NASCAR Winston Cup Series archive news coverage of the premier NASCAR division. This series was sponsored by the Winston Cigarette company from 1971-2003. This section covers the NASCAR Cup Series between those years.
Ray Evernham goes into detail about the design of T-Rex; The next generation Hendrick Motorsports chassis that Jeff Gordon used to smoke the field
In 1997, Rick Hendrick gathered all the Hendrick Motorpsorts engineers with the plans to put all the bold ideas into a single experimental chassis.
At first,
Read MoreRichard Childress put a NASCAR race winning Dale Earnhardt car up for sale; It sold over the weekend with a hefty bid
Several weeks ago, Richard Childress announced he would be auctioning off a series of collectors items from his personal collection. An authentic Dale Earnhardt race car was one of those items.
Read MoreA buyer is in place for the historic short track; Racing won’t return if sold
Myrtle Beach Speedway is a 0.538-mile oval in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It hosted the NASCAR Cup Series from 1958 through 1965 with Dick Hutcherson winning the final Cup event.
Speedway Group Inc.
Read MoreRichard Childress is set to sell a NASCAR race car from personal collection for the first time
The Richard Childress Racing museum is stacked full of race cars in North Carolina. Many of those, are Dale Earnhardt #3 machines.
Richard Childress held onto almost all the Dale Earnhardt machines throughout the legendary career.
Read MoreAdd another to the list of lost speedways
Texas World Speedway speedway opened in 1969. The 2-mile oval sits in College Station, Texas.
The track is one of only 7 ovals in the United States that are over 2 miles in length. Daytona, Talladega, Indianapolis, Pocono, Auto Club,
Read MoreLegendary North Carolina short track is coming to the online racing sim sooner than you thought
iRacing is the only thing going on right now. And the online racing service is about to add one legendary track.
Before NASCAR hit the mainstream 1.5-mile tracks, they were door banging on the short tracks of the South.
Read MoreNASCAR, Indycar, IMSA and NHRA driver has passed
John Andretti comes from arguably the most famous racing family there is. He was a versatile driver that ran across multiple racing disciplines.
Indycar and NASCAR are the obvious ones. But, Andretti also ran some straight line stuff in an NHRA Top Fuel dragster.
Read MoreA piece of NASCAR history has been sold at the Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona
In 1997, Jeff Gordon claimed his first career road-course victory in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. The August 10, 1997 win was the first of many to come.
He proceeded to win the next four road course races on the schedule between late 1997-early 2000.
Read MoreTony Stewart broke the contract within a month due to his love of dirt racing
Tony Stewart is now a retired NASCAR driver who’s an inductee in the 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame class.
In 1999, he made his debut in the NASCAR Cup Series will Joe Gibbs Racing.
Read MoreOnce pardoned by the president; Junior Johnson leaves his mark on NASCAR history
Junior Johnson: 1931-2019
Junior Johnson has passed. The NASCAR Hall of Fame driver was one of the few left that reaches back to the roots of NASCAR. Junior Johnson has died at age 88.
His career began in the moonshining days of the sport and reached into the modern era.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr gathered a group to help clean North Wilkesboro Speedway and preserve it forever
North Wilkesboro Speedway opened in May 18, 1947. The 0.625-mile track is located in North Carolina and collected fans worldwide.
Enoch Staley visited a NASCAR race in South Carolina. He was so impressed that he decided to build a track of his own.
Read MoreMarlin has a new car for short track racing at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville; He tried to debut it over the weekend, it didn’t work out
Sterling Marlin has been in a battle with Parkinson’s Disease in recent years. However, multiple brain surgeries haven’t kept him out of the race car or victory lane.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt commissioned this custom yacht before he passed
On February 18, 2001, Dale Earnhardt lost his life on the final lap of the Daytona 500. The sport lost the face of NASCAR in tragedy.
Before that, Earnhardt had a custom built yacht commissioned. It’s a 100′ sea cruiser that goes by the name ‘Sunday Money’.
Read MoreDarby is the former Managing Director of Competition at NASCAR
The United States Auto Club (USAC) announced its USAC.25 Series (quarter midgets) has retained the services of seasoned motorsports official John Darby to oversee the technical and safety processes of USAC.25 effective immediately.
Darby, the former Managing Director of Competition at NASCAR,
Read MoreLyn St. James on going 232.4 mph in a 1989 stock car: “Your desire and your passion outweighs rational thinking.”
The car was prepared by Bill Elliott, giving the NASCAR team a leg up on the competition for the 1989 season
If you look at the photo above,
Read MoreJeff Gordon wanted to be a World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series driver
Gordon: “I wasn’t thinking NASCAR at all.”
As Jeff Gordon was coming up, an open wheel driver had a tendency to move into the open wheel side of professional motorsports. Yet, Jeff Gordon moved into cars with fenders and went on to set record after record in the world of NASCAR.
Read MoreJeremy Mayfield was once suspended from NASCAR following two failed tests – Yet, always claimed innocence
Was he right?
On May 9, 2009, Jeremy Mayfield was suspended from NASCAR for failing the substance abuse policy.
“I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over the counter medicine reacted together and resulted in a positive drug test.
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