NASCAR Cup Series

The Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundras driven by Timothy Peters, Parker Kligerman and Todd Bodine in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will carry a decal for a special cause near the driver's window at Texas Motor Speedway for the WinStar World Casino 350 this weekend.

Miguel Paludo and the No. 32 World Diabetes Day/Duroline team head to Texas Motor Speedway for the second of two visits in 2012. Paludo scored a 14th-place finish after battling a loose condition and a vibration when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) visited in the spring. In his four previous starts in the Lone Star State, Paludo has tallied two top-10 finishes, 10 laps led, an average start of 15.5 and an average finish of 16.0.

Eyes on the Prize...The No. 30 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) machine welcomes aboard TAG Heuer Avant-Garde Eyewear as the primary sponsor as Nelson Piquet Jr. makes his 50th NCWTS career start this Friday night.

Home Sweet Home…James Buescher and the Turner Motorsports team return to their home state of Texas for this weekend’s events at Texas Motor Speedway. Buescher, who cut his teeth in racing at the famed Texas Motor Speedway, will be looking for his first victory at his home track in a premier NASCAR division. Buescher heads into Texas Motor Speedway as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) points leader for the first time in 2012 with a 21-point edge over second place.

Seven down, three to go. In three races we will crown the 2012 Sprint Cup Champion. A very telling race occurred Sunday in afternoon in Martinsville and we saw some drivers lose, keep and gain some championship momentum.

She is a new mom and an intrepid ESPN pit reporter but in just a few weeks Jamie Little will be host as she returns to one of her favorite events, NASCAR After the Lap, in her hometown Las Vegas during Champion’s Week.

There is no doubt that the 2011 Chase for the Cup made the points race a lot closer with the addition of the 1-43 points system, but do the fans just want to see the real champion crowned?

It was truly a Tale of Two Cities kind of day at Martinsville last Sunday afternoon. You know, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times... It could not have been much better for Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski, who came away from the contest two points apart on top of the standings with three to go.

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

Jimmie Johnson led eight times for 193 laps in route to his seventh career victory at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. With this win Johnson moved ahead in the series points lead to two points over Brad Keselowski.