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2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Martinsville Speedway, race 6 of 36] 1) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 227 2) #20-Matt Kenseth, 218, -9 3) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 217, -10 4) #24-Jeff Gordon, 216, -11 5) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 209, -18 6) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 189, -38 7) #2-Brad Keselowski...

Earnhardt, Jr, Graham Rahal interested in ride swap UPDATES:

Verizon IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal believes the timing and circumstances are just too perfect not to do the much-ballyhooed car swap with his National Guard NASCAR counterpart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rahal attended the Auto Club 400 in Fontana on Sunday afternoon...

Crafton wins at Martinsville:

#88-Matt Crafton won the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway after rain delayed the race until Sunday. #54-Darrell Wallace, Jr. finished second followed by #31-Ben Kennedy, #98-Johnny Sauter, #29-Ryan Blaney, #17-Timothy Peters, #77-German Quiroga, #32-Ben Rhodes, #...

Driver standings

following Martinsville: 1)#17-Timothy Peters, 82 2) #98-Johnny Sauter, 82 3) #88-Matt Crafton,78, -4 4) #29-Ryan Blaney, 78, -4 5) #30-Ron Hornaday, 76, -6 6) #31-Ben Kennedy, 72, -10 7) #77-German Quiroga, 71, -11 8) #54-Darrell Wallace, 61, -21 9) #13-Jeb Burton, ...

Hamlin discusses issue with eye at Fontana:

Friday at Martinsville Speedway, #11-Denny Hamlin talked about the series of events that caused him to set out the race at Auto Club Speedway: 'I literally thought on Friday that I was starting to get a sty. It happened sometime during practice whether it came in through...

CRC Industries returns to sponsor Cassill at Martinsville:

For the third consecutive week CRC Automotive will partner with Hillman Racing and driver Landon Cassill as the primary sponsor of the #40 Sprint Cup Series entry. The exposure generated at the end of last Sunday's event at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California...

MWR cars paying tribute to Bobby Waltrip:

Bobby Waltrip, the middle brother of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver and FOX analyst Darrell Waltrip and NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner and FOX announcer Michael Waltrip, died of natural causes last Sunday. The middle Waltrip formerly managed Darrell's race team and was best...

Stewart presented with lifetime membership to Code 3 Associates:

Three- time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion #14-Tony Stewart was presented with lifetime membership to Code 3 Associates by president Eric Bagdikian and executive assistant Jane Giese on Friday, March 28 prior to Sprint Cup practice at Martinsville Speedway. Code...

Kyle Busch wins Martinsville pole:

##18-Kyle Busch won the pole for the STP 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway with speed of 99.674mph for his 1st pole of 2014, 1st at Martinsville and 14th of his career. #11-Hamlin is on the outside pole, followed by #22-Logano, #48-Johnson, #24-Gordon...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Martinsville:

Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 65th Annual STP 500 with a lap of 18.998 seconds, 99.674 mph. With a first-round speed of 100.201 mph (18.898 seconds), Joey Logano set the track qualifying record. The previous record was set by Denny Hamlin on Oct...

Teams honor Lynda Petty at Martinsville:

As the Petty family remembers the life of Lynda Petty on Friday, the NASCAR community is paying respect to the long-time wife of Richard Petty, who lost her life on Tuesday. For this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway, Richard Petty Motorsports handed out commemorative...

Hornaday fastest in final practice:

#30- Ron Hornaday, Jr. was fastest in final practice for the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway with a speed of 96.171 mph. He was followed by #00-Cole Custer, #32-Ben Rhodes, #20-Gray Gaulding, #98-Johnny Sauter, #21-Joey Coulter, #29-Ryan Blaney, #54-Darrell Wallace...

Wallace fastest in first practice:

#54-Darrell Wallace, Jr. was fastest during opening practice at Martinsville Speedway with a speed of 96.662 mph. #29-Ryan Blaney was second, followed by #17-Timothy Peters, #51-Erik Jones, #31-Ben Kennedy, #7-Brian Ickler, #77-German Quiroga, #30-Ron Hornaday, Jr., #...

Teams complete tires test at Sonoma:

Five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams completed a rain-dampened two-day Goodyear tire test at Sonoma Raceway on Wednesday. Intermittent rain fell at the raceway both Tuesday and Wednesday, but #9-Marcos Ambrose, #18-Kyle Busch, #24-Jeff Gordon, #14-Tony Stewart and #...

Hamlin cleared to return at Martinsville:

Joe Gibbs Racing driver #11-Denny Hamlin will race this weekend at Martinsville Speedway after NASCAR received official confirmation from his doctors that he has been medically cleared to return to regular racing activities. Hamlin first visited the infield care center...

Congrats to the Kenseths:

Joe Gibbs Racing's driver of the #20 Toyota, Matt Kenseth, and his wife Katie welcomed a new bundle of joy Tuesday evening with the birth of the couple's third daughter. Clara Mae Kenseth was born March 25 at 7:39pm/et weighing in at eight pounds and five ounces. Both...

More info on Hamlin expected Wednesday:

#11-Denny Hamlin, who missed Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway, tweeted Tuesday evening, 'With due respect to the Petty family I will send out a update tomorrow. Please keep their family in your thoughts tonight.'(3-26-2014)...

Earnhardt, Jr. wants NASCAR to address Hamlin’s issue:

#88- Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to know why there hasn't been more information about what caused #11-Denny Hamlin to miss Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway. Hamlin was taken to a local hospital shortly before the race with what Joe Gibbs Racing said was a sinus infection...

Fans raise money to sponsor Wise at Talladega:

NASCAR and sponsorship run hand-in-hand. The high costs of racing a car means that wrapping it in corporate logos is of vital importance. What happens when you don't have a sponsor? You can try and do as best you can, or you can let the internet help you. The folks...

Richmond working to get Robert Griffin III to race:

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. asked his fans on social media to help convince Robert Griffin III to attend Richmond's late-April race, Richmond International Raceway President Dennis Bickmeier quickly e-mailed Junior's tweet to his staff. 'Boom,' the track president wrote...