NASCAR Cup Series

Bobby Labonte is a Sprint Cup champion, a future Hall of Famer and a class act on and off the track. He's won twenty-one races that include historic events such as the Coke 600, Southern 500 and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis.

They are the top two in the Chase, the top two in the standings, and they are the two hottest drivers over the past ten events. Sweet timing. Matt Kenseth, the 2003 champion, is truly having a career year.

At New Hampshire Motor Speedway, I got the chance to talk to Talladega race winner, David Ragan.  In the interview, we talked about the...

Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer has a new paint scheme for his No. 15 Toyota this weekend at Dover International Speedway. The scheme introduces a new, limited edition, specially marked Raspberry flavor of 5-hour ENERGY and is benefitting Living Beyond Breast Cancer.

Preseason Thunder, the annual test session held at Daytona International Speedway in preparation for the season-opening races at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, will expand in 2014 to include all three NASCAR national series – the NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Camry driver Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for his second-consecutive win to start the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship playoff. Kenseth led the field four times for a race-high 106 laps (of 300) to claim his seventh win of 2013 -- marking the most by a driver in the NSCS this year and the most victories by Kenseth in any season of his career. The triumph also came in Kenseth's 500th NSCS start, matching a feat only previously accomplished by Richard Petty.

Detroit-based Quicken Loans, the nation's largest online home lender and country's third largest mortgage originator, today announced it will join Richard Childress Racing (RCR) for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and serve as the primary sponsor of Ryan Newman's No. 31 Chevrolet SS for 12 races and associate sponsor for all remaining races. The move continues a strong partnership between Quicken Loans and Newman, whom they first sponsored in 2012.

Dover Preview: Hamlin is making his 16th career Cup Series start at Dover (Del.) International Speedway on Sunday. He has qualified on the pole in each of the last two races at the ‘Monster Mile,’ including the Chase race at the track one year ago. In that event, Hamlin led 39 laps en route to an eighth-place finish. Earlier this year in the FedEx 400 at Dover, Hamlin started first and led 41 laps, but a blown right-front tire with less than 25 laps remaining ended the team’s day in 34th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. visited the NASCAR Hall of Fame Tuesday afternoon for a question and answer session with fans and the media. The topics covered everything from the Chase, to team meetings, to pets, to girls, to girl fights and an unexpected remembrance of his late father.

One of the most recognizable structures in all of motorsports today received a new addition, as the Monster Monument in Victory Plaza at Dover International Speedway now features a “Gen 6” Toyota Camry in the Monster’s hand, just in time for the Sept. 27-29, 2013 NASCAR race weekend.