NASCAR Cup Series

Kenseth on racing at Kentucky: “I’ve only raced at Kentucky once now and we ran pretty competitively there to finish well in last year’s race."

EGR at Kentucky: Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray will make their second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Kentucky Speedway this weekend. EGR has five NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at the 1.5-mile speedway, ...........

Carl Edwards on racing at Kentucky Speedway: “Kentucky is pretty huge for us. It is a UPS race for us, our only UPS race this year, and it is right there near Best Buy’s Geek Squad headquarters so we are going to do some stuff there which will be fun."

The biggest obstacle for Jeff Gordon in the inaugural Kentucky Speedway event last year? Traffic.

Legendary college football coach Bobby Bowden will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 54th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, July 7 at Daytona International Speedway.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr, the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion, will take over the No. 17 Ford in the Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2013. Matt Kenseth and Roush Fenway Racing will part ways at the end of the 2012 season.

During the NASCAR Sprint Cup weekend at Sonoma we witnessed a former dirt track driver from Kansas prove that he can turn left and right on asphalt with the best of them.

Statement from Jamie Allison, director, Ford Racing on the Matt Kenseth announcement by Roush Fenway Racing: JAMIE ALLISON -- "All of us at Ford are certainly disappointed to hear that Matt will be leaving."

Roush Fenway Racing announced today that 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will compete for the team full-time in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition beginning in 2013, while Matt Kenseth and Roush Fenway will part ways at the conclusion of the 2012 season.

Kentucky Speedway will comfort race fans attending its June 28-30 NASCAR events by stationing multiple cool zones throughout the facility in addition to stocking extra ice and water with dry, above-average temperatures forecast for the remainder of the week.