last Call" and serve as a season long celebration of...

Ryan Newman grabbed the pole for the last race of NASCAR's "regular season" at Richmond International Raceway, and for a good reason. Newman must earn a good finish at RIR to ensure his position in the "NEXTEL Chase for the Championship" which ...

For Kasey Kahne, on-the-job training this season will mean spending a little extra time in the office. The 23-year-old native of Enumclaw, Washington is challenging for the Raybestos rookie of the year award after replacing Bill Elliott in the...

Joe Gibbs may have traded in the smell of the motor oil for the scent of pigskin But, at a media conference Friday morning at Daytona International Speedway, Gibbs made clear that his heart will not be far away from the track. Earlier this year,...

Hendrick horsepower conquered the DEI powerplants to score a 1-2 finish for Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Pepsi 400. Gordon and Johnson blasted to the front with seven laps to go, with Gordon earning the victory from the...

It's not often that 2002 Cup series champion Tony Stewart feels delighted after a second place finish. Yet, that is just what happened after the season-opening event, where Stewart helped push Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to his first Daytona 500 ...

Six hours down and eighteen to go. For the NASCAR drivers participating the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the wet track is a new commodity to deal with. For some it's not a problem; for others it's a different story. ...

Casey Mears took the top spot for the Pennsylvania 500 today with a fast lap of 171.720 mph. Mears took to the track late in the qualifying session, and bested the field by a small margin to win his first career pole in the NEXTEL...

This is familiar territory for Kurt Busch. One year ago, his win in the March race at Bristol Motor Speedway vaulted Busch to second in the championship standings behind Roush Racing teammate Matt Kenseth. Then, the following week, Busch charged...

This weekend NASCAR brings to a close a rich part of stock car racing history: on Sunday, the final Southern 500 will be run at Darlington Raceway. In a world where traditions are as sacred as used tissues, it might not come as a surprise that ...

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon, Brian Vickers and Jimmie Johnson swept the first three spots in qualifying for the Michigan 400 this Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. Jeff Gordon. Photo by Eric Gilbert. Gordon, a...

Elliott Sadler held off the stampeding No. 9 Dodge of Kasey Kahne to propel the No. 38 Ford into victory lane at Texas Motor Speedway. The finish was a nail-biter as the No. 30 lapped car of Johnny Sauter crossed the path of Sadler in the final...

Greg Biffle paced the final practice in his No. 16 Roush Racing Ford at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series finale on Sunday. Biffle has emerged as a strong contender to win the Ford 400; he qualified second and was quickest...

Ricky Rudd's strategy for the 2004 Nextel Cup series 'chase for the championship' is simple: he's now looking at it as a 26-race season. As a veteran of the sport, holding a record of 716 consecutive starts, Rudd is the perfect competitor to...

Brendan Gaughan is not your typical NASCAR rookie of the year candidate. The 28-year-old Las Vegas native has a degree in business management from Georgetown University, where he also garnered all- conference honors as a member of the Hoya's ...

North Carolina Speedway has a special place in Matt Kenseth's heart. Six years ago, Kenseth wheeled his way to a Busch Series win with a fledgling team fielded by crew chief Robbie Reiser and today, Kenseth was the class of the field once again,...

Jimmie Johnson's hopes of another pair of back-to-back wins in the All-Star race and the Coca-Cola 600 went up in smoke late in the NEXTEL challenge after getting involved in a wreck on lap 11. The No. 48 Chevy managed to continue on, but did not...

Tony Stewart has some unfinished business to take care of in Chicago. One year ago, Stewart started on the pole at Chicagoland Speedway and led a race-high 80 laps before finishing second to Ryan Newman. Stewart had the fastest car on the track...

Jimmie Johnson took the lead for the final time on lap 439 to earn the first short track win of his career on the 0.75-mile Martinsville Speedway. The Henderick Motorsports' driver took his second consecutive win in the 'Chase for the...

Jimmie Johnson, carrying photos of remembrance of the fallen passengers of flight 501 on the hood, wheeled his No. 48 Chevy into victory lane at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was Johnson's third consecutive win, and first since the plane crash that...

When the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series garage opened on Thursday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway, all eyes were clearly focused on one team -- Joe Gibbs Racing. The duo of Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart has dominated at the 1.54 mile speedway...

Fresh off his second career win at Texas Motor Speedway last month, Elliott Sadler and the No. 38 Yates Racing team look poised to be a threat for the Nextel Chase for the Championship. Sadler, who turned 29 this weekend, is looking to recover ...

Jeff Gordon placed his Hendrick Motorsports Dupont Chevy on the Bud Pole at Chicagoland Speedway with a lap at 28.886 for a speed of 186.942 miles per hour, breaking the record set last year by Tony Stewart. Jeff Gordon. Photo by Jim ...

Loudon, New Hampshire is a long way from the South Pacific island region of Vanuatu, but the two places may have more in common than ever before. This week they are both hosting the start of their own form of Survivor. The final top-10...

Weather wreaked havoc with Robby Gordon's already challenging Saturday schedule, as early morning rain showers delayed the start of practice and qualifying for the IndyCar teams at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Robby Gordon. Photo by Jim...

