NASCAR Cup Series

Denny Hamlin drove the No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota to a 13th-place finish Sunday at Kansas Speedway and continues to hold third place in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup points standings with four races remaining. Sunday’s event saw a season-high 14 caution flags in the first competition on the new asphalt.

Great Clips has joined Hendrick Motorsports as a co-primary sponsor (with Hendrickcars.com) of the No. 5 Chevrolet team and Chase contender Kasey Kahne for the Nov. 4 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. It marks the first Cup-level sponsorship for the world’s largest salon brand.

On a repaved track that even team owner Jack Roush pronounced surprisingly fast and treacherous and with a record number of cautions to boot, here is what else was surprising and not surprising in the 12th annual Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

They say that life is about changing and that nothing ever stays the same. The key to being successful is being able to change and adapt and continue to grow and be successful. In the last several years no one is more adept at change than Greg Zipadelli.

In what is perhaps the most complex and entertaining paint scheme to ever hit the track for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, David Ragan brings the No. 34 Where's Waldo?® Ford to Martinsville Speedway this weekend for the running of the Tums Fast Relief 500. Ragan's entire Ford Fusion will feature the famous Where's Waldo? "On the Beach," scene.

David Gilliland is seeking his fifth consecutive top-25 finish this weekend as he takes the No. 38 Long John Silver's Ford to Martinsville, Va. for the running of Sunday's Tums Fast Relief 500.

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.