NASCAR Cup Series

If momentum matters in racing then No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. will be a favorite in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway which happens to fall on his 33rd birthday.

Stenhouse has four Nationwide career starts at Kentucky Speedway earning three top-10 finishes. Stenhouse is currently 19th in the Sprint Cup standings; 47 points out of 10th.

Biffle has finished 21st in both Sprint Cup races at Kentucky. In six career Nationwide starts at Kentucky Biffle has three top-five and five top-10 finishes.

Brian Vickers should be a popular man at Kentucky Speedway this weekend. Vickers’ No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota will carry a special paint scheme during Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race honoring the University of Louisville’s men’s national championship basketball team.

Goody’s® pain reliever and Martinsville Speedway announced today a new name for the track’s fall NASCAR Sprint Cup race and a sponsorship extension for one of the longest partnerships in NASCAR.

Martin Truex Jr has the best sideburns in the business, and now he has the shortest losing streak. That 218 race gap between victories came to an end as he drove away in the hills of Sonoma, just outside of San Francisco on Sunday. Have there been longer droughts? Certainly. Michael Waltrip went 462 before he finally won a Cup race. J.D. McDuffie went 653 and never won. In fact, in 1991 he died at Watkins Glen in his final attempt.

Under unexpected cloudy skies and even some rain drops, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 25th annual Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.

Farmland Foods has announced a $20,000 donation to the Redwood Empire Food Bank serving Sonoma County, Calif., as part of an expanding effort by the company to raise awareness of hunger issues around the country. Today's announcement follows more than $80,000 in donations in Phoenix; Las Vegas; Fontana, Calif.; and Kansas City, Mo., earlier this year as part of Farmland's partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports to promote hunger awareness in race communities.

It once was the final four, but now only Kentucky remains. For now.

Not very often does a victory in NASCAR feel good for almost everyone in the garage or the grandstands. Because in this sport, there...