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National Motorsports Press Association names awards winners:

National Motorsports Press Association names awards winners: Jimmie Johnson, who won a record-tying seventh NASCAR championship this past season, has been voted the winner of the 2016 Richard Petty Driver of the Year Award presented by the National Motorsports Press...

Auto-Owners Insurance Expands Furniture Row Racing Sponsorship:

Auto-Owners Insurance Expands Furniture Row Racing Sponsorship: Furniture Row Racing announced that Auto-Owners Insurance has agreed to a multiyear primary sponsorship for Martin Truex Jr.'s #78 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Cup Series. The Fortune 500 company, which ...

PR Specialist Joins Furniture Row Racing:

PR Specialist Joins Furniture Row Racing: David Hart, a respected motorsports communications professional, has joined Furniture Row Racing to manage the public relations program for the team's #77 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry that will be driven in 2017 by rookie Erik...

Truex Jr. Named National Driver of the Year by EMPA:

Martin Truex Jr. has been named the 2016 Eastern Motorsport Press Association National Driver of the Year. The award was voted on by members of the EMPA. Driving the #78 Toyota for Denver-based Furniture Row Racing, Truex's stellar 2016 season in NASCAR's premier division...

Most Mentioned Drivers 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:

Driver, Interviews, Interview Time, Mentions #4-Kevin Harvick, 34, 0:35:16, 3,923 #48-Jimmie Johnson, 21, 0:21:31, 3,071 #18-Kyle Busch, 28, 0:28:27, 3,031 #78-Martin Truex Jr., 26, 0:30:52, 2,834 #22-Joey Logano, 25, 0:34:06, 2,688 #19-Carl Edwards, 28, 0:27:40, 2...

Toyota wins first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturer’s Title:

Toyota secured its first-ever NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) manufacturer's championship with a sixth-place finish by Kyle Busch at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday to capture the title in Toyota's 10th year of Cup competition. Camry drivers won 16-of-36 races to...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Homestead

#19-Carl Edwards (Chase) ... 109.4...

Top-Ten Lap Leaders after 35 races:

Driver, Laps Led 1) #78-Martin Truex Jr, 1,795 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 1,374 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 1,305 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 943 5) #19-Carl Edwards, 869 6) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 729 7) #22-Joey Logano, 690 8) #2-Brad Keselowski, 540 9) #11-Denny Hamlin, 516 10) #24-Chase...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2016 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Texas, race 34 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #4-Kevin Harvick (C7), 1083 2) #2-Brad Keselowski (EC), 1056, -27 3) #22-Joey Logano (C3), 1051, -32 4) #18-Kyle Busch (C4), 1030, -53 5) #11-Denny Hamlin (C6), 1017, -...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2016 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) #4-Kevin Harvick (C6), 1048, 2) #2-Brad Keselowski (EC), 1029, -19 3) #22-Joey Logano (C5), 1010, -38 4) #18-Kyle Busch (C4), 993, -55 5) #11-Denny Hamlin (C2), ...

Martinsville Goodyear Tire Notes:

Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series will run the same tire set-up at Martinsville this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires these teams have run at this track since October 2014 . . . this left-side...

Lap Leaders after 32 races:

Driver, Laps Led 1) #78-Martin Truex Jr, 1,590 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 1,371 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 1,305 4) #19-Carl Edwards, 834 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 715 6) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 626 7) #2-Brad Keselowski, 540 8) #11-Denny Hamlin, 467 9) #22-Joey Logano, 440 10) #24-Chase...

NASCAR confiscates parts from Martin Truex Jr.’s car:

Furniture Row Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. could face a points penalty after NASCAR confiscated front jack screws from his car during an inspection before qualifying Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. NASCAR confirmed it confiscated the screws. It typically announces...

Chase Clinch Scenarios at Talladega:

#48-Jimmie Johnson and #4-Kevin Harvick have already clinched a spot in the Round of 8. With only one race remaining in this round, a new winner would be a win by Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski or Chase Elliott. A win by any other driver ...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings – Round of 12:

[after Kansas, race 31 of 36, Chase race 5 of 10] 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson*, [3 wins], 3082 (won Charlotte) 2) #4-Kevin Harvick*, [4 wins] 3074 (won Kansas) 3) #20-Matt Kenseth, [2 wins], +29 ahead of 9th 4) #18-Kyle Busch, [4 wins], +27 5) #19-Carl Edwards, [2 wins], +...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2016 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Kansas, race 31 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #4-Kevin Harvick (C2), 993 2) #2-Brad Keselowski (C11), 985, -8 3) #18-Kyle Busch (C4), 944, -49 4) #22-Joey Logano (C8), 933, -60 5) #41-Kurt Busch (C6), 914, -79 6...

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not – Kansas Edition:

HOT - Joey Logano: won Kansas Chase race each of last 2 seasons - Martin Truex Jr.: 817 laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season (409 more than any other driver) - Kevin Harvick: top-2 finish in 4 of last 6 Kansas races - Kyle Busch: 3 straight top-5 finishes at Kansas...

Furniture Row Racing skipping Homestead test:

A notable championship contender - possibly the early favorite - will be absent from next week's test at Homestead-Miami Speedway, whose Nov. 20 season finale will decide the Sprint Cup title. Furniture Row Racing won't bring Martin Truex Jr.'s #78 Toyota to the Oct...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Kansas:

#48-Jimmie Johnson'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦ 110.4 #20-Matt Kenseth'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦. 107.4 #4-Kevin Harvick'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦. 103.4 #16-Greg Biffle'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦. 96.8 #78-Martin Truex Jr'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦. 95.5 #19-Carl Edwards'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦'¦ 95.4 #5-Kasey Kahne...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings – Round of 12:

[after Charlotte, race 30 of 36, Chase race 4 of 10] 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson*, [3 wins], 3045 (won Charlotte) 2) #20-Matt Kenseth, [2 wins], 31 ahead of 9th 3) #18-Kyle Busch, [4 wins], +27 4) #2-Brad Keselowski, [4 wins], +25 5) #41-Kurt Busch, [1 win], +24 6) #19-Carl...