Given Formula One’s ability to develop cars and NASCAR’s ability to sell them, DaimlerChrysler is counting on a union of German technology and good, old American know-how to improve both programs.
DaimlerChrysler CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche attended Saturday’s night’s Nextel Cup race at Daytona Beach, Fla., where his likeness appeared on the hoods of the Dodges […]

Casey Mears was hired Wednesday to drive for Hendrick Motorsports, earning a seat with one of
NASCAR’s super-teams. The move had been widely expected since last week, when Mears informed car owner Chip Ganassi he would not be coming back in 2007 on the same day Brian Vickers asked to be released from his Hendrick contract.
Mears […]

‘All-American’ NASCAR Racing Will Be a Thing of the Past
The face of NASCAR’s fan base has undergone a makeover during the past decade, with the stereotypical beer-guzzling, fist-pumping wage-earners making room in the grandstands for wine-sipping, white-collar professionals and growing numbers of women, teens and toddlers.
At a far more rapid pace, the face of NASCAR’s […]

In the beginning, stock-car racing was exactly what it sounds like. Drivers actually bought brand-new cars from dealers and went racing. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), organized in 1947, created a standardized set of rules for stock-car racing and established a system for selecting a national champion based on performance at […]

Armando Fitz, co-owner of FitzBradshaw Racing, and Joel Kauffman, driver of the team’s No. 12 Dodge Charger, Friday announced a mutual decision to limit the number of races that Kauffman will participate in for the 2006 Busch Series season.
At Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, Tracy Hines will replace Kauffman in the No. 12 Dodge in […]