NASCAR Cup Series

During the course of the previous NASCAR weekend at the Auto Club Speedway. We watched "Smoke" elevate his championship status and we watched the status of other championship efforts go up in smoke.

The fourth-annual Jimmie Johnson Foundation Golf Tournament and Dinner Auction, which took place Oct. 5-6 at the Grand Del Mar in San Diego, raised more than $525,000, the fourth-consecutive year that the charity has surpassed the half-million dollar mark.

Carl Edwards on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “We went into California thinking that would be the race that could put us near the points lead, but we had trouble with a part in the distributor."

Kenseth on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “Track position has been really important at Charlotte since the introduction of this car with the spoiler."

No. 56 NAPA Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

Biffle on Charlotte: “Well, we’re going to just go out and do our best the rest of the season pretty much like we have all year."

Ragan on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “I’m looking forward to running the United Way paint scheme this weekend in the only night race in the Chase."

Rexall colors on the hood and David Reutimann behind the wheel of the No. 11… The No. 11 will sport a new primary sponsor this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Team DuPont has seen success at the intermediate tracks throughout the 2010 season, but Charlotte Motor Speedway, where they finished sixth in the spring, has been one track pegged by the team for improvement as they head into this weekend’s Bank of America 500 .

Reading pays big rewards in many different ways. Just ask any of the more than 2,000 elementary school students who participated in Martinsville Speedway’s Fifth Annual Read Your Way to the Race program.