NASCAR Cup Series

For the past five years, the No. 1 and No. 42 Sprint Cup Series teams ran under the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sebastes banner. However, that all changes in 2014 as the company reverts back to it's original name - Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sebastes.

From the very moment Richard Childress Racing announced that driver Austin Dillon was moving up to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and would be in the #3 Chevrolet the response was immediate among the NASCAR media and the fans of the sport.

When persistent rain shortened the two-day Preseason Thunder test session at Daytona International Speedway to one eight-hour session on Friday, the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team kicked into high gear and managed to complete its testing agenda.

On Thursday, NASCAR Nation received what was a shock to many when it was announced that Steve LeTarte will be stepping off the pit box in 2015.

There was a lot of genuine excitement associated with the opening day of NASCAR's 2014 Pre-Season Thunder tests at Daytona International Speedway. That was largely due to the fact that it meant the new NASCAR racing season had finally arrived.

NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace, turned laps in his old ride, the No. 2 Ford for most of the day at Daytona Testing Friday. Wallace and Brad Keselowski talked about putting the legend back on the track.

A full schedule of racing action showcasing numerous types of motorsports is planned at Atlanta Motor Speedway throughout 2014, with the events culminating during the Labor Day Weekend of NASCAR night racing onAug. 29-31.

Perhaps the most significant change to the 2014 NASCAR roster for Ford Racing is the addition of Mike Kelley as crew chief for the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing car of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kelley and Stenhouse parlayed their chemistry into a pair of Nationwide Series championships in 2011 and 2012 before Stenhouse made the jump to Cup racing in 2013. Now, after a year apart, the pair are reunited and Kelley talked with Ford Racing about being back in Cup racing.

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed the departure of Steve Letarte as crew chief in 2015, his outlook for the 2014 season and other topics.

While NASCAR nation’s thoughts are in Daytona today and tomorrow for 2014 preseason testing, behind the scenes back at the Richard Childress Racing shop, something even more unique than cars on the track is happening.