NASCAR Cup Series

It has just been announced that up-and-coming country singer and Curb Records Artist Tim Dugger (@Tim_Dugger) will be the opening act for Rodney Atkins, during this year’s Saturday night infield concert at Talladega Superspeedway.

One lucky fan will be driving home from the Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, August 19 in a custom-made Roush Mustang as part of a partnership between Pure Michigan, Roush Fenway Racing and MIS.

Officials of the NASCAR Hall of Fame announced this afternoon that former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and 55-time race winner, Rusty Wallace, has been named among the nominees for 2013 election to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

It started with a question. Are there any numbers that should be retired in NASCAR? Sport teams regularly retire numbers. The New York Yankees have retired several numbers including Mantle and others

TMone will return to Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway after sponsoring the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) team in the Daytona 500.

About a month and a half after winning the 54th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, Matt Kenseth was finally able to reunite with his winning car and celebrate his historic victory with race fans during the Champion’s Luncheon at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday afternoon.

EXPRESS NOTES: Martinsville Recap: Denny Hamlin finished sixth in the most-recent NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (April 1), leading 31 laps and avoiding a late-race incident en route to the checkered flag in the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota.

Though early results reveal major improvement for Regan Smith, the Furniture Row Racing driver feels his single-car team hasn't reached its full potential.

TOYOTA TIDBITS TEXAS TWO STEP: Two years ago (2010), Camry driver Denny Hamlin swept both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Texas Motor Speedway. In 13 career starts at the 1.5-mile oval, the Virginia-native has five top-five finishes, eight top-10 results and has run all but 13 laps

Texas Motor Speedway (all 22 Sprint Cup races included) 1 – number of wins from the pole (Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Dodge, 4/9/06)