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Todd Parrott is once again returning to work for Robert Yates Racing, where he's been twice before, leaving his job as crew chief for Bobby Labonte's No. 43 Dodges. Greg Steadman takes over that role immediately. Parrott won the 1999 Cup Series championship with driver Dale Jarrett and the Yates team.
 -- Charlotte Observer

Dale Earnhardt Jr. frequently talks about the pressure to live up to his famous name, the urgency to fulfill his destiny. Kerry Earnhardt, Junior's older brother, said he feels no such weight. Kerry, 36, competed in a handful of Cup races and Busch Series races before taking a full-time ride this season in the third-tier Truck Series. Kerry said he would consider a Cup ride "if the right one came along."
 -- The Tennessean

New Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports co-owner Eddie D'Hondt told Sirius Speedway host Dave Moody Tuesday that he may look outside the established NASCAR system for drivers.
 -- jayski.com

Jimmie Johnson said his car's setup this weekend will be similar to Jeff Gordon's. "I had a little bit different car and setup in Sonoma, and it really didn't work out for us," Johnson said.
 -- USA Today

Ron Fellows is back in the No. 32 Tide Ride for PPI Motorsports at Watkins Glen International. Car owner Cal Wells agreed to sign the road course specialist to drive for PPIM at the two Cup road course events shortly after last year's Watkins Glen race concluded.
 -- PPI Motorsports

Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman Bruton Smith says that he's finally starting to like Las Vegas Motor Speedway. "Honestly, I didn't like the track the first time I saw it," Smith said. "But it wasn't mine then." Smith purchased the 1.5-mile track and, following the Nextel Cup race there earlier this year, set about redoing it. Pretty much everything inside the grandstands will be new by the time the Truck Series races there on Sept. 23.
 -- Charlotte Observer

A former African-American crewman who once worked on NASCAR's Winston Cup circuit sued the governing body of the U.S. stock car series on Tuesday for race discrimination and breach of contract. David Scott, who worked as a motorcoach driver to one of the racing teams, claimed NASCAR executives deceived him and did not fulfill promises of a job following a well-publicized 1999 racial incident involving white motorcoach drivers.
 -- jayski.com

The tax fraud trial of NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series team owner Gene Haas has been postponed from Aug. 15 to Jan. 27, 2007, at the request of Haas' attorneys. The trial could take up to six weeks to determine whether Haas, through his company Haas Automation, devised a scheme that created approximately $50 million in bogus expenses to avoid more than $20 million in taxes.
 -- SceneDaily.com

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