NASCAR Cup Series

No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota driver Mark Martin makes his 850th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

FOX Sports Arizona and Phoenix International Raceway have agreed to a new partnership that allows the regional sports network the ability to showcase Arizona’s premiere motorsports venue.

Race fan Michael Holcomb, who has been watching NASCAR® since the age of four but has never attended a NASCAR race, just learned he’ll be going to his first race this October, thanks to the 3M Automotive Aftermarket “Your Ticket to the Track” sweepstakes. Holcomb heard the news in a unique manner – directly from Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, via Skype.

Talladega and Daytona is not racing! Both are a product of NASCAR misguided way to solve safety issues that have just created a big pile of BS, just like the 20+ cars were on Sunday.

Matt Kenseth won the fourth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship after pulling away from a massive pileup in turn 4 on lap 189 of Sunday's Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500.

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 10th (Jeff Burton), 11th (Kevin Harvick) and 28th (Paul Menard). According to the NASCAR Post-Race Loop Data Statistics, Burton made the sixth-most Green Flag Passes (499) with 279 of those passes coming while running in the top 15 (Quality Passes).

Trevor Bayne and his No. 21 Warriors in Pink Ford Fusion team didn’t get the finish they were looking for in Sunday’s Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, but those who watched the race knew they were there.

Kyle Busch’s day was nearly spoiled on Sunday afternoon at Talladega when he sped on pit road and went a lap down before halfway. Then after carnage in turn three on the final lap, Busch was nearly the spoiler of the Chase, coming out of the smoke to finish third.

Jeff Gordon skillfully maneuvered his No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet through last lap carnage to emerge from the smoke in the runner-up position of the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Camry driver Kyle Busch (third) was the first Toyota racer to the finish line in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway.