NASCAR Cup Series

WELCOMING RED BEACON TO THE HOME DEPOT TOYOTA: This weekend, the familiar orange Home Depot colors will be replaced with a new red No. 20 on the track. Redbeacon will join The Home Depot as primary sponsors of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and driver Joey Logano this weekend at Martinsville, as well as the remaining races at Texas and Homestead.

C & C Audio, Video and Appliance will join Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) at Martinsville Speedway this weekend. The Louisiana-based company will be an associate partner for Dave Blaney and the No. 36 TBR Chevrolet in the Tums Fast Relief 500 Sunday, October 28.

In a little over two weeks since officially joining Furniture Row Racing as the driver of the No. 78 Chevrolet, Kurt Busch’s feelings about the future of the Colorado-based team have already increased a few levels on the excitement meter.

Jason Welcomes Grime Boss Sponsorship: Grime Boss Heavy Duty Hand Wipes “with Power”, a brand from Nice Pak, will sponsor the No. 23 Ford F-150 driven by Jason White for five NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races during the 2012 and 2013 seasons, beginning with the Oct. 27th race at Martinsville.

Martinsville Speedway may be a short track, but fans travel long distances to catch Sunday’s TUMS Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

TOYOTA TIDBITS COVERING KANSAS: Camry driver Martin Truex Jr. registered a runner-up result in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. It was his second straight runner-up result at the track after a second- place finish in April. Truex's MWR teammate Clint Bowyer (sixth) also earned a top-10 finish at his home track in Kansas.

Virginia native, Peyton Sellers, will return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) for this weekend's Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. Sellers will pilot the No. 60 N-FAB/Pembleton Forest Products/St. Lawrence Radiology Chevrolet Silverado for TurnOne Racing. This event marks Seller's first NCWTS start in 2012.

Rheem Chasing the Cure... Cale Gale and the No. 33 Eddie Sharp Racing (ESR) team will continue to promote the Rheem Chasing the Cure program this weekend at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. In its second year, the month-long program is designed to promote breast cancer awareness and benefit the Young Survival Coalition (YSC).

JR Motorsports announced today it has reached an agreement with Regan Smith to drive the team’s No. 5 NASCAR Nationwide Series entry full time in 2013. General Manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller said Smith will make his JRM debut this year, as the company will field three teams for the Nov. 17 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Smith will join teammates Cole Whitt and Danica Patrick in the season finale.

LARRYLAND PRESS: After missing two races due to a concussion received at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was apparently cleared to compete in this weekend’s...