NASCAR Cup Series

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.

Championship-winning Richard Childress Racing crew chief Shane Wilson will replace Drew Blickensderfer at the helm of the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet team with driver Jeff Burton for the final three races of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway is always entertaining and a matter of survival for the 36 trucks starting the event. Jason White knows this very well and although he had his hands full all day, he was able to survive the 200 lap event at the paperclip shaped track.