NASCAR Cup Series

DODGE QUOTES: “This has been the trend all year: going to places I haven’t been to. I’m really excited to be in both the RAM truck and the Challenger Nationwide car this weekend. I love running double-duty. I think it just teaches you more about the race track. Running the truck race the night before definitely helps with the Nationwide car, so it’s kind of a win-win there. One thing I’ve struggled with a lot is being too loose at big race tracks. It’s just a learning thing. We were very good at Kansas; we definitely got it tightened up from practice where it was really good in the race.” --Ryan Blaney

Claimed first NCWTS win at Iowa Speedway (race No. 15) in third career start and became the youngest winner in series history at 18 years of age, surpassing Kyle Busch.

HALF-MILE HAPPENINGS: Camry driver Kyle Busch registered a runner-up result in Sunday afternoon's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway. Busch started third in the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 18 M&M's Halloween Camry at the half-mile short track and ran among the top-10 much of the race.

After sweeping the field two weeks ago at Kansas, Roush Fenway Racing returns to the mile-and-a half-track of Texas Motor Speedway where RFR has won 18 NASCAR races, including five in the past two years and a weekend sweep this spring.

Country music duo The Lost Trailers- known for their current hit “American Beauty”- will perform at 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 11 at the Budweiser ROLL-BAR main stage prior to the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Truex said he’s stunned by the damage to his hometown of Mayetta, N.J. and in the surrounding areas wrought by this week’s hurricane.

Sunday was a good day for Bobby Labonte and the JTG Daugherty Racing team because they departed Martinsville Speedway with their best NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finish of the season (ninth-place), which gives them a shot in the arm for the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend.

The team of JD Motorsports with Gary Keller is headed to Texas Motor Speedway for their second round of NASCAR Nationwide Series racing at the 1.5-mile speedway located near Dallas/Fort Worth this year.

General Mills®' iconic Cheerios® brand will be returning to the track in 2013 in partnership with Richard Childress Racing as the primary sponsor for six races and as a major associate sponsor for the rest of the season with the No. 31 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team and driver Jeff Burton.

Back in the Saddle Again: Martin, a Galliano, Louisiana native, brings the momentum from his NNS debut in Kansas to Texas Motor Speedway. After a promising qualifying effort placed him 16th on his first grid, an unfortunate late-race incident resulted in a 25th place finish. This week, the only current Louisiana driver in any of NASCAR's elite three series hopes to continue to build track skills; but also have a learning experience going into his bid for NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year honors in 2013.