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47 fewer Sprint Cup cautions in 2010 compared to 2009 after 30 races

Matt Crafton has had to readjust his goals for the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.

Denny Hamlin marched forward from the back of the field to claim an eighth-place finish at Auto Club Speedway last weekend and keep his Championship hopes very much alive through four Chase for the Sprint Cup races.

Scott Miller, interim crew chief for the No. 33 Hartford Chevy and driver Clint Bowyer, has been named the WYPALL Wipers Crew Chief of the Race following Sunday's Pepsi Max 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

After one of the toughest outings in recent history, Roush Fenway hopes to rebound this week at the friendly confines of Charlotte Motor Speedway. They will look to do it at a track where Roush Fenway has won seven times in the Sprint Cup Series and 10 times on the Nationwide Side.

With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams racing close to home this weekend, Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 9 Budweiser Ford, will be logging miles on the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as off the track, through the streets of Uptown Charlotte, N.C.

Aric Almirola, No. 88 Hellmann’s Chevrolet - “I love working for JR Motorsports and being surrounded by a good group of people."

The fourth-annual Jimmie Johnson Foundation Golf Tournament and Dinner Auction, which took place Oct. 5-6 at the Grand Del Mar in San Diego, raised more than $525,000, the fourth-consecutive year that the charity has surpassed the half-million dollar mark.

Carl Edwards on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “We went into California thinking that would be the race that could put us near the points lead, but we had trouble with a part in the distributor."

Kenseth on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “Track position has been really important at Charlotte since the introduction of this car with the spoiler."