NASCAR Cup Series

Phoenix International Raceway is encouraging fans to prepare for race day traffic by arriving early and enjoying the full NASCAR experience during the AdvoCare 500 event weekend, Nov. 8-10. PIR will finish its 2013 NASCAR season with four races, culminating with the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at 1 p.m. MST., the semifinal in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Biffle has 19 Sprint Cup Series starts at Phoenix, earning five top-five and seven top-10 finishes while also leading for a total of 388 laps.

Last time at Phoenix, Stenhouse led the Roush Fenway Racing qualifying efforts by qualifying 12th and consistently ran inside the top-20 while battling an ill-handling machine for a majority of the 312-lap race.

No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota driver Elliott Sadler and his Michael Waltrip Racing team visit Phoenix International Raceway this weekend for the penultimate race in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

With just two races remaining in the 2013 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team travel to Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) this weekend for Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race. He is currently ranked third in the driver point standings, 40 markers back from leader Jimmie Johnson.

Penske Racing announced today that AutoZone will join the organization as an associate sponsor for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Carl Edwards heads into this weekend’s race at Phoenix International Raceway looking to become only the third driver to sweep both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in a season since the track started running two races a year in 2005 (Kevin Harvick in 2006 and Jimmie Johnson in 2008). Edwards talked with Ford Racing about heading back to the desert as the 2013 season winds down.

Michael Annett and the No. 43 Pilot Travel Centers team will be heading west for the last time of the season this weekend. The team continues to improve on their already strong short-track program as they head to Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway for the second to last race of the season.

Aric Almirola looks to end the 2013 season with momentum from the last two races. Heading to Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway this weekend, his goal is to score a solid finish in the No. 43 Smithfield Ford as the team competes with a different tire from when they raced here in the spring.

Marcos Ambrose returns to the West Coast for the final short track race of the 2013 season at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway. Ambrose hopes to contend for the win in the No. 9 DEWALT Ford and cap off the short track races on a high note.