NASCAR Cup Series

No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. heads to the first road-course race of the year this weekend at Sonoma Raceway in California with a renewed perspective on his 2013 season— he’s done following the points standings.

Josh Wise has only raced Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway once before, but it's already one of his favorite tracks. After last year's visit to the 1.99-mile road course, the driver of the No. 35 MDS Transport Ford found it reminded him of his dirt-track racing days. Like on a dirt track, the winding course allows more leeway for overdriving the car and being more aggressive.

When it comes to Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, David Gilliland is like the child in the backseat who can't wait to get to Disneyland. "Are we there yet?" is the frequent, excited thought in the driver's head in the weeks leading up to the Sprint Cup Series' first road course race of the season.

In this week’s NASCAR Behind the Scenes, one race fan Carol Messinger, who has been battling Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for eight years, experienced one of the best days of her life thanks to Pocono Raceway and the Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Foundation.

1000 victories. That is a pretty hefty number no matter what you are talking about. For Ford, Greg Biffle's performance at Michigan allowed the manufacturer to hit the milestone, 64 years after Jim Roper was declared the winner at Charlotte in the first ever NASCAR event. For the Biff, it marked his first win of the season and the 19th of his career to leave him eighth in the standings.

With new challenges facing the teams this weekend, five-time Sonoma Raceway winner Jeff Gordon will rely on the past ahead of Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350.

Before David Ragan climbs into his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Sunday's race at Sonoma Raceway, he's going to climb into the driver's seat of the 18-wheeler that will carry that race car 2,700 miles from North Carolina to California.

Greg Biffle could not have written a more perfect story on Sunday in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Partnering with the American Dental Association’s Give Kids A Smile Campaign, grabbing the 1000th victory for Ford Motor Company, and celebrating his victory with his daughter on Father’s Day all made for an unforgettable weekend.

Martin Truex Jr. (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Michigan International Speedway.

What started out as a promising day ended in major disappointment for Kurt Busch and the Furniture Row Racing team in Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.