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The Daytona 500 Win Version of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s National Guard Chevrolet is predicted to be the best-selling die-cast car since Lionel Racing became The Official Die-Cast of NASCAR in 2010.

Thankful of the opportunity created by the NASCAR Mexico Series and his great results in his short career, Ruben Garcia Jr. has been called in and asked by SR2 Motorsport to drive the #24 Toyota in the NASCAR Nationwide Series during the events this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. The teenager has run full time in the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series for the past two seasons, winning the Aguascalientes 240 in May of 2013.

Last year Jeff Gordon took an unassuming passenger for the ride of his life in the now familiar Test Drive video. While it received 40 million views, not everyone was convinced, especially Travis Okulski of Jalopnik, who posted a few stories calling the video FAKE. Well Jeff Gordon and Pepsi MAX took Travis’ words to heart and decided to do something to get back at Travis. Check it out.

Richard Childress Racing announced today the addition of Cale Conley to the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series driver lineup in the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro. Conley will run a limited schedule, making his Nationwide Series debut at Bristol (Va.) Motor Speedway in March.

After a strong run in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona, Landon Cassill moves on to Phoenix International Raceway this week looking for more success.

Jeffrey Earnhardt rolls into Phoenix International Raceway this week for his third shot at the relatively flat one-mile track in the Arizona desert. Earnhardt, now in his first full season in the Nationwide Series, will drive the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller No. 4 Chevrolet in Saturday’s Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at PIR.

.Justin Allgaier will be making his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) in the No. 51 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevy. Allgaier made his first start at the 1.0-mile track in November of 2013, where he finished the race in the 31st position after sustaining damage in an accident.

Target is expanding its sponsorship of NASCAR rising star Kyle Larson to include the majority of the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season. During the season Target will feature its first-of-its-kind digital savings app, Cartwheel, on Larson’s No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro and firesuit.

One of racing’s most potent partnerships is reuniting for the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30.

“I look forward to racing at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) because it’s a fun track for me and it is a technical track,” AJ Allmendinger said. “I have just always enjoyed it. Hopefully, we can go there and get some momentum going.