NASCAR Cup Series

"When I hit the wall,” Keselowski said, “I thought the worst. But the Chase is long and grueling, and won’t be won in a day. You’ve got to keep your eyes on the prize. For me personally, I’m able to see the ‘Lite’ at the end of the tunnel.”

Twisted Tea will bring primary sponsorship to the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) Ford this weekend at the Dover International Speedway. Marcos Ambrose will race the blue and yellow scheme of the hard iced tea company. Twisted Tea joined RPM at the end of 2013 and has been an associate sponsor on the No. 9 Ford throughout the season.

A sixth-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway put Aric Almirola and No. 43 team back in the hunt of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. This weekend, the Nathan's Famous team will focus on what they can control and get the highest possible finish.

“Dover International Speedway is one of my all-time favorite tracks and a lot of it comes down to the fact that it is a track you can be aggressive at with just the way it’s designed - - the banking and everything,” Allmendinger said. “I have had an enjoyment factor out of all the tracks that you can be the most aggressive at and attack the race track.

“Overall, I like the 2015 rules package. Reducing the downforce should make the driver a greater part of the success equation. We can debate whether NASCAR should have gone further, but it is a step in the right direction. Our racing has been good this year and I think these rules will make the racing even better for 2015 and beyond.

Chase Update… NASCAR’s Challenger Round – the first of the four rounds that make up the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship – comes to an end this weekend at Dover. Harvick sits third in the driver point standings, seven points behind leader Brad Keselowski.

Fans at Phoenix International Raceway will be in for a thrill at the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 when Hayley Orrantia, one of the stars ABC’s hit sitcom “The Goldbergs,” performs the national anthem on stage before the start of the race. The final Eliminator race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1:00 p.m. MST (3:00 p.m. EST) and will be televised live on ESPN.

Like most NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, McMurray depends on private air travel to get back and forth to races, sponsor appearances and test sessions. McMurray spent a few hours Tuesday touring the Cessna Citation Service Center in Greensboro, NC, talking about airplanes and racing as part of a media event touting the upcoming Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

NASCAR announced its 2015 rules package for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this afternoon. Ford Racing spoke with Roush Yates Engines CEO Doug Yates and got his reaction to these changes.

Following more than a year of extensive collaboration with stakeholders throughout the industry, and with a keen eye towards the future, NASCAR has finalized and delivered to teams the 2015 racing package for all three national series.