NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Michael McDowell has had his fair share of challenges throughout his racing career but draws inspiration while overcoming them and finding his path to success. The driver of the No. 95 Thrivent Financial Chevrolet SS has overcome difficult situations, such as having to race his way into the majority of his races as he moved up through the ranks of NASCAR.

Effective immediately, Steve Phelps will assume the role as NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Global Sales and Marketing Officer. The business areas that Phelps will oversee include Global Marketing, Partnership and Series Marketing, Business Development, Integrated Marketing Communications, Licensing & Consumer Products, and NASCAR Digital Media. He will continue to serve as NASCAR’s top Officer in the Charlotte office.

Sunday marks Stewart’s final NASCAR appearance at Watkins Glen and final road-course race of his Sprint Cup career. He will go down in history as one of the sport’s greatest on road courses. Even though Watkins Glen and Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway are the only two road-course tracks during the 36-race regular season, Stewart has earned eight wins in 33 career Sprint Cup road-course races.

The Bakersfield, California native is no stranger to victory lane at Watkins Glen. He scored a Sprint Cup victory there in 2006, when he started seventh and led 28 of 90 laps and beat current SHR teammate Tony Stewart to the finish line by 0.892 of a second.

This weekend, Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) would be hard to overlook as a favorite. After all, he’s enjoyed a fair share of success on the road course at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series travel to Watkins Glen this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series is off. Please check...

“The throwback weekend Darlington has created makes it the perfect place to run a scheme that has a ton of history with Bobby Allison and Coca-Cola.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has missed the last three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races after suffering concussion-like symptoms. Monday he participated in The Dale Jr. Download podcast to discuss his treatment progress, future racing plans and the decision to make his health a priority.

Left, left, left, and (if not at Pocono) a final left. That is usually how it goes each week in NASCAR. This week is one of those unusual ones. Eleven turns at Watkins Glen and seven of them are right. I think these road courses provide more exciting NASCAR races than some ovals, including Indianapolis. Let the arguing begin.

Given time, Buescher will grow as a driver, be it with FRM or RFR. Either way, he'll post more results as he matures, and he will be a Sprint Cup winner again. It's too early to gauge when he'll become an actual Cup title contender, but that day could very well come.