NASCAR Cup Series

In a heart-stomping, fuel-mileage race Danica Patrick stayed calm as she patiently maneuvered her No. 7 Tissot/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet to a 10th-place finish in Saturday's Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Kansas Speedway.

Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by six points over Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while Dillon ranks third in the standings, 26 markers behind his RCR teammate.

Michael Annett started the caution-filled Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway from the 14th position. Annett had momentum from the drop of the green flag and gained four spots in just the first lap to be scored in the 10th position. Clicking off lap times faster than the leader, Annett continued to move toward the front of the field and was scored in seventh when the first caution flag of the day flew on Lap 15 for an accident on the frontstretch.

Joey Logano qualified the No. 18 GameStop Toyota on the pole for Saturday afternoon’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway. The pole was Logano’s fifth of the season and the 21st of his career. Logano’s five poles in 2012 leads all drivers in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Camry driver Joey Logano drove his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 28 GameStop Toyota Camry to a third-place finish Saturday afternoon at Kansas Speedway.

JACK ROUSH, Owner, No. 6 Ford Mustang – TALK ABOUT THAT EXCITING RACE AND THE VICTORY WITH RICKY TODAY. “If I can get my heart back in my chest I will be all set. Today was a never say die day for the guys. Ricky has been fraught with frustration over some of the things that have happened and Mike Kelley has done his best to figure out what he needs. It has been a building year. "

RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 6 Cargill/Sam’s Club Ford Mustang – WHAT A GREAT COMEBACK. “That was a total team effort. The guys did an awesome job getting the car back together and we never gave up. Mike made great calls and adjustments to fix how the car drove with the damage and it was still one of the fastest cars out there. Our Sam’s Club Mustang was fast this weekend."

With Austin Dillon’s second place finish in the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Chevrolet has clinched the Manufacturers’ Championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The 2012 achievement marks the 15th time the Bowtie Brand has captured the prestigious Bill France Performance Cup.

Fort Worth, Texas native Nur Ali made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway today, finishing 33rd in the No. 41 Chevrolet after a crash ended his day. Ali, the first and only race car driver of Pakistani descent, started 41st.

Carl Edwards wants to win at Kansas Speedway. The Missouri native makes no bones about that fact. Edwards, who was sixth fastest in the first practice session Saturday afternoon, took time to talk with Ford Racing about his home track, what a Carl Edwards victory party would look like, and his thoughts on concussions in the sport.