| Menard surprise pole winner in Daytona
Paul Menard became a first-time pole
winner in the Sprint Cup Series, taking the top spot for Saturday night's Coke
Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway. The No.15 Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
driver turned in a lap at the high-banked 2.5-mile superspeedway of 48.409
seconds (185.916 m.p.h.).
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| Martin signs with HMS for 2009
Mark Martin will replace Casey Mears in
the No.5 Chevrolet at Hendrick Motorsports starting with the 2009 Sprint Cup
Series season.
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| Franchitti and No.40 to cease Cup operations
Dario Franchitti and his No.40 Chip Ganassi
Racing Dodge will not compete in the Sprint Cup Series, due to lack of
sponsorship, the team announced on Tuesday.
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| This Week in Auto Racing July 4 - July 6
It's the Fourth of July and NASCAR returns
to the "World Center of Racing" to highlight the holiday weekend of racing.
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| Busch, Montoya Clash Unavoidable
It's no surprise the arrogance of NASCAR's
Juan Pablo Montoya and the cockiness of Kyle Busch would soon cross paths on
the track, and it did in Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at the New
Hampshire Motor Speedway. When the caution flag was displayed in the closing
laps of the rain-shortened race, Montoya's No.42 Dodge hit Busch's No.18
Toyota from behind and put Busch in a spin.
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| Busch wins rain-shortened race at Loudon
Kurt Busch's crew chief Pat Tryson kept the No.2
Penske Racing Dodge on the track when all the leaders pitted for fuel, and it
turned out to be the winning move as Busch captured Sunday afternoon's Lenox
Industrial Tools 301 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway when a rain storm
came barreling through the Loudon area.
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| Carpentier surprises in Loudon
Patrick Carpentier took advantage of cooler
conditions after a one-hour, 45-minute rain delay and captured the pole for
Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at the New Hampshire International
Speedway. The top-five on the grid all qualified after the rain delay.
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| Bowyer signs with RCR for three years
Clint Bowyer, driver of the No.07 Richard
Childress Racing Chevrolet, said on Friday that he had "signed up with RCR for
three more years."
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| Biffle to stay at Roush
On Friday Greg Biffle said he agreed to a three-
year extension to remain at Roush Fenway Racing ending months of speculation.
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| Mears to leave Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports announced that driver
Casey Mears will be leaving the team and its No. 5 Chevrolet at the end of the
2008 Sprint Cup season.
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