SM Archive

Carl Edwards on racing at Phoenix: “I'm looking forward to going to Phoenix. We have to have a fast car and we need to run well. The long run is going to be the true test. I feel like if we are pretty decent on the long run, we will have a chance to compete for the win. We still need to have a good pit stall and we’ve got to have a fast race car. Our team goal is to get our Fastenal Ford into victory lane before the end of the year.”

Dodge’s Brad Keselowski is second in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, seven points behind Jimmie Johnson.

As the No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS team hauler makes its way to Phoenix International Raceway, its driver Martin Truex Jr. is packing another truck that will travel to New Jersey carrying supplies to Hurricane Sandy victims.

Great Clips takes center stage for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix... Great Clips, the longest-running sponsor in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS), is title sponsor of Saturday's race at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) - the Great Clips 200.

Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing with Brack Maggard chassis No. 44 in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. This Toyota Camry made its 2012 debut at Iowa Speedway in May, where Travis Pastrana recorded a 26th-place finish after experiencing a part failure in the closing stages of the event.

John Wes Townley will pilot RAB Racing with Brack Maggard chassis No. 54 in Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. This chassis last saw action at Kentucky Speedway in September, where the 22-year-old driver piloted the No. 09 Toyota Tundra to a 10th-place finish.

Kenseth on racing at Phoenix International Raceway: “Phoenix is a place that we’ve been working on to get our cars handling how we need them to at the shorter flat tracks. With the repave at Phoenix, the track was pretty slick to begin with, but I feel that it’s been coming around the more we run laps there."

Stenhouse Jr. on racing at Phoenix International Raceway: “Phoenix is such a great race track. Earlier this year, we finished third so hopefully we can improve on that this time around. We are in a tight championship battle so we have to race smart and make sure we get a solid finish. Valvoline NextGen is making their debut on our No. 6 Ford so it would be great to get them into victory lane.”

On its way to Texas last Thursday the Michael Waltrip Racing team made a stop in Batesville, Ark. to visit Mark Martin’s museum at his car dealership.

Phoenix International Raceway (all 32 Sprint Cup races included), 1 – fewest lead changes (11/4/90), 2 – fewest leaders (11/4/90)