NASCAR Cup Series

Trevor Bayne makes his 12th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. In 11 previous starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Bayne has recorded a best finish of 17th three times (Nov. 2010, April 2011 and Nov. 2011).

NASCAR fans once again have the power to put a driver of their choice in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. The Sprint Fan Vote is now open, and will send one of 30 drivers into the annual star-studded event on May 21 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race will be broadcast live at 7 p.m. ET, on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Texas Motor Speedway ... In 91 starts at Texas Motor Speedway dating back to 1997, RCR has recorded one win (Jeff Burton, April 2007), eight top-five and 30 top-10 finishes with drivers Burton, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green, Paul Menard and Ryan Newman.

Any race fan who has been around the sport for the past 20-plus years knows who Smokey Yunick was. He was a genius on top of the pit box and under the hood. He was a brilliant inventor, a crass scoundrel, a blunt straight-shooting American who loved racing.

Heading into this weekend's event at the Texas Motor Speedway, the No.32 Can-Am/Kappa team will travel west to "The Lone Star State" with Jeffrey Earnhardt for the first night race of the 2016 season in the 20th annual Duck Commander 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX.

The first Saturday night race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is scheduled for this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway as the annual Duck Commander 500 takes place. Ford is currently tied for the most series wins at the 1.5-mile track with 12. Here’s a look at some of those results:

Busch led 352 of 500 laps on his way to a commanding win in the STP 500, his first ever Sprint Cup win at Martinsville.

The Motorsports Group (TMG) officials are proud to announce that Crawfest New Braunfels and the City of New Braunfels (Texas) will serve as sponsors of the team's No. 30 Chevrolet entry for the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Texas Motor Speedway. The logos of the festival and city it is held in will adorn the No. 30 Crawfest New Braunfels Chevrolet piloted by Josh Wise for the running of the Duck Commander 500 on Saturday night April 9, 2016 at the 1.5-mile Texas track.

Paperclips, hot dogs, and close racing. These are all the ingredients of another exciting Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, the oldest track in NASCAR. The 67th annual STP 500, the second oldest race in all of NASCAR, is in the books. Here is what was surprising and not surprising from Sunday's event.

Kyle Larson drove his Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 Target Chevrolet to a third place finish in the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, earning his best result of the season. It's a track where Larson has struggled in the past which made this top five even sweeter.