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If he could, Josh Wise would push the fast-forward button on the aging of the track surface at Phoenix International Raceway. The driver of the No. 35 MDS Transport Ford enjoys tracks with the character that comes with aging, and he is eager for that process to happen on the recently repaved one-mile oval.

Phoenix International Raceway might only be a one-mile track, but David Ragan considers it more of a speedway than a short track these days, and that's how he and his No. 34 team will approach it for this weekend's Sprint Cup Series race.

This weekend’s ServiceMaster 200 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway is the next to last race of the 2013 season.  It not only marks Eric McClure’s 226th Nationwide Series start, but his 13th at the one-mile speedway.

Phoenix International Raceway has announced the operating schedule for its Park & Ride program and is encouraging race fans to take advantage of the shuttle service when traveling to and from AdvoCare 500, the semifinal race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup on Sunday, Nov 10.

The opening Chase race at Chicagoland may be a distant memory for Dale Earnhardt Jr., but after posting his third runner-up finish in eight Chase races in Sunday's AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway its impact continues to haunt him.

Of all people to surprise, Jeff Gordon is hoping it's himself this Sunday in the Advocare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR).

As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season nears its conclusion, a star-studded list of drivers have already punched their ticket for next season’s first event -- The Sprint Unlimited At Daytona scheduled for Saturday night, Feb. 15 at Daytona International Speedway (TV -- FOX Sports One, Radio -- MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite Radio).

The Richard Petty Museum is coming home. After 10 years of being located in downtown Randleman, North Carolina, the museum that holds memorabilia and personal collections of the most decorated American stock car driver in history is going back home to Level Cross. The Museum will be located on the site of the original Petty Engineering and later Petty Enterprises race shop. The site currently is the home of Petty's Garage and the Petty Family Foundation.

Trevor Bayne and the crew of his No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion struggled with an ill-handling car through the early portions of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Long green-flag runs hampered the crew in its attempts to diagnose the problem, which also caused tire issues that forced unscheduled pit stops that led to lost laps.

LET THE STREAK CONTINUE: John Wes Townley has everything to gain over the next two races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, starting with redemption at Phoenix International Raceway.