NASCAR Cup Series

At the age of 17, Brian Deegan left his home in Omaha and headed for Southern California with only the F-150 he drove, a credit card and his dirt bike, dreaming of becoming the next big thing in Motocross.

It’ll be impossible for most of the 125,000 people attending Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway to sit quietly by as Michael Waltrip makes his 50th NASCAR Sprint Cup start on the 2.66-mile Alabama track.

If you look at the results and where Dale Earnhardt Jr. sits in points, the obvious answer to this question would be yes.

During the night prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup at the Texas Motor Speedway I was standing on a stage at an American Legion Post, in Ridgecrest-CA.

For each of the 36 races during the 2011 Sprint Cup season, TUMS will provide a brief historical recap of a moment when a team fought back to overcome an obstacle, one that can easily be described as a TUMS “Fights Back Fast” Moment.

RCR teammates finished second (Clint Bowyer), fifth (Paul Menard), 11th (Jeff Burton) and 20th (Kevin Harvick).

With the honors of hosting the first night race of the 2011 season, here is what was surprising and not surprising in the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

When Matt Kenseth won the Daytona 500 in 2009 he cried in his post race interview.

Matt Kenseth was thankful for another win. The Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup race gave Kenseth another opportunity.

Roush Fenway Racing's Trevor Bayne was treated and released Sunday from Carolina Medical Center University Hospital in Charlotte after a reaction from an apparent insect bite on his left elbow that the 20-year old driver suffered last week while at home.