NASCAR Cup Series

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his position in the Chase, the leaders currently in contention, great racing at Texas, winning at Martinsville last week, and more.

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed making the transition from IndyCar to the NASCAR Nationwide series and the NASCAR Nationwide series to the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, what she has learned her first full season in the Sprint Cup Series and other topics.

Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced today that the track’s grandstands are sold out for the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Nov. 10.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed his success at the track, strengths of his challengers in the Chase and being in close proximity to some of those challengers.

JOE GARONE, GENERAL MANAGER OF FURNITURE ROW RACING AND MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW/DENVER MATTRESS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and announced that Martin Truex, Jr. will be the driver of the No. 78 Chevrolet SS in 2014 and beyond.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Snickers Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Are you excited to return to Texas after the success in the spring? "It certainly went well for us here earlier this year and we made it a lot of fun. Looking forward to being able to do that here again and try to have a repeat performance of those successful races. We'll see how it goes -- obviously a lot can happen throughout the weekend."

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Home Depot 'Let's Do This' Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How do you feel heading into the final three races of the year being tied for the points lead? "Obviously I'm happy to be the leader even though it's just really a tie and we have the tie breaker. I'd be more happy if we were the leader and it was three-and-a-half weeks from now, so we still have three races to go. Glad we're still in it. I'm looking forward to the challenge here in the next three weeks. Hopefully we can go out here and run away -- I know we're capable of running up front and get a good result on Sunday and keep rolling."

Furniture Row Racing general manager Joe Garone announced today that the Denver, Colo.-based organization has entered into a multiyear agreement with Martin Truex Jr. to drive the team’s No. 78 Chevrolet, beginning with the 2014 Sprint Cup Series season.

Phoenix International Raceway president Bryan R. Sperber, along with six of his fellow leaders in sports, business, entertainment and public policy will participate in “Arizona’s Heating Up,” an innovative webcast on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. MST (3 p.m. EST) which will be broadcast digitally from the Royal Palms Resort and Spa.

Since one of the most crucial roles in NASCAR is that of pit crew member, this week’s NASCAR Behind the Scenes features Dion ‘Rocko’...