NASCAR Cup Series

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW CHEVROLET met with media at DIS. Full Transcript: CAN TESTING TURN A TEAM’S PERFORMANCE AROUND, OR IS IT OVERRATED? “I think there is something to learn at all tests. You can definitely make gains. But it’s one of those things where trial and error and finding something that works during a race probably means a little bit more.”

DANICA PATRICK: Not necessarily, but, you know, I trust the team that they'll make good decisions for me and do the best thing for me and for the team overall. They know that I worked with Daniel back in 2012 when I did 10 races with Zipadelli. He was the engineer, and they knew that I got along with him and liked him. It's all a big balancing act in the team, especially a big team.

When Jeff Gordon retires from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series after more than two decades, one of his many legacies will be his ability to deliver marketing results through mainstream media.

Front Row Motorsports and CSX will partner for a third straight season in 2015, returning the railroad's "Play It Safe" public service message to David Ragan's No. 34 Ford. The partnership will put the CSX Ford on track for eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, which will include the short-track excitement of Bristol Motor Speedway in April, the Fourth of July holiday weekend at Daytona International Speedway, and the historic Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The board of directors for Speedway Motorsports, Inc.(NYSE:TRK) has named O. Bruton Smith as executive chairman and Marcus G. Smith as chief executive officer in a realignment of executive officers, the board announced Wednesday.

The Dale Jr. Foundation (TDJF) announced today an extension to its Driven to Give program with a new initiative around Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s racing gloves. The program is called Driven to Give Gloves, and it will feature the auctioning of Earnhardt Jr.’s race-worn gloves each month during the 10-month NASCAR season.

Roush Fenway Racing driver Greg Biffle heads into the 2015 season on a quest to become the first driver to ever hoist the championship trophy in all three of NASCAR major series. Crew Chief Matt Puccia – who has led Biffle to Chase berths in each of the last three seasons - returns at the helm of the No. 16 team, along with several other familiar faces on the team. While the 2014 season brought an array of challenges for the team, Biffle and his crew fought to the end, earning their sixth Chase berth in the last seven years.

Tony Stewart, No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS, has three (3) wins in the Sprint Unlimited (’01, ’02 & ’07)

Richard Petty, a seven-time NASCAR champion, winner of over 200 career races and a 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, continues to collect numerous accolades for a legendary career behind the wheel of a stock car that began nearly 60 years ago. Petty will be inducted into the City of Hampton, Georgia’s Speedway Lane Hall of Fame in a ceremony at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26 at Downtown Hampton’s Depot Park, as the home city of Atlanta Motor Speedway honors the racing legend to kick off its four-day 2015 NASCAR weekend.

As part of its landmark 10-year media partnership with FOX Sports, NASCAR® will give fans aiming to kick their viewing experience into high gear access to RaceBuddyTM – a digital video complement to the race broadcast – throughout the entire 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTM season for the first time. Offering viewers multiple live in-car HD camera angles to choose between, RaceBuddy puts fans in control of the action on their computer, tablet or mobile device.