NASCAR Cup Series

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is back in action after an off-week and Ford drivers will be trying to master the road of Sonoma Raceway for the first of two road course races this season. Here’s a look at some Ford highlights through the years.

The last time Martin Truex Jr. competed in a Toyota at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway he drove his Camry to the track’s vineyard-décor Victory Lane following an impressive Sprint Cup Series win on the 11-turn, 1.99-mile road circuit.

After a couple of seasons under this current Chase format for the Sprint Cup Series, it's hard not to call it a success.

The Father’s Day off week allows us all to reflect on nearly the first half of the season. Like Harry Nilsson wrote in his country parody song, “Joy,” things have been good and things have been bad, but on the whole they are pretty good.

It may be an off-weekend for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, but for Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 34 Ford Fusion for Front Row Motorsports, it is a special one as he pays tribute to his dad for Father’s Day.

NASCAR spotters work high atop the speedway, out of television camera range and above the throngs of fans. Although they work in virtual obscurity, spotters are a key part of any racing team. They are the eyes of their drivers.

Michigan brought us tremendous action. I mean, how could it not? Brad Keselowski tested the new aero package and he was excited about it. In the end, even ole Brad led 10 laps, as did Martin Truex Jr. Chase Elliott led 35, while of the other 145 circuits, 138 of them saw Keselowski’s teammate, Joey Logano, on point.

After qualifying third for Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400, Stewart ran in the top-five for most of the race. He never led a lap, but he was keeping pace with polesitter and race winner Joey Logano.

After being beaten in the XFINITY Series race the day before on the final lap, Kyle Busch's run of poor finishes continued today in the Irish Hills as his engine let go and caught fire early in the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't have the best of days in the Irish Hills after a wreck in the early stages of today's race. Rounding Turn 2, the driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet threaded the needle of AJ Allmendinger and Chris Buescher. Buescher got loose and clipped the left-rear corner of Earnhardt. This got Earnhardt loose and sent him up into the left-front of Allmendinger.