NASCAR Cup Series

Stenhouse has seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Bristol Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 23.1 and average finishing position of 11.9.

Bayne makes his fifth career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Watkins Glen Recap: Denny Hamlin won his first career road course race in the most-recent NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen on August 7, executing the winning pass with just 10 laps to go and holding off a hard-charging Martin Truex Jr. Hamlin lined up third behind leader Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch for a restart with 10 laps to go.

It's taken me about a week to get my thoughts together. I have read the thoughts of many about the loss of Bryan Clauson and the racing community continues to show how they come together in times of tragedy.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will pay tribute to the late Bryan Clauson this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway by running the Fastenal scheme that Clauson raced during the 2008 NASCAR XFINITY Series season.

The Virginia Tech Athletics Department and Wood Brothers Racing announced Monday that the NASCAR Sprint Cup race team will display a Virginia Tech paint scheme on its cars for upcoming races at Bristol Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway.

The Petty Museum today announced they will begin selling the original diecast cars of Adam Petty, the fourth generation driver of the Petty family. The Museum will sell the original No. 45 diecasts in 1/64 scale and 1/12 scale at a cost of $8 and $45 dollars respectively.

Chip Ganassi Racing announced today that the No. 1 McDonald’s Chevy will sport an iconic look for the Labor Day Weekend race at the famed Darlington Raceway. Jamie McMurray will drive the No. 1 Chevrolet SS featuring a popular look from the past. Originally run by NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bill Elliott in 1997, McMurray’s throwback ride will feature a Mac Tonight paint scheme for the 2016 Southern 500.

Starting today, Aug. 11, until Sept. 1, fans can visit NASCAR.com and vote for their favorite special paint scheme that will race in the 67th running of the Bojangles’ Southern 500.

Time to cycle through the transmission for this week's edition of Four Gears. This week, our staff takes a look at some of the hot topics in the world of NASCAR.