NASCAR Cup Series

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.

Race fans visiting Watkins Glen International this weekend for the NASCAR and Grand-Am Rolex Road Racing events also will have the opportunity to experience the Team Chevy Racing Tour, filled with show cars, Chevrolet production vehicles

Paul Wolfe, WYPALL crew chief spokesman and crew chief for the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge driven by Brad Keselowski, has been named the WYPALL* Wipers Crew Chief of the Race following Sunday's Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway.

Days later it is still the majority of talk around the NASCAR world, Jimmie Johnson vs. Kurt Busch. Five-time vs. the champion that is often forgotten about, or Hendrick pretty boys vs. hard nosed racer.

Over the previous weekend at Pocono there were quite a few comments that deserved to be repeated.