NASCAR Cup Series

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Doublemint Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How was your Camry in practice? "Practice was alright. It wasn't as good as we wanted it to be. Just not quite getting the feel that we're looking for today, right now."

Miller Lite is bringing the ultimate tailgate party venue to all fans, free of charge, at Richmond International Raceway prior to the Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7, NASCAR races. The Miller Lite Party Zone features live music, tailgate games, a mechanical bull, the Miller Lite show car, a full-service cash bar serving great tasting Miller Lite and food items for sale.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S DOVER WHITE CHEVROLET SS, met with media and discussed his motorcycle injury at the age of eight, engine issues last week at Michigan, the respect among others for Tony Stewart, and more.

MARK MARTIN, INTERIM DRIVER FOR TONY STEWART, NO. 14 BASS PRO SHOPS/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET SS AND GREG ZIPADELLI, COMPETITION DIRECTOR FOR STEWART-HAAS RACING, met with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway and discussed expectations for the race weekend and the remainder of the season, what Stewart-Haas Racing might look like in 2014 and many other topics.

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, is coming off his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win for car owner Roger Penske and Ford Racing. The win at Michigan last week marked the first Penske Racing win with Ford since Ryan Newman won the New Hampshire 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sept. 15, 2002.

While the contenders for the NASCAR Chase may still be uncertain at present, there are two NASCAR personalities who are most certainly looking forward to the special event, NASCAR Contenders Live Sponsored by Toyota, where fans will formally meet the twelve Chase competitors.

The No. 98 Phil Parsons Racing Ford driven by Michael McDowell will feature the Victory Junction colors this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway in celebration of the camp's 10th summer of enriching the lives of chronically ill children.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano will read to children at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday, September 7, prior to the Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The event is free and open to kids of all ages in the Virginia529 Kids Zone.

Some watch soap operas, but I once watched wrestling. I understood a rewritten biblical verse because Stone Cold said so, I smelled what the Rock was cooking, and Mick Foley had multiple personalities while making a star out of a sock puppet. While I loved the comedy of their sports entertainment, I loved the behind the scenes stories even more.

It’s that time of year again. The weekend in late August that race fans circle on their calendars every year, the Bristol night race. Bristol Motor Speedway always produces great racing, but once night falls and the lights come on at the half-mile bullring, the intensity and action jumps up tenfold.