NASCAR Cup Series

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 12, 2011) — If it seems top performers in NASCAR are getting younger and younger – you’re right.

Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 AARP/Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet and Kevin Harvick’s No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet were the best-selling 1:24 scale die-cast cars of 2011, according to a top 10 list released today by Lionel NASCAR Collectables.

Former Bristol Motor Speedway president and general manager Jeff Byrd will be inducted posthumously into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

In late January of this year NASCAR officials announced a new championship points procedure based on a 43 to 1 concept. In other words the winner of a Sprint Cup race received 43 points with a one point descending deficit from second, 42 points, all the way to one point for the driver who finished 43d.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, a leading packaged foods company, and Richard Childress Racing have reached a partnership agreement for sponsorship of two of RCR's teams for 2012.

With the completion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway last month, Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (CGRT) wrapped up the 2011 racing season.

In a special season during which magic moments were many, Tony Stewart’s championship-clinching victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway has been voted the Top Moment of 2011.

Leavine Family Racing (LFR) will start its season at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, and then embark on an ambitious schedule of at least 15 selected NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races during the 2012 season.

While there have been many drivers in the No. 80 car, including Dave Blaney, Joe Ruttman, Mike Bliss, Randy LaJoie, Carl Long, Ted Christopher, Mario Gosselin, Andy Hillenburg and Aric Almirola.

“You come at the king, you best not miss.” – Omar Little, The Wire. From the 2007 season – Jimmie Johnson’s first as a defending champion – through 2010, exactly 100 drivers started at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. All took aim at Johnson’s throne. All missed.