NASCAR Cup Series

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and discussed racing this weekend at New Hampshire, the addition of Kevin Harvick and Budweiser to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014 and other topics.

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion, currently stands 15th in points heading into his home track weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Logano, who has enjoyed four top-10 Cup finishes, including a 2009 victory at the track, met with media members to announce plans for the Joey Logano Foundation and afterward discussed the weekend of racing ahead of him.

For more than 30 years Budweiser has sponsored some of NASCAR’s top race car drivers. The King of Beers will continue its rich tradition in the sport by joining Kevin Harvick as he moves to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014 to drive the No. 4 Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

On his way to a third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, in which he did so by winning half of the Chase races, Tony...

He is fourth in the standings, second on these charts, but Kevin Harvick is the epitome of hot right now as the boys and girl head to New Hampshire for Sunday. In the last ten events, the only race Happy failed to record a top ten finish was Talladega, where he crashed out early. In fact, had he finished 38th instead of 40th that day, he still would have managed to be our hot man.

In addition to a dose of roof flap drama, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 55th annual Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

After celebrating the Fourth of July weekend on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway, the three national NASCAR series head to short, flat tracks in separate parts of the country this weekend. New Hampshire Motor Speedway will host the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series, while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to Iowa for a standalone weekend of their own.

Carl Edwards… enters the weekend third in the series points’ standings. This season, Edwards has one win, six top-five, nine top-10 finishes and one pole.

Ryan Newman, one of the fastest and most popular NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, will make an appearance in the new Martinsville Speedway Party Plaza prior to the Goody’s™ Headache Relief Shot™ 500 on October 27.

TNT’s All-Access features Truex this week following the Michael Waltrip racing driver from the finish of last weekend’s Daytona race to the moment Sunday when he fires his engine at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Truex’s segment airs at noon Sunday during the network’s Countdown to Green pre-race show.