NASCAR Cup Series

2 – races won from the front row at Auto Club Speedway; one from the pole (2008, Jimmie Johnson)

The 2012 AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway will feature drivers battling for Chase for the Sprint Cup positions, the anniversary of one of NASCAR’s greatest races and the celebration of a career of one of the sport’s most successful drivers.

Kenseth doggedly chased Brad Keselowski to the finish at Bristol, but could never catch the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge. The runner-up result gave Kenseth his second top-5 finish of the year, and boosted him two places in the Sprint Cup point standings to third.

Danica Patrick announced that she would be running in this year’s prelude to the dream. A lot of people were concerned about her running it, however her Sprint Cup Series car owner Tony Stewart says he’s excited about it.

The original title of this article was scheduled to be: CALIFORNIA HERE I COME (NOT !!!!!!) That's because it was truly believed by every NASCAR observer on the planet that the proposed penalties against Hendrick Motorsports' #48 team were going to be upheld following a failed technical inspection prior to the Daytona 500.

Carl Edwards is no stranger to attacking the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition on the track, but on Wednesday he received a new kind of lesson in taking down the opposition.

THE MODERATOR: We are joined by the driver of the No. 29 Jimmy John's Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, Kevin Harvick. A California native, he is a defending race win currently sits second in the NASCAR Cup Series standings.

Fans will have the chance to experience an amazing lineup of NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers in the Martinsville Speedway Fan Zone presented by Pepsi Max on April 1.

A nationally-recognized transportation planning team from Stantec in Kentucky is helping the Kentucky Speedway prepare for crowds at the June 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series “Quaker State 400” at the 107,000-capacity venue.

No matter how much of a Denver Broncos fan he is, Regan Smith’s main focus is Sunday’s Auto Club 400, the fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season.