NASCAR Cup Series

RCR in the MENCS ... In 2,857 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 48 pole awards,108 wins, 487 top-five finishes and 1,053 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.8 and an average finishing position of 16.1. RCR has earned 15 total championships (six Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, '87, '90, '91, '93 and '94, six NASCAR Xfinity Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title) and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR's three national series.

Kasey Kahne and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) will race at LFR’s home track of Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) for the first time as a team this weekend for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500.

A week off with no races to forecast or summarize. Funny, I did not get the shakes or suffer any other negative reactions. That probably is not a good thing for NASCAR.

Texas Preview: The Series returns to action this Sunday at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. Hamlin has led 220 circuits around the Fort Worth track and collected six top-five and 12 top-10 finishes in 24 starts in the Lone Star State. Last spring, Hamlin and the #11 team finished 25th at Texas after starting 17th.  

When Paul Menard hits the track at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend he’ll be venturing into relatively uncharted territory.

Click n' Close, the Official Mortgage Provider of NASCAR® and Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM), returns as the primary sponsor of Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr and the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 this weekend during the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at the Texas Motor Speedwa

Seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) champion and career-long Chevrolet driver, Jimmie Johnson, is the leader of the pack at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). Johnson has seven wins, 15 top-five’s and 21 top-10 finishes, more than any other driver in the series.

Amid intense social media buzz from fans, NASCAR released the full 2019 schedule of the Monster Energy Cup Series on Tuesday.

Chase Elliott on racing at Texas: “As far as Texas goes, I was glad we got to get out there and test in January, especially with the new Camaro ZL1. A lot has changed since then and we’ve been learning a lot while out west. I hope that is going to help our cause at Texas and we can try to get rolling in a good direction.”

Darlington Raceway and its award-winning throwback Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 event once again will return to Labor Day weekend in 2019.