NASCAR Cup Series

David Gilliland doesn't mince words when you ask how he feels about New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It's always been among his least favorite tracks on the circuit. But he credits crew chief Frank Kerr with changing his attitude about the 1.058-mile oval this season

If history repeats itself, the No. 34 Taco Bell team should be looking at another quality finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. David Ragan and crew earned a 19th-place finish in the Sprint Cup Series' first trip to the 1.058-mile oval this season, and they'll aim for a few spots better in the return trip.

The low-banked New Hampshire Motor Speedway doesn't fall flat for Josh Wise. He actually likes racing at the 1.058-mile flat oval, despite an unlucky result in the team's first visit there in July. The No. 35 Ford was running well and improving when a shock mount broke, sending Wise to the garage for repairs.

After a wild week of penalties, shakeups to the Chase line up, and a lengthy rain delay to boot, here is what else was...

After the week's worth of who is in, who is not, who has been naughty, who has been wronged, we got back to racing. Sadly, the most exciting thing about the day was watching Kyle, Larry, and Kenny discuss the week that was. The race, for me, turned out to be a bit of a let down.

The last time the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series raced at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), Jeff Gordon picked off 15 positions in the final 40 laps to finish 10th in July. But Gordon has been back to the 1.058-mile track since.

Team Penske announced today that Juan Pablo Montoya will join the team in 2014. Montoya will drive the No. 2 Team Penske IndyCar for the full season as he will join Will Power and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves in the team’s IZOD IndyCar Series lineup beginning next season.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – CAN YOU SUM UP YOUR EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW WITH THE ENGINE FAILURE TONIGHT? “I am pretty angry. That was such as fast race car we had. After the rain delay we came in and put on four tires and lost some track position but we were going to take two on the next one, kind of like the 24 did and he cycled out to the lead there."

Following lengthy rain delays before and during the opening round of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Kevin Harvick led the way for Team Chevy in his No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS at the GEICO 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway with a third-place finish. It was Harvick’s seventh top-10 finish of the season and eighth top-10 finish at Chicagoland.

Toyota driver Matt Kenseth won Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Chicagoland Speedway -- his first victory at the track.