The STP 500 race weekend at Martinsville Speedway is just two weeks away but great seats still remain for the first NASCAR Sprint Cup short-track event of the year.
Rookie Ross Chastain sits in 10th place in Xfinity Series points as the circuit moves on to Phoenix International Raceway Saturday for the Axalta Faster Tougher Brighter 200. Chastain has finishes of ninth, 24th and 18th in the early part of the new season.
Having climbed to 29th in Xfinity Series points after a difficult start to the season at Daytona International Speedway, Harrison Rhodes is ready to race at Phoenix International Raceway Saturday.
After a top 20 last week vaulted him to 15th in the Xfinity Series driver standings, Landon Cassill is ready to take on Phoenix International Raceway in Saturday’s Axalta Faster Tougher Brighter 200.
This Week's Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota at Phoenix International Raceway: JJ Yeley will pilot Chassis No. 235 in the Axalta 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. This is a new car in the JGL Racing stable after it was purchased from Penske and converted over to a Toyota.
Jimmie Johnson has an amazing track record at Martinsville Speedway … eight Sprint Cup wins, enough wins to be the favorite every time NASCAR’s big boys roll into town.
Larson will be making his third NSCS start at PIR this weekend. In both previous visits, Larson has qualified in eighth position, and he has finished in 20th and 13th place. Larson also has four starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) at PIR, with a career-best fourth-place finish that came last season during the March race weekend.
"It means the world to me to be back in the car. It's been a tough situation the last few months, and I've gone through this with confidence knowing that I know the truth and that I never did any of the things that I was accused of. It was a complete fabrication.
Poole Joins Elite Company: Following his ninth-place finish in Las Vegas, Poole joined an elite list of XFINITY Series drivers who scored a top-10 finish in their Series debut. Since 2005, 22 drivers have accomplished this feat, including notable names like Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin.
“It is a fun track to race on, especially since the repave. It has a lot of the characteristics you would see at a short track, but the speeds that you would see on a speedway. We’ve run really well here the past few races in the XFINITY Series and I’m excited to see how that success will transition over to our Cup car this weekend.”
The 2011 Southern 500 champion from Cato, New York, will drive Kaulig Racing's No. 25 'Free Agent' RAM 1500 entry at Bristol in September and Charlotte in October during the Chase.
Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney won Sunday’s Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, earning his third NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2026 season and the 20th win of his Cup Series career.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team extended their streak of consecutive top-10 finishes to four with a strong third-place run in Sunday’s Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
