NASCAR Cup Series

Brian Vickers posted the fastest time in first Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway. The driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet was fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.485 and a speed of 97.182 mph.

DALE EARNHARDT, NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway and discussed his plans to donate his brain for concussion research, why he races so well at Martinsville Speedway and many other topics.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How much do you look forward to racing here at Martinsville? “Looking forward to it, this has obviously been a really good track for us."

Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion, will be making his debut at Martinsville Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this weekend. This marks the first time the Wood Brothers have competed at their home track since 2011 and Blaney talked about his expectations prior to today’s practice and qualifying sessions.

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

This week, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series comes off the Easter holiday and rolls into Ridgeway, Virginia to run the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway. The 500 lap race on the .526 mile (.847 km) short track will be the sixth race of the 2016 season.

Rising country music artist and actress Jana Kramer will perform a free concert at Dover International Speedway’s Victory Plaza prior to the “AAA 400 Drive for Autism” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, May 15, track officials announced today.

For the sixth straight year, The Dale Jr. Foundation (TDJF) is offering fans the chance to win a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., and all you need is $25.

Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Greg Biffle, and Danica Patrick all took to the track Tuesday for a Goodyear Tire Test. Drivers were preparing for the upcoming TOYOTA OWNERS 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday, April 24th. RIR and day racing were all the buzz as Hamlin and Logano both took time to talk.

A full field. I may be a traditionalist in many ways, but a 40 car field seems about right to me now. It costs money to put a car on the track, to fit the templates, to run fast enough over a lap or two to qualify. That is even so when that auto is destined to simply start and park.