SM Staff

In a sport known for gas guzzling, big engine stock car racing, NASCAR has taken very aggressive steps to address its own carbon footprint in the world of racing. As the sport enters its fifth year of environmentally sound initiatives, NASCAR is indeed finding it easy to be green.

Kyle Busch won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway for his third win in a row, fourth win of the season and the sixth win at the speedway.

Amongst the mixed pit strategies, Kyle Busch wins the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway for his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of the season in six starts this season.

Turn on the lights and turn up the heat this week as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races under the lights for the first time this season. Texas Motor Speedway needs no introduction as it has produced some of the fastest speeds and exciting finishes we’ve seen over the past few seasons.

Five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars will participate in a Q&A session with Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown presented by FedEx ticket holders on Thursday, April 25, prior to the race at Richmond International Raceway. The Q&A is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. in the Amphitheater and is open to all April 25 ticketholders.

The race at Barber Motorsports Park turned into an exciting one with a dramatic start to the race and Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves running each other hard at the end. However, lost in the race was two rules that had an effect on the outcome of the event.

NASCAR is getting ready for Race #7 on the schedule located at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Will things finally settle down this weekend? I think so considering it is a large track with lots of room to race but you don't have to look any further than the 2013 Auto Club 400 if you want a shoot a gaping hole in that theory. It seems like this year anything can and will happen.

With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series in Texas this weekend and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heading to Rockingham, this weekend marks the first split schedule between the three series and the first night races of the season at Texas.

This past weekend, Penske Racing announced that they have added Long Beach later this month to A.J. Allmendinger's 2013 IndyCar schedule.

If you were planning to take in the Pit Crew Challenge this year while attending the races at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, you will have to wait another year and hope that NASCAR is able to get things back on track for 2014.