NASCAR Cup Series

When ABC television’s Wide World of Sports first coined the phrase, “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,” some 40 years ago.

Jamie McMurray started the Coca-Cola 600 from the 35th position and quickly gained positions, making his way all the way to the lead before the halfway mark of the 400 lap race.

Patrick Carpentier will return to the NASCAR circuit next weekend driving Frank Stoddard Jr's #32 Ford at Kansas Speedway.

Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) driver Dave Blaney started from the 42nd spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Coca-Cola 600.

Roush Fenway Racing came into Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 looking for its third consecutive NASCAR weekend sweep and despite dominating the event, fell just short of the accomplishment.

Just when it appeared that Ryan Newman was going to make one of his patented late-race charges, the U.S. Army driver found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time as he was a victim of a three-car accident.

Kevin Harvick took his No. 29 Budweiser/Armed Forces Chevrolet to victory lane in a wild finish of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Toyota driver Joey Logano (third) had the highest finishing Camry in Sunday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S SUMMER SALUTE CHEVROLET - SIDELINED ON LAP 395 WITH ENGINE FAILURE - FINISHED 28th "What I'm taking from this week is that we had a fast car. Unfortunately four laps from the end we lost an engine, which never happens."

Perseverance, patience and the right pit strategy lifted Regan Smith from being two laps down to an eighth-place finish in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.