NASCAR Cup Series

In case you missed it, Carl Edwards posted the fastest time in first Sprint Cup Series practice at Pocono Raceway.

As NASCAR fans, we'll forever hold the candle for abandoned race tracks like Rockingham and Nashville Superspeedway, but we somehow seem to hold a bigger candle for North Wilkesboro Speedway. As race fans, this is the sort of thing that tugs at our heartstrings regarding how the track just sits there sadly, falling into disrepair.

It will be an all-Ford front row for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Axalta 400 at Pocono Raceway after Team Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano qualified in the top two spots Friday afternoon. Keselowski bested Logano on his final qualifying lap of the third round to claim the pole.

Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 3rd "It was an interesting qualifying session because a lot of people didn’t get any practice, including us, so it’s kind of a little bit of a tricky place to get up to speed and get your momentum and get it to feel good.

Six quick Chevrolet SS drivers placed their race cars in the top 12 starting positions for Sunday’s Axalta “We Paint Winner’s” 400 at Pocono Raceway. Rain early in the day limited on-track time in the first practice session at the 2.5-mile venue.

Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion, met with media members Friday afternoon at rainy Pocono Raceway to discuss a myriad of topics including his thoughts going into this weekend with a new lower downforce package and how it pertains to his past success at the track.

Greg Biffle and the No. 16 team will be without crew chief Brian Pattie for the next two races after a NASCAR suspension handed down earlier in the week. The first of the two races is this weekend at Pocono Raceway where Biffle took time after the rain-shortened opening practice to discuss the implications and the state of the Roush Fenway Racing program heading into the summer slate.

Brad Keselowski will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday at the Tricky Triangle. The driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford scored the pole for Sunday's Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 at Pocono Raceway with a time of 49.525 and a speed of 181.726 mph.

During his career, Mark Martin exemplified the best of NASCAR. He was a rare combination of an intense competitive spirit tempered with a moral code that garnered respect both on and off the track. When he retired in 2013, the sport lost one of its most esteemed ambassadors.

Ever wonder about the women behind the men who run NASCAR race tracks? Suzanne Igdalsky, the wife of Pocono Raceway President and CEO Brandon Igdalsky, is one of those special women, working on race weekend to do all she can at track, as well as running her own business and being mom to 12-year-old twin girls.