Lugnuts & Legdrops

A family has settled its lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. stemming from a rear-end collision where a limousine erupted into flames, killing the wife of a former NASCAR crew chief and her two sisters, lawyers for both sides said Wednesday.

Kyle Busch turned in the fastest lap Wednesday as most of the teams on hand for the final day of preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway got a feel for the draft on the high-banked oval.

Five-time and defending champion Mark Martin heads a 13-man field for the 2006 Crown Royal International Race of Champions Series.

The Ultimate Warrior, whose legal name according to various media outlets is now Warrior Warrior, has filed a lawsuit against Vince and Linda McMahon and WWE due to the content of the “Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior” DVD.

Dalip “Giant” Singh was spotted backstage at this week’s SmackDown taping. Singh is expected to begin training with Deep South Wrestling and it is expected that he will be brought to television every week during his training.

There is heavy talk of a fued between The Undertaker and Kurt Angle, with a match taking place at Wrestlemania.

WWE.com posted an article that the company has finally managed to sign Russian amateur wrestler, Oleg Prudius. He has absolutely no experience in pro wrestling, Prudius is the 2005 USA Open Heavyweight Sambo Champion, and at 6'6" he stands at 310 lbs of muscle. Other than having done some amateur wrestling and being a master of Sambo, he has also done some martial arts, as he's a member of the Martial Arts League of America. On top of that, he's also the United States Kickboxing Association (USKBA) International Heavyweight Grappling Champion.

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms with Heidenreich on his release from the company. WWE wishes Heidenreich the best in all his future endeavors.