Camry driver Denny Hamlin earned his second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) win Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Following the final caution, Hamlin emerged from pit road with the lead and surged ahead of the field on the restart - holding off Jeff Gordon on the last lap to earn his fourth victory of the 2012 season.
No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. enters Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway already locked into the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Understanding barriers to goal achievements is crucial to learning to win in any sport. For JTG Daugherty Racing, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team recognizes their impediments and understands what it takes to finish on top entering Richmond International Raceway (RIR) in the Federated Auto Parts 400.
Despite all of the news that came out between Joey Logano and the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota this past week, Logano remains solely focused on one thing – winning this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway and making the Chase. This weekend marks the last chance for Logano to make the Chase before the 10-race playoff begins.
When the checkered flag fell at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday night and Michael Waltrip Racing drivers Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. earned the team’s first berths in NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup, the smile on Mark Martin’s face was a large as anyone’s.
Newly elected NASCAR Hall of Fame member and Iowa Speedway designer / co-owner Rusty Wallace will be on hand on Saturday, September 15 for a special fan tribute leading up to the track’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 200-lap race.
Denny Hamlin became the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to record four wins this season and the first to score back-to-back victories after beating the field to the finish line in Sunday's 'green-white-checkered' shootout at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and clinching a berth in the 2012 Chase for the championship in the process. The #11 pit crew got Hamlin out in front of the field after the race's final caution period, and the 31-year-old driver outdueled four-time champion Jeff Gordon to the checkered flag.
JOE GIBBS, team owner, Joe Gibbs Racing Was part of the appeal in Matt Kenseth his long tenure with one organization? "The reason you stay at one place for a long time is that you're very good and they want to keep you. That's the same way we feel about Denny (Hamlin) and Kyle (Busch) -- we want to keep them forever here and it's a big deal for us. I think that speaks a lot for Matt (Kenseth) and his career."
Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet team return to Richmond (Va.) International Raceway (RIR) this week for Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race.
This weekend at Richmond International Raceway the Team Chevy Display will feature the Team Chevy Test Drive area located next to the Chevy fan fest. This is a space where fans can climb behind the wheel of an array of featured Chevrolet vehicles and take a test drive on site. The featured vehicles fans can test drive include: Sonic, Malibu, Cruze, Volt, Camaro SS, Camaro Convertible, Corvette Grand Sport, Equinox, Traverse and Silverado. The Test Drive Area will share the same hours of operation as the main Team Chevy display.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a single qualifying lap at 191.340 mph in 28.222 seconds to claim his second consecutive Cup pole at the Lone Star state by 0.003 seconds over teammate Daniel Suarez.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver John Hunter Nemechek was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Texas Motor Speedway.
TRICON Garage teammates Kaden Honeycutt and Brandon Jones led the Toyota Tundra contingent with third and fourth-place results, respectively, on Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway.
Hocevar led a race-high 76 of 172 over-scheduled laps and prevailed in an overtime shootout to notch his sixth Truck Series career victory at the Lone Star state.
The 2024 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Riverton, Illinois, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 188.607 mph in 28.631 seconds for his first pole of the 2026 season.