NASCAR Cup Series

Dover Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 35th in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway after brushing the wall on lap 374 of the 400-lap race following a broken axle on the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota.

That's why Elliott is taking time out from his run at a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship Thursday to visit via Skype with sports marketing students at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Given the current landscape of sports in the United States, there are two questions that remain unanswered. One, will there be an NFL team that finally signs Colin Kaepernick? And two, will there be a NASCAR team that finally gives Bubba Wallace a chance to be a regular in the Monster Series?

Hendrick Motorsports' 19 wins at Charlotte are tied with Dover International Speedway for second for the organization's most at a track, behind only Martinsville Speedway with 24 wins. The Charlotte victories have come via seven different drivers -- Johnson (eight), Gordon (five), Darrell Waltrip (two), Ken Schrader, Terry Labonte, Casey Mears and Kahne.

Bayne makes his 11th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon. Bayne’s best finish in the MENCS at Charlotte is 16th in May of 2013 and 2017, respectively.

Stenhouse Jr. has 11 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 20.0 and average finishing position of 20.3.

Brad Keselowski drove his No. 2 Alliance Trucks Parts Ford Fusion along with Charlotte Motor Speedway pace cars, a Bojangles’ Legend Car, Richard Childress Racing show cars and NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Garrett Smithley in a speedway show car during a “Laps around Uptown” parade through Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday

For nearly 40 years, when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) has visited Talladega Superspeedway, either Dale Earnhardt Sr. or Earnhardt Jr. have been amongst the many different drivers on the starting grid. With almost 80 Talladega starts and 16 wins between them – the Earnhardt name has become synonymous with the 2.66-mile race track in Talladega, Alabama, helping the pair establish an incredible legacy at the historical venue.

Richard Petty Motorsports, Richard Petty and the Petty family are saddened to hear of the passing of Robert Yates.

Race fans will see a burst of pink pacing Talladega Superspeedway during the Oct. 15th Alabama 500Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event, a critical race for drivers vying for a championship in NASCAR’s playoffs, which is also Chevy driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s final ride around the famed 2.66-mile venue.