NASCAR Cup Series

Following the first off-weekend of the season, Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team travel to Martinsville Speedway this week for Sunday’s STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race

Defending Aaron’s 499 Champion Brad Keselowski has helped write some history at Talladega Superspeedway over the years, but he hopes to author a new, winning chapter when the Sprint Cup Series returns to the 2.66-mile unpredictable track during the Aaron’s Dream Weekend, May 3-5.

Already one of the few tracks in NASCAR to offer a tent-covered, pre-race gathering for race fans inside the track, Atlanta Motor Speedway is presenting customers the opportunity to gain even more access and amenities in 2013 with the announcement of the High Speed Hospitality ticket upgrade for ticket holders of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500, Sunday, Sept. 1 at AMS.

Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Jani-King/STP Ford team improved their finishing position by four spots from the spring to fall races last season, eighth and fourth, respectively. This weekend they are looking to improve by another four spots and take the historic No. 43 back to victory lane in Sunday's STP Gas Booster 500.

Four Michigan companies – Michigan International Speedway, Ford, Pure Michigan and Quicken Loans – today partnered to unveil the Ford Fusion Energi as the 2013 Official Pace Car at NASCAR’s fastest track.

With all that's new about NASCAR's Gen-6 car, there will still be one large component of this weekend's Sprint Cup race that will still have a classic feel - the track itself. At 66 years old, Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is the oldest track on the NASCAR circuit and its old-school feel makes it a favorite of driver David Ragan.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup season is only five races old, but driver David Gilliland already sees a big difference in his team's performance from previous years. The combination of Gilliland, new crew chief Frank Kerr and the team's self-built race cars has delivered a competitive product on track in the early part of the season, with the team unloading stronger and seeing results on the speed chart sooner.

Kansas Speedway’s ticket office will be open the weekends of April 6-7 and April 13-14 for fans wanting to purchase tickets to the STP 400 and SFP 250. On both weekends, the ticket office will be open from 10 AM – 3 PM each day.

As one of the most recognizable names in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet SS, knows the risks of being distracted while driving. Now, he’s participating in a new TV ad by Sprint (NYSE: S) that will air during National Distracted Driving Awareness month and beyond to educate drivers about the Sprint Drive First app, which helps drivers avoid the distraction of texting while driving.

Brian Vickers makes his second start in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. He’ll drive Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 55 Jet Edge Toyota on the Virginia half-mile track.