NASCAR Cup Series

"I'm really excited to go to Bristol. Last year, we had really competitive racecars for both races. Marcos and I both finished in the Top-Five in the spring. In the fall, I had the most competitive car I have ever driven.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads back to a place that has been good to Ford through the years, Bristol Motor Speedway, where the annual Food City 500 is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Ford is coming off a season sweep in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol last season, and a touring series sweep in August when the manufacturer won the NASCAR Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup races on consecutive days.

For the second time this season, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Reed has a special guest riding along with him during Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). The No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association Ford Mustang will carry Eli Spencer’s name above the passenger-side window.

It’s back to short-track racing at its best as the Sprint Cup Series travels to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. The .533-mile concrete oval is infamous for competitors beatin’ and bangin’ for position.

Kevin Harvick: Harvick finished second at Texas, earning his ninth runner-up finish in his last 10 races. He leads the Sprint Cup points standings by 26 over Joey Logano. “Jimmie Johnson and I have won four of seven races this season,” Harvick said. “Johnson’s win at Texas supports the notion that the Sprint Cup championship is a two-man battle, and I ‘seconded’ that.

Jimmie, and Kevin, and Dale, oh my. Jimmie, and Kevin, and Dale, oh my. Last Saturday night was a good one if you happened to be a fan of one of the above-mentioned drivers. Johnson was the class of the field, leading 128 laps, including the final one.

Expanding their relationship with Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM), Nature Blast announced today they are taking their partnership to the next level. The cleaning supply company will serve as the primary sponsor for the No. 9 Ford and driver Sam Hornish Jr. during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on April 19.

Charlotte Motor Speedway, the 30-year home of the biggest All-Star event in all of sports, the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, announced this year’s four-wheeled donnybrook will feature more 200-mile-per-hour, nail-biting action than ever before, the most competitive lineup of the sport’s best drivers, opportunities for fans to vote their favorite driver into the field and a huge array of pre-race entertainment.

For the first night race under the vast Texas lights, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 19th annual Duck Commander 500.

With Jimmie Johnson's win at the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night, the 48 team has solidified their status as the team that could possibly dethrone Kevin Harvick's Stewart-Haas Racing team for the Sprint Cup championship in 2015.