... half sick to my stomach," Biffle said Sunday after a nerve-racking wait of nearly an hour while a succession of NASCAR Nextel Cup stars took a shot at knocking the second-year driver off the pole. Nobody could. After winning the Pepsi 400 ...

... drought," he said, trying to hold back laughter. "It feels good to be back." Counting the final race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season in 2003 and last week's Daytona 500, it had been two races since Newman won his last pole. He won ...

... almost produced one of the greatest, if not most improbable, finishes in stock car history. Kenseth, the defending NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion led the final 35 laps and didn't seem to have a problem keeping Kahne, who was making his second ...

... tires wear in a hurry. So, is it a whole new ballgame at the tracks like Vegas, at which more than a third of the NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule is run? "There is an opportunity for someone that wasn't on their game to emerge based on the changes ...

... champion during the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He was chastised for leading the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings for 33 races, despite winning just one race. NASCAR responded by changing the way it crowns a ...

... RACE: Matt Kenseth didn't take the lead in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings until after the fourth race of the ... supposed to be Kyle Busch's grand entrance to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. The driver who graduated from a Las Vegas ...

... ve got great momentum," said the Roush Racing driver, who will also race in Sunday's featured Food City 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup event. "I think the car will be good on long runs and I'm just really looking forward to it," Biffle said about ...

... BRISTOL, Tenn. - Jamie McMurray will start Sunday afternoon's Food City 500 as the 19th-ranked driver in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings. And since the top 10 drivers after 26 races move into the "Chase for the Championship," McMurray ...

... champions, are from Corpus Christi. While it's a 7 1/2-hour drive from Texas Motor Speedway, it's the only NASCAR Nextel Cup track in their home state. "I was here a few years ago when Terry won. It ranks on Terry's list as one of the ...

... Ricky Rudd gave the Wood Brothers team its first pole in 20 years, taking the top spot Friday in qualifying for the NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. To get it done, Rudd had to beat the intimidating DEI tandem of Michael Waltrip ...