Category: NASCAR Cup Series

Franchitti update: Former CGRFS driver Sterling Marlin will drive the #40 Dodge Challenger in this Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway, while its full-time driver Dario Franchitti continues … Read More

Gil Martin, crew chief of the No. 07 BB&T Chevrolet driven by Clint Bowyer, has been named the WYPALL Wipers’ “Crew Chief of the Race" in Saturday’s Dan Lowry 400 … Read More

The final session of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session at Lowe’s Motor Speedway featured three incidents as the two-day test concluded. Gillett Evernham Motorsports’ Elliott Sadler led the … Read More

Afternoon Times Rank Car# Driver Manu Time Speed 1 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 29.698 181.830 2 18B Kyle Busch Toyota 29.942 180.349 3 8 Mark Martin Chevy 29.954 180.276 4 … Read More

Dale Earnhardt Jr. led Tuesday morning’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Earnhardt Jr. paced the field with a top lap of 182.593 mph in his … Read More

Kyle Busch paced the afternoon session Monday of the Sprint Cup Series test at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, turning a lap of 179.736 mph in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota. … Read More

UPDATE Testing sessions for NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams have been scheduled at Lowe's Motor Speedway in preparation for the track's calendar of May races, including the May … Read More

Twenty-One drivers are eligible for the Sprint All-Star Race with one race to go, three drivers from the Sprint Showdown will transfer to the All-Star race, the 1st and 2nd … Read More

NASCAR on Fox notched a slight increase for the second straight week with a 4.2/8 for primetime racing from Richmond. Saturday night's 4.2/8 is a tenth of a point gain … Read More

Kyle Busch's #18 M&M'S Toyota Camry will sport a special Indiana Jones-themed paint scheme, and Busch will wear a matching fire suit during the Dodge Challenger 500 Sprint Cup race … Read More

Toyota officials don't want to lose #20-Tony Stewart to another manufacturer, but they won't get involved in negotiations to keep the two-time Sprint Cup champion at Joe Gibbs Racing after … Read More

What happened between you and Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final laps?“It was just a bummer deal — we were both just racing there. Denny (Hamlin), first off, had the … Read More

UPDATE Spurred on by local favorite Denny Hamlin's pole position and win in the Nationwide race Saturday night, Richmond International Raceway President Doug Fritz announced Saturday afternoon all grandstand seats … Read More

Yates Racing announced today that Experian Consumer DirectSM, the leading provider of online direct-to-consumer credit reports, scores, and monitoring products, will sponsor the No. 38 entry for an additional number … Read More

We're liable to see empty seats at RIR tonight for the first time in 17 years, and a sour economy is only the half of it. Yeah, $80 tickets and … Read More

FIN CAR DRIVER SPEED TIME BEHIND1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 123.412 21.878 Leader2 8 Mark Martin 122.895 21.970 -0.0923 9 Kasey Kahne 122.733 21.999 -0.1214 11 Denny Hamlin 122.549 22.032 … Read More

Greg Biffle said on Friday at Richmond International Raceway that "my 100 percent intent" is to work an extension with Roush Fenway. "There are a lot of great teams and … Read More

Carl Edwards says that he has signed a multiyear NASCAR Sprint Cup Series contract to continue driving for Roush Fenway Racing. Edwards, has driven full time for team owner Jack … Read More

UPDATE The final TV rating of last Sunday's Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup race from Talladega was a 5.7/13 share, up 5.5% over last year's 5.4/14 share final rating. 04/28/08 Fox's … Read More