NASCAR Cup Series

No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brian Vickers has a busy schedule in the days leading up to Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 Ford Fusion, has had one eventful experience in his rookie season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The two-time Nationwide Series champion has found out that great success in that series does not translate to instant success on the Cup side. Stenhouse caught up with Ford Racing to discuss his rookie season, including the frustrations, disappointments and positive things he has experienced.

Phoenix Racing today named Jimmy Elledge as its interim crew chief for the remainder of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The move reunites Elledge with Justin Allgaier who will be in the No. 51 Chevrolet 2 out of the last 6 races.

Unlike some other tracks the Sprint Cup Series has visited this season, Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway shouldn't produce too many surprises for NASCAR's Generation-6 car. No. 34 Taco Bell Ford driver David Ragan says his team has run enough laps on the 1.5-mile track this season that his team should have plenty of notes to prepare for Saturday night's Bank of America 500.

David Gilliland talks regularly about the progress his team has made at mile-and-a-half tracks. The numbers back him up.

Thinking pink in honor of breast cancer awareness, the No. 36 United Mining Chevrolet has turned a beautiful shade of pink in support of breast cancer awareness month.

From weather and tires to a fire off track that was smoky enough to cause a caution, here is what else was surprising and...

Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) can't catch a break in 2013. The highlight of their season in the NSCS has been Clint Bowyer backing up what he did in 2012 by finding his way in the Chase. Anyhow, the future is looking dimmer and dimmer as the day’s pass for MWR due to lack of crew chiefs and sponsorship.

A surge in the popularity of NASCAR and betting on NASCAR has seen it usurp the NHL in the list of the most popular sports in the USA – moving up a spot to fourth. Much of this is owed to the combination of exciting winning drives by last season’s race winning drivers Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth, and the sport’s exciting yet simplistic betting.

David Pearson's marks may be out of reach, but drawing closer sure could help Jeff Gordon's NASCAR Sprint Cup title chances.