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2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:

[after Atlanta, race 25 of 36] 1) #16-Greg Biffle [2 wins], 879, +128 over 11th 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 871, -8, +120 3) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 858, -21, +107 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 848, -31, +97 5) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 838, -41, +87...

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Wild-Card Race:

[after Atlanta, race 25 of 36] A look at the race for the two wild-card positions for the Chase based on wins and being inside the top 20 in points. Driver [wins] standings, behind 10th first two would make the chase as wild cards: #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins] 11th -18 ...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Atlanta:

#14-Tony Stewart won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 53rd Annual ADVOCARE 500 with a lap of 29.787 seconds, 186.121 mph. This is his 14th pole in 489 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first pole and ninth top-10 start in 2012. This is his first pole in...

Chase Spots Up For Grabs At Atlanta, scenarios:

#16-Greg Biffle, #48-Jimmie Johnson, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #17-Matt Kenseth have locked up spots in the 2012 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup going into Sunday's race in Atlanta, the penultimate race in the regular season. Eight other drivers can join them in donning...

Kyle Busch returns to KBM’s #18 for Atlanta:

Kyle Busch will return to the seat of his Kyle Busch Motorsports #18 Dollar General Tundra for Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. After making 16 starts in each of his team's first two seasons in the NASCAR Camping World Truck...

Some series wives participating in ‘Racing for Awareness’ competition:

Toyota Racing kicked off 'Racing For Awareness' last Friday, a friendly competition among women affiliated with the Toyota NASCAR program to design t-shirts that will support breast cancer awareness. Among the participants are Sara Peters, wife of driver Timothy Peters...

Hamlin wins an extra $10,000 for charity:

Call it the $10,000 dance. The signature driver introductions before Saturday's Night Race had a little extra pizzazz as the 43 competitors vied to be chosen as the top act through a fan vote with legendary ring announcer Michael Buffer MC 'ing the festivities. Before...

Kurt Busch teams up with Finch-Ballew to run Atlanta truck race:

Kurt Busch will drive a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chevy in next Friday night's Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as part of a joint venture involving Billy Ballew Motorsports and Phoenix Racing. The truck is an 11-time winner in recent...

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:

[after Bristol, race 24 of 36] 1) #16-Greg Biffle [2 wins], 849, +119 over 11th 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 838, -11, +108 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 834, -15, +104 4) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 823, -26, +93 5) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 797, -52, +...

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Wild-Card Race:

[after Bristol, race 24 of 36] A look at the race for the two wild-card positions for the Chase based on wins and being inside the top 20 in points. Driver [wins] standings, behind 10th first two would make the chase as wild cards: #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins] 11th -16 ...

Wild Card ‘ Opportunities Fading Fast:

With the regular season dwindling down to a precious few races, the Chase 'Wild Card' race literally has become a game of musical chairs. Six winners into two seats obviously won 't go. And that doesn 't take into consideration four more drivers ranked 11th through...

Facts and Notes Bristol Motor Speedway:

* Groundbreaking for Bristol International Speedway, as Bristol Motor Speedway was originally known, took place in 1960. The track was an exact half-mile. * First NASCAR Sprint Cup race was July 30, 1961. * In the fall of 1969, the track was reshaped and re-measured...

Scott doubles up at Bristol; to drive #18 for KBM:

Brian Scott will make his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start of the season for Kyle Busch Motorsports, driving the #18 Dollar General Tundra in Wednesday night's UNOH 225 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Idaho native will be looking to give Dollar General...

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Wild-Card Race:

[after Michigan, race 23 of 36] A look at the race for the two wild-card positions for the Chase based on wins and being inside the top 20 in points. Driver [wins] standings, behind 10th first two would make the chase as wild cards: #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins] 11th -33...

Keselowski hasn ‘t talked to Busch after Watkins Glen:

#18- Kyle Busch hasn 't spoken to #22-Brad Keselowski since the last-lap incident that knocked Busch out of the lead last Sunday at Watkins Glen International. Kyle Busch hasn 't spoken to reporters either, declining to share his views of the collision after the race...

Happy Hour practice:

for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is over after 55 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest, notes: #16-Biffle 198.879 #48-Johnson 198.222 #20-Logano 197.960 #17-Kenseth 197.916 #55-Martin 197.488 slowest: #36-Blaney...

KBM announces changes to driver lineup for #18: UPDATE more on Kurt Busch at Michigan:

Kyle Busch Motorsports announced today that the team has parted ways with Jason Leffler. Kurt Busch will be behind the wheel of the #18 Shore Lodge Tundra for the VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Aug. 18 and the driver lineup for the remaining...

Marcos Ambrose wins at Watkins Glen:

#9-Marcos Ambrose won the Finger Lakes 355(k) at Watkins Glen International in one of the most dramatic, exciting road course finishes ever. #18-Kyle Busch led at the white flag when Busch got in some oil on the track [supposedly from the #47 Toyota] and slowed, #2...

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Wild-Card Race:

[after Watkins Glen, race 22 of 36] A look at the race for the two wild-card positions for the Chase based on wins and being inside the top 20 in points. Driver [wins] standings, behind 10th first two would make the chase as wild cards: #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins] 11th...

Watkins Glen Notes-n-Nuggets:

' Marcos Ambrose earned his second Cup Series victory in his 141st start, his second in a row at Watkins Glen. ' Marcos Ambrose has finished in the top three in all five of his Watkins Glen starts. ' Marcos Ambrose earned his first top-five finish of 2012 and became...