NASCAR Cup Series

Richard Petty Motorsports heads into this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway competing for spots in the Sprint All-Star Race. Both Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose will have two options to make the exhibition event. They can advance by finishing in the Top-Two in the Sprint Showdown on Friday or by winning the fan vote. Earlier this week, both drivers were announced in the Top-10 of the Sprint Fan Vote. Fans can continue to vote for RPM at NASCAR.com/SprintFanVote or the NASCAR Mobile app, where votes count twice.

RCR in the NSCS ... In 2,414 Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 44 pole awards, 105 wins, 450 top-five finishes and 956 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.8 and an average finishing position of 15.8.

David Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 Love's Travel Stops Ford, comments on racing in the Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway:

David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 Taco Bell Ford, comments on racing in the All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway: "It's an honor to be a part of NASCAR's All-Star race. This will be my fourth straight year in it, and it doesn't get old."

“I know that we haven’t had the best of times but its days like today that we work hard for,” she said. Patrick went on to say, “I’m just proud of everyone for working really hard and believing in me.”

Earlier today, Sprint and NASCAR announced the Sprint Fan Vote top 10 vote-getters in alphabetical order via the @MissSprintCup Twitter feed.

Michael Waltrip Racing will hold a Fan Fest at its Cornelius, N.C. race shop on Wed. May 21, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fans may tour the shop, get autographs from MWR drivers and Miss Sprint Cup, enjoy sponsor displays, music by country music star Tim Dugger, free food and drinks.

Michael Annett and his Accell Construction Chevrolet SS team finished 25th in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.

Through the first 11 races of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) has shown vast improvement in all areas. With Aric Almirola, driving the No. 43 Farmland Ford, leaving Kansas with another Top-10, RPM has earned a total of five Top-10 finishes through the first 11 races. The results have come at both short tracks and now a mile-and-half oval. Only feature races at Daytona and Talladega, have Almirola and teammate Marcos Ambrose not been in the Top-10.

Surprising: Weird and freaky things continue to happen at NASCAR races and the Kansas race was no exception. The lights went dark on the back stretch, the speedy dry truck lost a gear, and the car that was ‘Freaky Fast’, starting from the pole with a new track record, just could not pull off the victory, coming in second instead.