The top-10 in points after Richmond will qualify for the Chase. The 11th and 12th spots in the Chase field are the wild cards, which go to those drivers between 11th-20th in points that have the most wins. Right now, […]

Burton has been very impressive this season, finishing no worse than 15th in the first seven races. In April at Martinsville, he started on the pole and led a race-high 154 laps but ended up finishing third. “We’ve got some […]

Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 – Kentucky Speedway – Sparta, Ky. It’s “go time” for several drivers in the Sprint Cup Series, as the race to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship is on. This weekend’s 400-mile event […]

Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) – Bobby Labonte’s consecutive start streak will end at 704 races. Labonte’s streak was the third-longest in history, shy of Ricky Rudd’s 788 starts. Jeff Gordon has started 705 straight races, which stands as the longest […]

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – When Martin Truex Jr. won in the Sprint Cup Series for the first time on June 4, 2007 at Dover, he never imagined it would take 219 races to get back into victory lane. Truex […]

Sonoma, CA (Sports Network) – Jamie McMurray won the pole for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 after topping Marcos Ambrose in the Sprint Cup Series’ new qualifying format at Sonoma Raceway. McMurray posted a lap at 94.986 mph during Saturday’s qualifying […]

Elkhart Lake, WI (Sports Network) – A.J. Allmendinger claimed the pole for Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Road America after posting the fastest lap in qualifying. Allmendinger, who is making his first start in the No. 22 Ford for Penske […]

“This is the first time I’ve done a Cup and Nationwide weekend when they’re separated,” Vickers said. “It’s going to be fun, but it’s going to be challenging. I do think that the fact that the Nationwide race is a […]

Two months ago, NASCAR revealed a group-based format will be used in Sprint Cup qualifying for the road-course races at Sonoma and Watkins Glen, N.Y. (the second weekend in August). It’s the same format used for the road-course events in […]

Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 – Sonoma Raceway – Sonoma, Calif. The Sprint Cup Series will compete at the Sonoma Raceway road course in Northern California’s wine country for the 25th time. But this year’s race at Sonoma will […]