NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick was treated to a double-dose of festivities on the West Coast this past weekend, celebrating his 37th birthday one week early at Saturday's Budweiser Presents Happy's Birthday Bash at The Fox Theater in his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif.

He’s the new man atop NASCAR’s impressive mountain and he’s determined to let everyone know he’ll be a new kind of champion. A beer guzzling and loud one when he wants to be and by the way, the now infamous large beer glass from the Homestead celebration is up for auction for charity.

Have you found yourself waking up on Sunday morning and thinking Race Day? Then you realized it is the off-season and race day won’t come again for two months. It is a common issue across the world, especially with NASCAR fans.

With the 2012 champion Brad Keselowski officially crowned, it was time for Tony Stewart to close the door on being the past champion, give new the new champ a little advice, and move on to the exciting events of the 2013 season.

No matter how hot a team is when they enter the Chase for the Sprint Cup, the deadly combination of mistakes and bad breaks – mostly beating themselves – will instantly take a team out of championship contention.

Now that the never-ending banquet is over, the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is finally in the books. The champion has been crowned and it’s only 78 days until the qualifying for the Daytona 500.

While the spot light is on new NASCAR champ Brad Keselowski and the other Chase drivers during the Vegas Championship Week celebrations, the generosity and caring of NASCAR has also taken center stage throughout the festivities.

Kevin Harvick unveiled the 2013 No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS paint scheme on Thursday in Las Vegas following the reveal of the new Chevrolet SS NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car.

Shock and genuine surprise. That was Jeff Gordon’s emotional reaction to being named the 2012 recipient of the National Motorsports Press Association’s Myers Brothers Award during Thursday’s traditional NASCAR/NMPA Myers Brothers Award luncheon at the Encore in Las Vegas.

CLINT BOWYER, No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing What does it mean to finish second in your first year with MWR? "For our first year together -- just everything. Building a brand new team from scratch and be able to accomplish everything we have in a short amount of time, we're very proud of that. I'm just proud of my guys -- Brian Pattie (crew chief) and everybody on our 5-hour ENERGY Toyota just did a really good job.