NASCAR Cup Series

Watkins Glen International is thrilled to announce the addition of “Full Throttle at The Glen”, a new VIP all-access experience available for the August 6-9 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It™ 355 weekend.

You need a multi-car operation in order to be successful. At least, that seems to be the prevailing wisdom of the day, but just do not let Barney Visser and his Furniture Row team in on it. Other teams might not like what they would see.

After an off weekend for the XFINITY Series, Larson returns to make his fifth start of the season and third at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) this weekend. In two previous starts at the 2.0-mile speedway, Larson has one top five and two top-10 finishes.

'We had a strong run there last August, and hopefully we can build on that for this weekend. Dave (Rogers, crew chief) and the crew have been bringing faster and faster cars each week, and Michigan is definitely one of those tracks that you need a lot of horsepower and raw speed.

THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today's teleconference. We are joined by Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet for Furniture Row Racing in the NASCAR Spring Cup series. Truex ended a 69‑race winless drought with a victory at Pocono Raceway last Sunday, all but locking up a spot in the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

This Week's Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota at Michigan International Speedway: J.J. Yeley will pilot Chassis No. 221 in the Great Clips 250 at Michigan International Speedway. This will be the second race of the season for this chassis as it previously raced at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Single Digits – Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (CGRT) ran eight different cars in three series at three separate locations, in two states (Texas and Pennsylvania). CGRT had seven of those eight teams finish in single digit positions. The weekend of racing was highlighted with Red Bull Global Rally Cross driver Steve Arpin capturing a Silver Medal at the ESPN X Games in Austin, Tex. and a win for Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon in the Verizon IndyCar Series at Texas Motor Speedway.

Irish Hills...Justin Allgaier and the No. 51 Switch Hitch team stop at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) this weekend. Allgaier has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at the 2.0-mile track. Allgaier finished 16th in last year's spring race at MIS. While he is only making his third NSCS start at MIS, Allgaier is no stranger to the Brooklyn, Mich., track. He has five starts in the XFINITY Series, with 14 laps led, and four starts in the ARCA Racing Series.

Michigan Brings a Welcome Track Type...The colors of Pilot Flying J return to the No. 46 Chevrolet this weekend as Michael Annett takes to the oval of Michigan International Speedway. The two-mile, non-restrictor plate track type of MIS was Annett's best, statistically, in 2014, resulting in an average finish (25.5) four positions better than his season-long average.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to Michigan International Speedway this weekend where speeds routinely top 200 miles per hour at the 2-mile, D-shaped track.