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Texas Notes & Facts – Saturday – drivers:

' 138 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas; 111 in more than one. ' Jeff Gordon is the only drive to have made all 27 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway. ' Jimmie Johnson leads the series in runner-up ...

Kenseth on Harvick wreck: ‘I couldn’t feel any worse’:

#20- Matt Kenseth and #4-Kevin Harvick met Friday morning at Texas Motor Speedway for their first conversation since a mistake by Kenseth left Harvick on the brink of title elimination. Though he can't do anything to fix it, Kenseth hopes his error somehow would be...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Texas:

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd 2) #31-Ryan Newman, 7th 3) #22-Joey Logano, 10th 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 1st 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 20th 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 11th 7) #4-Kevin Harvick, 5th 8) #2-Brad Keselowski, 26th...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Texas:

Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 10th Annual AAA Texas 500 with a lap of 27.095 seconds, 199.299 mph. This is his 13th pole in 542 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his second pole and 10th top-10 start in 2014. This is his first pole in 25...

Chris Buescher fastest in first practice:

#60-Chris Buescher was fastest during opening practice at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 186.085mph. #22-Joey Logano was second, followed by: #6-Trevor Bayne, #33-Austin Dillon, #2-Brian Scott, #12-Ryan Blaney, #11-Elliott Sadler, #5-Kevin Harvick, #62-Brendan...

Harvick to make 500th Cup Start:

#4-Kevin Harvick is scheduled to make his 500th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start in Sunday's AAA Texas 500 race at Texas. In the midst of his 14th season in the series, Harvick has earned 26 wins, 111 top fives, 226 top-10 finishes and 14 pole awards. This...

Homestead testing UPDATE2:

Five teams will test at Homestead-Miami Speedway next Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct. 28-29): Stewart Haas Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Team Penske, Roush Fenway Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing.(NASCAR)(10-24-2014) UPDATE: Six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams and more than...

Homestead testing UPDATE:

Five teams will test at Homestead-Miami Speedway next Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct. 28-29): Stewart Haas Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Team Penske, Roush Fenway Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing.(NASCAR)(10-24-2014) UPDATE: Six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams and more than...

NASCAR Numbers:

33: Kevin Harvick's point deficit to Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup leader Jeff Gordon after contact from Matt Kenseth rocketed Harvick into the outside wall on Lap 228 at Martinsville. Last in the Chase standings, Harvick likely faces a must-win scenario at Texas...

Harvick not happy with Kenseth after Martinsville wreck:

#4- Kevin Harvick put #20-Matt Kenseth on notice at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. Harvick told reporters following the Goody's 500, 'He will not win this championship. I can promise you that.' On Lap 228, Kenseth bounced off the back of Denny Hamlin, slowed and...

Harvick sells land:

#4-Kevin Harvick and his wife, DeLana, have sold 110.5 acres adjacent to their North Carolina estate for $3.2 million. The Harvicks' 12,000-square-foot mansion in Oak Ridge is listed with Tyler Redhead & McAlister Real Estate for $3.5 million. The effusive listing...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Martinsville:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #22-Joey Logano, 5th (2) 2) #4-Kevin Harvick, 33rd (33) 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 3rd (9) 4) #11-Denny Hamlin, 8th (5) 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 6th (3) 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 20th (11) 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Martinsville, race 33 of 36] drivers who win in round 3 automatically advance to the Championship race at Homestead 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins] 4044 [+7] 2) #31-Ryan Newman, 4041, -3 [+4] 3) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins] 4040, -4 [+3] 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 4039, -...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Martinsville, race 33 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(C1), 1159 2) #22-Joey Logano(C3), 1117, -42 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1070, -89 4) #2-Brad Keselowski(C7), 1056, -103 5) #4-Kevin Harvick(C8), ...

Martinsville Notes & Facts – Sunday – race:

' There have been 131 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway, one in the inaugural year and two races per year since 1950. ' The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 36th, by Kurt Busch in the fall of 2002. ' There have been five...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Martinsville:

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #22-Joey Logano, 2nd 2) #4-Kevin Harvick, 33rd 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 9th 4) #11-Denny Hamlin, 5th 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 3rd 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 11th 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 13th 8) #2-Brad Keselowski, 6th...

Gibson will return to Stewart-Haas UPDATES:

Danica Patrick's crew chief is not going anywhere. Tony Gibson tweeted on Saturday afternoon that he has a contract extension with Stewart-Haas Racing. Gibson came on board as crew chief for Patrick for the last two races during her 10-race partial Sprint Cup schedule...

Gibson will return to Stewart-Haas UPDATE:

Danica Patrick's crew chief is not going anywhere. Tony Gibson tweeted on Saturday afternoon that he has a contract extension with Stewart-Haas Racing. Gibson came on board as crew chief for Patrick for the last two races during her 10-race partial Sprint Cup schedule...

NASCAR Numbers:

12: The number of laps led by Brad Keselowski in Sunday's GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, a race he had to win to advance to the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Keselowski led laps 187 through 192, and after surrendering the top spot...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Martinsville:

#48-Jimmie Johnson 124.8 #24-Jeff Gordon 119.0 #11-Denny Hamlin 109.6 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 99.9 #14-Tony Stewart 97.0 #18-Kyle Busch 96.1 #15-Clint Bowyer 94.6 #4-Kevin Harvick 93.2 Jeff Burton 87.4 #31-Ryan Newman 86.9 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2014...