Mark Martin survived one of the strangest races in the NASCAR annals to earn his first win of the season at Dover International Speedway. The win broke a 73-race winless streak for the No. 6 Roush Racing Ford team. Mark Martin. Photo by...

Kurt Busch couldn't have had a worse weekend at the 2.66- mile superspeedway restrictor plate race at Talladega. As he motored around the top fifteen, trying to stay out of trouble, a swat to the bumper from Tony Stewart at lap 83 sparked the "big...

After several weeks of lackluster results Robby Gordon and Team 31 head to the 1.99-mile road course in Sonoma, California with high hopes. Gordon won both road course events last season, and sees the race at Infineon as the best way to get out of...

Rookie Brian Vickers grabbed his second pole of the season at California Speedway with a lap of 187.417 mph. Vickers bested the field by nearly a full mile-per-hour to garner his second career Budweiser pole award. Brian Vickers gets...

Robby Gordon just couldn't catch a break on Sunday. Rain began to hammer down on the running of the 88th Indianapolis Motor Speedway early Sunday morning, delaying the start of the race by over an hour. Robby Gordon. Photo by Earl ...

With just two races remaining to decide the 2004 Cup series championship, no one is in better position to pull it off than four-time champion Jeff Gordon. Gordon trails leader Kurt Busch by just 41 points entering one of Gordon's strongest ...

Jamie McMurray, the 26-year old Joplin, Missouri native, first impressed the NASCAR crowd by winning his first race in October of 2002 in only his second start, while sitting in for an injured Sterling Marlin. Since getting a full-time ride for ...

Two months ago at Richmond International Raceway, Jeff Burton's ...

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led 295 laps to become the only race car driver to ever sweep both NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway. In one weekend, the DEI Budweiser Chevy driver notched his first Bristol wins in both the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch ...

With back-to-back second place finishes at Rockingham and Las Vegas, Kasey Kahne has emerged as the rookie-of-the-year candidate to watch. Kahne had big shoes to fill inheriting the No. 9 Dodge seat formerly occupied by 1988 series champion Bill...

Elliott Sadler wheeled the No. 38 Robert Yates Racing Ford to his second victory of the 2004 season. Sadler easily out-horsepowered Kasey Kahne and Mark Martin to earn his third career Cup series win in the final sprint to the finish ...

Pole sitter Ryan Newman has a lot too loose Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. For a team that set a goal at the beginning of the season to win 10 races and 10 poles, they find themselves at the 26th event of the year just hanging...

It came down to the last lap -- and even beyond -- to determine the inaugural NEXTEL Cup champion at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the end, Kurt Busch drove the wheels off the No. 97 Roush Racing Ford to take fifth place and earn his first Cup ...

Kyle Busch, the 18-year-old Las Vegas native, will attempt to make his first Nextel Cup series start this weekend. Busch will pilot the No. 84 Chevy and is excited to make his Cup debut at his hometown track. Kyle Busch. Photo by Eric...

NASCAR has once again proved that what is good for the goose isn't always good for the gander. Last season, racer Jimmy Spencer was parked for a race for a post-event fight with Kurt Busch, where Spencer attacked Busch while still strapped into...

Greg Biffle made the move to pass Tony Stewart as the field received the final green flag, and just as Stewart appeared to run out of fuel. The race ended under the green-white-checkered rule as Biffle took the win in the season finale at the ...

The Evernham Dodge's dominated on-track activity Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. They scored three of the top six practice times, before crushing the qualifying competition by sweeping three of the top ten starting positions: first, second and...

Polesitter Joe Nemechek easily paced the field in final practice for NASCAR NEXTEL Cup teams at Talladega Superspeedway. Nemechek's lap of 196.358 mph bested the field by nearly one mile per hour. Joe Nemechek. Photo by Eric ...

The Nextel Cup cars took to the 2.5-mile superspeedway in Daytona today for their final morning of practice before the 46th running of the Daytona 500. The initial morning practice session was canceled due to a heavy fog that rolled into the...

Ryan Newman captured his fourth consecutive pole tonight, for the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Newman went out late in the session and knocked off rookie Brian Vickers, who had gone out second, and sits atop the grid ...

The Roush Ford team made an egine change today to Daytona 500 polesitter Greg Biffle's No. 16 car today, and, as a result, Biffle will start from the rear on Sunday. Roush Racing garage area: the National Guard crew still work on engine...

After a dismal season for both of his race teams, Robert Yates turned to an old adversary for help in the off-season. So far, the alliance is working. For the first time in eight seasons, Dale Jarrett finished outside of the top-10 in 2003. He...

It may be the opening race of the 2004 Nextel Cup Series, but any team that wants to be in a position to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday better be in mid-season form. Robert Yates Racing garage area. Photo by Eric Gilbert. There is some...

Ryan Newman battled back from early troubles with his racecar and then held off a hard-charging Kasey Kahne in the closing laps to win the DHL 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. Ryan Newman. Photo by Eric Gilbert. Kahne...

Robby Gordon is hoping the tenth try will be the charm as he attempts to conquer the 88th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. For the fourth straight year, the Californian will attempt to perform the Memorial Day weekend "double" by racing at Indianapolis...

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. sailed to a 3.1-second lead over the field to secure his 12th career win. It was Earnhardt's third win of the 2004 season, and second career Cup win at Richmond International Raceway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. comes into ...