NASCAR Cup Series

Regan Smith, driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet, is no doubt a proponent of the saying ‘When one door closes, another opens.’ In this driver’s case, it is the Chase door that has closed and the door to The Glen that has opened.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will conduct its semi annual endurance contest that comes with the drivers having to make left and right turns on a road course.

The No. 37 Max Q Motorsports Ford Fusion will serve as the Green Stuff Ford Fusion at Watkins Glen this weekend.

Ron Fellows will take on the twists and turns at Watkins Glen International this weekend in the No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet. He will join the Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) team in his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start this season.

J.D. GIBBS, president, Joe Gibbs Racing Opening comments: “Hey guys, J.D. (Gibbs) here. Just wanted to get together and kind of go over with Lee (White),

Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing and 12-time NASCAR championship winning team owner, has been nominated as one of 20 finalists for the Class of 2012 of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

Grammy-nominated and award-winning Ernie Haase & Signature Sound will return to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the second consecutive year to perform the National Anthem prior to the AdvoCare 500.

Giving a whole new meaning to “pulling double duty,” NASCAR driver Joey Logano will recover from 220.5 grueling miles of road course racing at Watkins Glen International on Sunday (ESPN, 1 p.m. ET) by taking a food challenge on Monday in New York for an upcoming episode of Travel Channel’s Man v. Food Nation.

The 6th Annual Run To Victory will be held on September 24, 2011 with the hopes of warmer weather and even more participants. 1,000 athletes are expected to run, walk and wheel through Randleman, NC in support of Victory Junction, a camp for chronically and seriously ill children.

MIS Kids Club members will have the opportunity to take part in an exclusive Q&A Session with the five-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 on Sunday, Aug. 21.