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A self inflicted one.
Hermie Sadler has resigned as driver of the No. 66 Peak Performance Motorsports Ford effective immediately. Team owner Jeff Stec will make announcement of the team

Sub-titled: “A Legend Continues.”
Ron Capps long time NHRA standout and current driver of the Brut Dodge Stratus Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing is an announced participant in Eldora Speedway’s Nextel Prelude to the Dream to be held Wednesday night, June 8.
Track owner and NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Tony Stewart (occasionally known as “Mr. Clean“), [...]

Actually prior to arrival. Via Journal Now. I may have a few words on this later. My first thoughts are, so much for a smaller engine to save money, cut speeds and tossing restrictor plates in the wastebin.
NASCAR’s controversial engine of the future suddenly appears all but dead, according to engine builders and car owners, [...]

If the MBNA 400 were a 200 mile race Elliot Sadler or Kyle Busch may have been sitting in winners circle. They were that dominate. The “extra” 200 miles proved their undoing and Greg Biffle went on to victory, his fourth and series lead in wins, and closed in on Championship points leader Jimmie Johnson.
It [...]

Special for those critical of my bashing Robby Gordon this past week. Robby returned this weekend to the only series where he has truely stood out among the crowd.
Ensenada Mexico
Returning to his racing roots, NASCAR Team Owner/Driver Robby Gordon began his double-duty weekend with a stunning overall 4-wheel and SCORE Trophy-Truck victory in the 37th [...]

Promoters of Dover International Speedway use the tagline “Monster Mile” in describing the mostly flat one mile oval.
In normal circumstances a driver attempts to tame the Monster as Kyle Busch proved early in the day while piloting his truck in the NASCAR [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/cts.gif]Craftsman Truck Series[/avatar] race. Busch not one to stand on his success, later [...]

DOVER, Del.

Via Delaware Online
NASCAR insists that performance-enhancing drugs are not a part of its race tracks or garage areas, even as steroid allegations continue to swirl around many other sports.
Drivers such as four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon say there is no drug that will make them go faster, and pit crew members say steroids will make [...]

Lets not forget the “other side of the pond,” and that allegedly superior form of racing Formula One (although this year has seen actual competition). Kimi Raikkonen has been warned: Forget the booze binges and concentrate on winning the world title.
The sobering advice comes from ex-Formula One driver turned ITV commentator Martin Brundle, who feels [...]

Wanna bet!
ST JOHNS, Antigua, June 2 /PRNewswire/ — Are Michael Schumacher and the Ferrari team losing their grip? Schumi is favored to have no Grand Prix wins in 2005 according to Internet bookmaker Intertops.com.
“Schumacher is a living legend already,” says Mike Langley, Bet Manager at Intertops.com. “The end of his winning streak has fueled the [...]

Craftsman Truck Series driver turns in a shocker by winning his first pole in a year and bettering the previous record by nearly 5mph.
NOTE: Both Nextel Cup and the Busch Series quailifying were rained out Friday. Starting line-ups will be determined by car owner points.
Starting lineup for Friday’s NASCAR Truck Series MBNA RacePoints 200 at [...]

But certainly a neccessary step by NASCAR, Hmiel Suspended Again.
The troubled career of Shane Hmiel took another downward turn on Thursday when the Busch Series driver was suspended for the second time by NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.
NASCAR officials said Thursday that Hmiel was tested for banned substances after NASCAR Busch [...]

Via MediaWeek
Season-to-date, Nascar regular telecasts on Fox, excluding the Daytona 500, are averaging a 6.1 rating and 14 share, up 5 percent over the same period last year, which was a 5.8/14.
The telecasts are also averaging 10 million viewers, up 6 percent from the 9.4 million they averaged last season. Fox is crowing that the [...]

A judge ruled Wednesday…
… that the public can see all the previously sealed exhibits introduced as evidence in a lawsuit pitting the owner of Dale Earnhardt’s racing team and the insurance company that refused to pay when he died.
Superior Court Judge Kimberly Taylor lifted a previous court order that sealed exhibits introduced in the trial. [...]

I should be so adventurous at this age!
Belle Swinford loves NASCAR. Like any other fan, she watches the races on television every weekend, always rooting for her favorite driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Week after week she delves more into the sport that first attracted her just a few years ago. She watches the cars speed around [...]