NASCAR Cup Series

No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota driver Clint Bowyer is spending Tuesday and Wednesday attending the Goodyear Tire Test at the newly reconfigured Bristol Motor Speedway. After that he is heading to Michigan International Speedway for a NASCAR open test prior to the regularly scheduled Sprint Cup Series race weekend.

Dodge has won nine races at Michigan International Speedway: Charlie Glotzbach, Richard Petty (2), Sterling Marlin, Ryan Newman (2), Jeremy Mayfield, Kasey Kahne and Kurt Busch.

Kenseth on racing at Michigan International Speedway: “Michigan is one of my favorite tracks throughout the season and I always look forward to going to Michigan since it’s in the Midwest."

Tony Stewart (who is the only driver to try to run the high groove): “Well, you’ve definitely lost the top groove. Guys who run up there aren’t going to be able to do that because it’s pretty slick up there."

Richard Childress Racing in the Motor City ... In 127 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Michigan International Speedway, RCR teams have earned three wins, two with Dale Earnhardt (June 1987, 1990) and the most recent with Kevin Harvick (August 2010).

Follow EGR on Twitter: Continue to follow Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (EGR) on their official team Twitter page. Find in-race updates and weekly news on the No. 1 and No. 42 teams throughout the 2012 season by following “@EGRTeams”.

Biffle on racing at Michigan International Speedway: “I’m looking forward to Michigan. It’s one of my favorite tracks and we’ve run really, really well there in the past."

Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Folds of Honor team travel to the newly paved Michigan International Speedway (MIS) for this weekend’s Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race.

Michigan Int’l Speedway (all 85 Sprint Cup races) - 0 – fewest cautions (three times, most recent 6/13/99)

Carl Edwards on racing at Michigan International Speedway: “A win at Michigan is as big as any win on the circuit because it’s in Ford & Jack Roush’s backyard. It’s huge to be able to win a race there and we need a win right now."