NASCAR Cup Series

A maximum of 96 points are left on the table as the boys and Danica move on to Phoenix and Homestead, which comes as bad news for pretty much anybody not named Jimmie Johnson or Brad Keselowski.

Jimmie Johnson led 168 laps and won from the pole for the second week in a row at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Johnson restarted on the outside of Brad Keselowski on the final green-white-checkered restart. Johnson made the pass and pulled away while exiting turn-2 and held onto the lead for the final laps.

AdvoCare International, LP (AdvoCare), a leading health and wellness company, today announced three philanthropic initiatives scheduled to occur throughout the upcoming race weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. AdvoCare is the title sponsor for the Phoenix International Raceway's Nov. 11 NASCAR® Sprint™ Cup Series Race.

Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber has announced that the track will welcome Arizona-based Vektor Vodka to its family of Official Partners. Vektor Vodka will kick off their partnership as PIR’s Official Vodka during the November 11 AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend with the opening of the Bar Vektor Vodka Lounge in the fan midway and the presenting sponsorship of PIR: After Dark.

NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) rookie John Blankenship logged essential track-time in his 26th-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway. Making his first start at the 1.5-mile track, Blankenship leaned on his Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) teammates for guidance.

The Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) team returned to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) in Fort Worth hopeful for a better finish than in the spring race, a 30th-place result due to an overheated engine.

SpeedwayMedia.com editor, Ed Coombs, will recap the weekend in NASCAR and update the latest Chase Standings after Texas.

Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced today the completion of a pre-event track grooming program in advance of the November 11 AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race, the semi-final race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Kenny Wallace had a strong run going in Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway, running within the top 10 much of the night. Unfortunately, a loose-handling conditions plagued the No. 99 Toyota "Let's Go Places" Toyota Camry throughout the second half of the race, leaving Wallace 15th when the checkered flag waved.

John Wes Townley and the RAB Racing team headed to Texas Motor Speedway to compete in Friday's WinStar World Casino 350, where the RAB Racing team proved that they had a fast Toyota Tundra after Townley drove the RAB Racing machine to his career-best starting position of eighth.