NASCAR Cup Series

Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers are good friends but on Sunday Vickers took away another chance for Johnson to win a race. Vickers appeared to be in 95 percent of the cautions on Sunday as he hit everything but the pace car.

Tony Stewart Wins at Martinsville; Moves to Second in the Standings with Three Races Remaining in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup; Team Chevy Drivers Claim Four of the Top-Five and Seven of the Top-10 Finishing Positions

Despite getting spun out twice and driving a damaged race car, Regan Smith stayed patient throughout Sunday's caution-filled race to net a solid 13th-place finish at Martinsville Speedway.

Tony Stewart made a daring move to the high side of leader Jimmie Johnson with three laps to go to win the TUMS Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 14th We had a little bit of everything today with our Shell/Pennzoil Dodge. We struggled a little bit during the middle part of the race and lost a lap, but we took the wave around, caught a caution and made it up."

MATT KENSETH - No. 17 Crown Royal Ford Fusion - WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 18 CAR? "I don't know what happened with the 18. I'd honestly have to see it on TV. I felt like I left him some room on the outside, but everybody was kind of slow and checked up. I had a run under him and I was almost to his door and all of a sudden we just got together."

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET - RACE WINNER: YOU HAD A WHALE OF A RUN TODAY: "I tell you, we got to second there and hit the curb off of Turn 4 and let Jeff get underneath us and we had to run the top in (Turns) 1 and 2 and then we pulled him two car lengths off of (Turn) 2."

The Clement family and Iowa Speedway's staff extends its deepest sympathies to the Wallace family after the passing of Russ Wallace, father of NASCAR racing legend and Iowa Speedway co-owner Rusty Wallace. Russ' impact on the legacy of NASCAR has been immense.

Tony Stewart won the Tums Fast Relief 500 at the Martinsville Speedway by getting past the leader, Jimmie Johnson on a late restart and leading the final 3 laps. At one point Stewart was about to go a lap down to the leader but fought him off and remained on the lead lap. Johnson finished second and Jeff Gordon followed in third.

All the talk at Martinsville Speedway this weekend was about Talladega. It wasn’t just the drivers, who did their share of talking, but it also included some media members and fans. Of course, a lot of it revolves around the sport’s most popular driver and the son of NASCAR’s most favorite legend, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.