NASCAR Cup Series

Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon is the recipient of the National Motorsports Press Association’s Myers Brothers Award. The award, named in honor of former NASCAR competitors Billy and Bobby Myers, was presented Nov. 29 at the NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards event at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.

The National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) is proud to announce, on behalf of all NASCAR fans who voted, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been crowned the 2012 NASCAR NMPA Most Popular Driver.

Chevrolet today opened a new chapter in its storied racing history, unveiling its eagerly anticipated 2013 NASCAR Chevrolet SS race car. Powered by the legendary small block V-8 engine, the rear-wheel drive performance sedan will be Chevrolet’s newest entry in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, beginning with the 2013 SpeedWeeks in Daytona, Fla.

Whether NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are smarter than fifth graders remains a matter of debate after Wednesday’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway-sponsored Fanfest at the Fremont Street Experience.

We all want answers. We demand them, actually. From revered coaches, from players making history, from execs we’re convinced are up to no good. Every time one of them answers a question from us – the reporters, the fans – it reveals a small, unvarnished truth about them and about the games we love.

NASCAR today announced the 2013 schedule for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, a slate that includes two exciting firsts: the series’ first race on dirt and its inaugural international event.

TOYOTA TIDBITS CAMRYS ON CUP CIRCUIT: Toyota drivers combined for 10 wins, 53 top-five finishes and 110 top-10 results in 36 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races in 2012. Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) teammates Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano all claimed wins in 2012, with Hamlin taking five checkered flags (Phoenix, Kansas, Bristol, Atlanta and New Hampshire) and both Busch (Richmond) and Logano (Pocono) each winning once.

Newly crowned NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski’s whirlwind of activity continues.

Paint technician Neil Smith was thrilled to learn that he won the final VIP Grand Prize in the 3M Automotive Aftermarket “Your Ticket to the Track” sweepstakes, which will send him and his guests to the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week™ in Las Vegas this week.

The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season had a significant decrease in the number of cautions compared to the previous three season. There were 216 cautions during the 36-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.