NASCAR Cup Series

Roush Fenway Racing returns to the .526-mile paper-clip shaped oval of Martinsville Speedway for the second time in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSCS) season this weekend. The organization has previously earned six victories across the three major touring series at the famed short track.

In 13 starts on short tracks in the NSCS, Bayne has earned a best finish of fifth at Bristol Motor Speedway in the spring 2016 event at the half-mile speedway.

Stenhouse has seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Martinsville with an average starting position of 21.9.

Richard Petty Motorsports announced today that the American Red Cross, one of the nation's premier humanitarian organizations, will be featured as the primary partner on the No. 44 Ford Fusion driven by Brian Scott this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.

Biffle has 27 Sprint Cup Series starts at Martinsville. In those starts he has earned five top-10 finishes, two of which came in 2013 with back-to-back top-10 finishes.

The Round of 8 begins this weekend at Martinsville Speedway, a place where Ford has won 26 times overall but never as part of The Chase. Joey Logano will try to change that after advancing to this round for the third straight year by virtue of his win at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Here’s a look at some of Ford’s past success at Martinsv

Talladega had everything on Sunday a race fan or adrenalin junky could desire. It provided incredible action, with leaders driving looking at their mirrors rather than out the windshield, running at close to 200 miles per hour just inches apart.

Johnson finished 23rd in the Hellman’s 500 and will head to Martinsville as the favorite to win the first race of the next round of the Chase.

International film and television star Chuck Norris, known universally for his ageless machoism, will introduce the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers still vying for the series championship when they arrive Sunday, Nov. 6, for the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Two of the heavy favorites to win the championship going into the Chase won't continue on in the pursuit of a championship in 2016 following mechanical failure in Alabama.