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Fresh off its NASCAR sweep at Kansas, Roush Fenway turns its attention to the half-mile paper clip oval of Martinsville Speedway where RFR will make its historic 3,000th Sprint Cup start.

Early in his young NASCAR career, rookie Ross Chastain has taking a fancy to racing on the tricky short-tracks of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In three starts on the half-mile bullrings Chastain has finished in tenth, seventh and a third place on his young resume. Florida watermelon grower JDI Farms will back Ross Saturday in the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway.

David Ragan went back to school Thursday afternoon, but not to study. He visited Patrick Henry Elementary School in Martinsville to help reward over 70 students who had successfully completed Martinsville Speedway’s Read Your Way to the Race program.

Arizona used to be a haven of sprint car racing, at the beginning and end of each season, as drivers from the Midwest would escape the cold by heading to the desert. That trend slowly began to disappear in recent years, but officials at Canyon Raceway Park in Peoria, Ariz., have been working hard to resurrect the tradition.

The drama of cable television's "Dallas" collides with the drama of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as cast members of the popular television show will serve as grand marshals for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday, Nov. 4, at Texas Motor Speedway.

In addition to all of the TUMS Fast Relief 500 on-track action this weekend, there are many opportunities for fans to have fun at and around the track when the engines are quiet.

Denny Hamlin drove the No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota to a 13th-place finish Sunday at Kansas Speedway and continues to hold third place in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup points standings with four races remaining. Sunday’s event saw a season-high 14 caution flags in the first competition on the new asphalt.

Great Clips has joined Hendrick Motorsports as a co-primary sponsor (with Hendrickcars.com) of the No. 5 Chevrolet team and Chase contender Kasey Kahne for the Nov. 4 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. It marks the first Cup-level sponsorship for the world’s largest salon brand.

In what is perhaps the most complex and entertaining paint scheme to ever hit the track for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, David Ragan brings the No. 34 Where's Waldo?® Ford to Martinsville Speedway this weekend for the running of the Tums Fast Relief 500. Ragan's entire Ford Fusion will feature the famous Where's Waldo? "On the Beach," scene.

David Gilliland is seeking his fifth consecutive top-25 finish this weekend as he takes the No. 38 Long John Silver's Ford to Martinsville, Va. for the running of Sunday's Tums Fast Relief 500.