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JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway and discussed racing at Martinsville Speedway, wheel hop and other topics.

MATT CRAFTON, No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing How was practice? "Our truck is pretty good. We were happy with it in race trim. Our qualifying trim didn't quite work as well. It just got a little bit too tight, but my times were close. I think I ran an 82 and I think a 74 was third so it was just so close. But, like I said, this afternoon is the one that counts."

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway and discussed racing at Martinsville, which driver and team he is focused on at this point in the Chase, the No. 48 Chevrolet SS team as closers and other topics.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How do you approach this weekend? "Really just approach it the same as any other race. This is obviously one of Jimmie's (Johnson) best tracks and HMS (Hendrick Motorsports) always runs good here, but it's also one of Denny's (Hamlin) and Kyle (Busch) runs really well here. "

ELLIOTT SADLER, No. 55 RK Motors Collector Car Auction Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing - Are you looking forward to the opportunity in the No. 55 Camry for the final four NSCS races of the season? "It's definitely a great opportunity for us to be able to run the last four Cup races of the season for Michael Waltrip Racing."

Statistically Martinsville Speedway is one of Earnhardt Jr.’s best tracks and he has momentum on his side headed into Sunday’s Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 Powered by Kroger after finishing second last week.

With the temperatures falling in the Midwest and all of the non-wing sprint car racing events in that part of the country in the books, that means one thing for Tracy Hines and his fellow USAC competitors. It's time to head west to wrap up the 2013 season in warmer locales, mainly the desert of Arizona, as well as Southern California.

NASCAR announced today that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive concussion prevention and management program for all of its national series drivers.

Special Scheme in Return to Martinsville: Denny Hamlin will run a special #11 FedEx One Rate paint scheme in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in his return to the half-mile track after missing the spring race due to a back injury.

For the eighth consecutive year, the IZOD IndyCar Series champion was determined in the final race -- 500 high-speed, high-drama miles played out over 3 hours under the lights at Auto Club Speedway.