News By Topic: Stock Car Racing

ASA: GM enters into new four-year agreement with ASA

Mar 14, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 14, 2001 IRWINDALE, Calif. (March 14, 2001) – General Motors and the American Speed Association (ASA) have entered into a new four-year agreement, announced GM and ASA officials today in conjunction with the tires.com 300 Presented by BF Goodrich ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Pontiac Looking For Third Straight Win At Darlington

Mar 14, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 14, 2001 DETROIT, March 14, 2001 - During the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, Pontiac earned a modern era record-tying 11 victories, due in large part to sweeps at both Dover Downs and Darlington Raceway. While winning at Dover was nothing new f ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Jason Keller readies for Darlington action after strong Atlanta finish

Mar 14, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 14, 2001 Atlanta, The Toughest Top 10 . . . Jason Keller captured his first top 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a seventh-place finish in the Aaron's 312. Keller scored his fourth straight top-10 finish in the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Youngster Grand Marshal For Advance Auto Parts 250

Mar 14, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 14, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, VA (March 14, 2001) – Zack White collects Pez dispensers. He does a pretty good job collecting dollars, too. Zack, a 10-year-old fourth-grade student at John Redd Elementary School in Collinsville, VA., recently raised more ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Kenseth Tough Enough to Tame Darlington

Mar 14, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 14, 2001 "We won a Busch race there in 1999, and had a great run last spring in the Winston Cup car. I hope we can turn around this luck we've been having since we are pretty low in the points right now (29th). It is still early in the year and really ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Jarrett's driver for points lead continues at Darlington

Mar 13, 2001

March 13, 2001 DARLINGTON, S.C.,- Upward mobility has been a continuing theme for #88 UPS driver Dale Jarrett during the early portion of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. With each passing week, Jarrett has made significant gains in his ongoing quest for a second Winston Cup Championship, ascending from 21st ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Sadler getting pumped up for race in Darlington

Mar 13, 2001

March 13, 2001 Elliott Sadler - 21 - Motorcraft Ford Taurus and the Wood Brothers are really looking forward to Darlington. The team stumbled this past weekend at Atlanta falling from 10th to 19th in points, but both driver and team are looking forward to the trip to South Carolina. Sadler talks about why he likes Darl ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Tony Stewart; Darlington Dilemma

Mar 13, 2001

March 13, 2001 ATLANTA - In four career NASCAR Winston Cup Series starts at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, Tony Stewart has three top-10 finishes. In fact, The Home Depot pilot's average finish at the 1.366-mile oval is eighth, with his worst finish being a 12th place run in the 1999 Southern 500. Despite the strong finish ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Valvoline's $1 Million BBBSA 'Challenge'

Mar 13, 2001

March 13, 2001 Valvoline will donate $1 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America if Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson wins the pole and race on the same weekend for any of this season's remaining NASCAR Winston Cup events. Lynn Swann, recently elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a BBBSA Board member ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Keller Eager To Continue Short Track Success at Bristol

Mar 13, 2001

March 13, 2001 BOISE, IDAHO --- Jason Keller is accustomed to success on the series shorter tracks. In his eight years of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway, Keller has accumulated one win, one pole and eight top 10s. In the two Bristol races last year, Keller qualified on the outside pole and finished ninth and second r ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Family History Should Help Andy Houston At Martinsville

Mar 13, 2001

March 13, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, VA.- Andy Houston may be a Winston Cup rookie, but when he rolls into Martinsville Speedway for the Virginia 500, he’ll have more memories of the .526-mile oval than many of the veterans. Houston’s father was a Martinsville terror in the old Late Model Sportsman division and the ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Cracker Barrel 500 Post Race Notes, Johnny Benson

Mar 12, 2001

JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10 VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (ON POSTING THREE STRAIGHT TOP 10 FINISHES) "Our Valvoline Pontiac team is just doing an awesome job. I can't be any happier. We were off a little bit today, but 'off' is something I probably shouldn't complain about if we finished seventh. We're just getting better a ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Cracker Barrel 500 Post Race Notes, Ron Hornaday

Mar 12, 2001

RON HORNADAY, NO. 14 CONSECO PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (ON HIS RACE) "It was just one of those days. We really tightened the car up yesterday for 'Happy Hour,' so today we had to loosen it up and loosen it up all day long. We just missed the whole setup - shock package and the whole thing. I thought we had a pretty good car. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Cracker Barrel 500 Post Race Notes, Ken Schrader

Mar 12, 2001

KEN SCHRADER, NO. 36 PEDIGREE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (ON POSTING HIS BEST FINISH SINCE 1999) "We had a good run here last November and didn't get to show it because of an untimely yellow. Today I screwed up our car and screwed up our track position right there at the start and then we played 'catch-up.' We did, for a chan ... Continue reading

Benson Posts Third Consecutive Top 10; Moves To Third In Points

Mar 12, 2001

Benson Posts Third Consecutive Top 10 Valvoline Driver Moves to Third in 2001 Points Race Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson admitted he had a strange feeling after Sunday’s NASCAR Winston Cup race in Atlanta. He was a bit frustrated, but also happy. “It feels a little weird to be half-mad about finishi ... Continue reading