NASCAR Cup Series

Racing his first full race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in April, Josh Wise likened the half-mile oval to a classroom. The driver of the No. 35 MDS Transport Ford learned quite a bit from his first trip to the short track dubbed the "Paperclip." He is eager to apply those lessons learned in the Sprint Cup Series' return to the track for this weekend's Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500.

There's one thing that's always in the toolbox for Front Row Motorsports' No. 38 team: patience. David Gilliland and his Long John Silver's Ford crew often use it to their advantage on race weekends, employing a never-give-up attitude to get the best result possible.

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced today Greg Ebert will serve as the interim crew chief for the No. 43 Ford and driver Aric Almirola starting this weekend at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Ebert will fulfill this role on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.

Paul Wolfe, crew chief for Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Fusion, helped guide the team to the top finish for Ford in the spring race at Martinsville Speedway. As the teams head back to the short track this weekend, Ford Racing caught up with Wolfe to find out how his team has prepared to repeat that top-10 effort and more.

In a race where the spotters sound like auctioneers as they guide their drivers around the track and where anything from chess-like strategy to...

We waited with anticipation for the action, and Talladega once again delivered. Once again, we watched the cars (and trucks for those watching on Saturday) go flying around inches apart in aircraft formation, in wonder that they could pull this off lap after lap without it all going up in smoke and torn sheet metal. In the end, they could not avoid the unavoidable.

Jamie McMurray is one of the nicest guys in the garage. He’s a family man and gives everything he has to be successful. When he was tagged to replace a retiring Mark Martin so long ago, much was expected of him. It never came to fruition. It has been the same story since moving to Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. It’s not that he hasn’t had the talent; it’s more than he didn’t have the talent behind him.

Jamie McMurray heads to Martinsville Speedway this week on top of the NASCAR Sprint Cup world and he feels pretty good about maintaining that perch.

Seven-time Martinsville Speedway winner Jeff Gordon first raced here in the early 1990's. While a lot has changed since then, Gordon and the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger team are expecting much of the same this Sunday in the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 powered by Kroger.

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished fourth (Paul Menard), 12th (Kevin Harvick) and 21st (Jeff Burton) in the Camping World RV Sales 500. Following the event at Talladega Superspeedway, Harvick is tied for third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings, 26 markers behind the leader, while Menard is 16th and Burton sits 20th.