NASCAR Cup Series

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished third (Paul Menard), 11th (Kevin Harvick) and 28th (Jeff Burton).

Fans attending the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekend at Phoenix International Raceway will be treated to hearing from some of NASCAR’s top drivers prior to the action on the track Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10-11.

Kicking off the final four race stretch to close out the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, Todd Bodine and the No. 11 Toyota Care Tundra team travel to Martinsville Speedway this Saturday for the Kroger 200. After a disappointing and abrupt end to his run two weeks ago at Talladega, Bodine is ready to take on the competition and the challenging .526-mile paperclip-shaped short track.

Ron Hornaday competed in the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Martinsville Speedway on September 25, 1995 Hornaday is the only active NCWTS driver who has run in every NCWTS race at the half-mile Virginia track

Home Field Advantage: Beginning the final four race stretch into the season finale in November, Timothy Peters and the No. 17 Red Horse Racing team head to Martinsville Speedway on Saturday in the midst of a tight race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. Peters, who resides in nearby Danville, Virginia, has one previous win and a knack for getting around the paperclip-shaped short track.

One in the Win Column: On the heels of his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Talladega Superspeedway two weeks ago, Parker Kligerman travels to Martinsville Speedway this Saturday with his No. 7 Red Horse Racing Toyota team for the Kroger 200. Entering the Virginia short track as the most recent series winner, Kligerman will have a little extra momentum on his side.

The Kansas Lottery 300 was shaping up to be maybe the best race of the season for the MacDonald Motorsports No. 81 team. After six cautions in the first 70 laps of the race, Jason and his www.SUPPORTMILITARY.org/Thrush & Son No. 81 team had positioned themselves nicely into the top-10. Unfortunately, contact with another car on lap 82 caused serious damage to the rear of the No. 81 car, sending Jason to the pits and ending the team’s chances at a top-10 finish.

Joey Logano qualified the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota in the 8th position for Sunday afternoon’s 267-lap Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Kenny Wallace had a strong run going in most of Saturday's Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, contending for a top-10 finish. Unfortunately it wasn't to be, as a late-race a fuel strategy scenario played against the American Ethanol team, leaving Wallace 18th when the checkered flag waved.

Matt Kenseth finished first in a wild race at the repaved Kansas Speedway on Sunday to complete a weekend sweep for Roush Yates engines with winners in the ARCA Series on Friday, NASCAR Nationwide Series on Saturday, and Sprint Cup Series on Sunday.