NASCAR Cup Series

BRIAN VICKERS, NO. 14 TAXACT MILITARY FILES FREE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) and discussed his outlook for the weekend at TMS, the importance of being in the car for consecutive races and many other topics.

The internet exploded this week when NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted a picture of his favorite sandwich – banana and Hellmann’s mayonnaise on bread. The post trended social media for 24 hours and cycled through numerous national news outlets, including ABC’s “Good Morning America”, NBC’s “TODAY”, and CNN’s “Morning Express with Robin Meade.”

2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Champion and former Talladega Superspeedway winner Kevin Harvick, along with Trevor Bayne and Regan Smith will join the lineup of NASCAR drivers scheduled to take part in the Pre-Race Fan Question & Answer Session on the Start/Finish Line at NASCAR’s Most Competitive track prior to the start of the GEICO 500 on Sunday, May 1.

This week, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rolls into Fort Worth, Texas to run the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The 501 mile (801.6 km) race on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway will be the seventh race of the 2016 season.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series travel to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series is off. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

This Saturday night, the boys and girl head west. The way I hear it, if you are going to play in Texas, you got to have a Biffle in the band. That may be true, and it may be a fact this weekend, but sadly such edicts do not include our Hot 20. Greg sits 16 points shy. Maybe the following week.

Martinsville Recap: Denny Hamlin spun and hit the wall on Lap 220 of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, causing extensive damage to the #11 FedEx Express Toyota and relegating the team to a 39th-place finish in the event won by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch.

For Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing, Texas Motor Speedway has always been a special track on the NASCAR schedule.

The Freedom Trophy, one of Talladega Superspeedway's unique patriotic traditions, will be presented to the winner of the GEICO 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, May 1, by Daniel G. Straub, Commanding Officer of the United States Navy’s soon-to-be commissioned USS Montgomery (LCS-8), currently under construction in Mobile, AL.

In his 24 career Cup Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, Biffle has two wins, eight top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. His average starting position is 12.8, with an average finishing position of 14.9.