NASCAR Cup Series

The Dale Jr. Foundation will commemorate its five-year anniversary with a special paint scheme on Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet for the NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star race weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET met with media and discussed the challenges of racing at Darlington, his Hendrick Motorsports teammates, his season to date, his pit crew, and more.

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Darlington Raceway and discussed Hendrick Motorsports, racing at Darlington and other topics.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Darlington Raceway and discussed last year’s on-track incident with Kyle Busch, the Sprint All-Star race, Mother’s Day and other topics.

Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion, currently holds down second place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings behind Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle. Kenseth, a two-time winner in 2012, held a Q&A session Friday morning at Darlington Raceway with reporters.

REGAN SMITH, NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW RACING/CSX PLAY IT SAFE CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Darlington Raceway and discussed his outlook for this weekend’s race, his 2012 season to date, last year’s victory at Darlington and more.

BK Racing announced today that Travis Kvapil will drive the No. 73 Dr Pepper Toyota in Saturday's Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Kvapil's car will be a third entry fielded by BK Racing and will run in addition to the organization's No. 83 Toyota, driven by Landon Cassill, and No. 93 Toyota, driven by David Reutimann.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves to one of the racing venues that helped make the sport famous: the Darlington Raceway. With the annual race at the track too tough to tame, comes a lot of personal memories.

Michael Waltrip Racing will hold its sixth annual Fan Fest at its race shop in Cornelius, N.C. on Wednesday, May 23. MWR NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Martin Truex Jr., Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer will sign autographs from 1-3 p.m.

TBR made two starts at Darlington Raceway. Last season, Blaney started in the 42nd spot and finished in 24th place. In 2009, Scott Riggs started 37th and finished 39th. He completed 101 laps before a brake issue ended the team’s day early.