NASCAR Cup Series

Great Clips takes center stage for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix... Great Clips, the longest-running sponsor in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS), is title sponsor of Saturday's race at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) - the Great Clips 200.

Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing with Brack Maggard chassis No. 44 in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. This Toyota Camry made its 2012 debut at Iowa Speedway in May, where Travis Pastrana recorded a 26th-place finish after experiencing a part failure in the closing stages of the event.

John Wes Townley will pilot RAB Racing with Brack Maggard chassis No. 54 in Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. This chassis last saw action at Kentucky Speedway in September, where the 22-year-old driver piloted the No. 09 Toyota Tundra to a 10th-place finish.

Kenseth on racing at Phoenix International Raceway: “Phoenix is a place that we’ve been working on to get our cars handling how we need them to at the shorter flat tracks. With the repave at Phoenix, the track was pretty slick to begin with, but I feel that it’s been coming around the more we run laps there."

Stenhouse Jr. on racing at Phoenix International Raceway: “Phoenix is such a great race track. Earlier this year, we finished third so hopefully we can improve on that this time around. We are in a tight championship battle so we have to race smart and make sure we get a solid finish. Valvoline NextGen is making their debut on our No. 6 Ford so it would be great to get them into victory lane.”

On its way to Texas last Thursday the Michael Waltrip Racing team made a stop in Batesville, Ark. to visit Mark Martin’s museum at his car dealership.

Phoenix International Raceway (all 32 Sprint Cup races included), 1 – fewest lead changes (11/4/90), 2 – fewest leaders (11/4/90)

JD Motorsports w/Gary Keller teammates Mike Wallace and Darryl Harr are ready to take on the challenge of Phoenix International Raceway for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday.

With just two races remaining in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, Jason Bowles and his MacDonald Motorsports No. 81 team will remain out west following Texas for the Great Clips 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. New partner, 505 Southwestern Chili Sauces joins Bowles and the team for this weekend’s race.

Scott Miller, Michael Waltrip Racing’s executive vice-president of competition, celebrated his anniversary with MWR at Texas. In his first year he helped guide MWR to two Chase berths, three wins, five poles and the best year statistically in the company’s six-year Sprint Cup history. But, with Bowyer third in the point standings trailing by 36 points and Martin Truex Jr. trailing by 80 points with two races remaining—Miller knows there is still work to do.