NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR has assessed penalties to crew members from the No. 5 and No. 24 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams for their involvement in post-race incidents on Nov. 2 at Texas Motor Speedway. In addition, the crew chiefs from those two teams also have been penalized.

Last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, Harvick started fifth, led two laps and finished second. The result marked Harvick’s sixth second-place finish of the 2014 season thus far.

Biffle has 21 Sprint Cup Series starts at Phoenix, earning five top-five and seven top-10 finishes. He has led a total of 389 laps.

Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Farmland Ford team hope to rebound from Texas with a Top-10 finish at Phoenix International Raceway this Sunday. The team raced in the Top-15 for the majority of the race this spring and hope that their strong short track performances this season will translate to a good finish this weekend.

In his final run at the Phoenix International Raceway for Richard Petty Motorsports, Marcos Ambrose heads west for the last time. Ambrose and the No. 9 STANLEY team will compete in Sunday's race with plenty of fans in the "Valley of the Sun" cheering for Ambrose.

Despite an eventful couple of weeks in the Eliminator Round of the Chase, Keselowski is still very much in the hunt as he strives to win his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. With two Chase victories each to their credit, Keselowski and teammate Joey Logano have produced the most wins in NASCAR’s playoff format.

This Week's No. 33 Charter Communications Chevrolet SS at Phoenix International Raceway ... Ty Dillon will pilot chassis No. 460 for this weekend's Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. This Chevrolet SS made its debut earlier this season at Auto Club Speedway where Brian Scott drove it to a 16th-place finish.

Closing the deal in the last three Sprint Cup Series races has been a thorn for Martin Truex Jr. and the single-car Furniture Row Racing team.

Dakoda Armstrong and the No. 43 WinField Ford team have a lot to be excited about going into this weekend's race at Phoenix International Raceway. The team is coming off of their third Top-10 of the season and will go for their second consecutive Top-10 this weekend.

The former tight end on Arizona State’s 2008 football team will be honored on the Sun Devil Stadium video board Saturday night when his alma mater takes on highly ranked Notre Dame.