NASCAR Cup Series

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed safety at restrictor-plate tracks, the confidence of his team after first race of the Chase, his approach to restarts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and more.

Over the course of the last 12 races, nine of them have been won by Joe Gibbs Racing drivers - Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards. Wit Hamlin locked into round two with the victory at Chicagoland, and the other three drivers starting off with top-10 finishes, it seems as though Joe Gibbs Racing is easily the early favourite to take home the championship.

Following the myAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, the big story was the on-track contact, followed by off-track confrontation between Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson. Logano, who played a small role in the contact on the restart, stated on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that he had doesn't have much of a reaction to the skirmish between the pair of drivers as he's staying focused on his own program.

“Looking forward to getting to work. We ran pretty good here in the first race. Kyle (Busch) was able to win. I don’t remember where we finished, but we ran pretty decent, so just looking forward to getting rolling today and see what we got.”

The over-the-wall pit crew for Martin Truex's No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet will have replacement tire changers for Sunday's Sylvania 300 Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Roush Fenway Racing will honor the courageous fight of 10-year old Elijah Aschenbrenner this weekend, running special “Driven for Elijah” decals on all seven of its NASCAR Fords in races at Kentucky Speedway and New Hampshire Speedway.

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, is the defending champion of this weekend’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and a repeat win would guarantee advancement into the Contender’s Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. He visited the infield media center earlier today and talked about a number of topics.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series will race this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway while the XFINITY Series travels to Kentucky Speedway.

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the green flag in the CampingWorld.com 500 on Sunday, Oct. 25, he'll not only be looking to sweep into Victory Lane at the Talladega Superspeedway for the second time this season, he'll also be trying to write his name into the track record book in a special way alongside his Dad - Dale Earnhardt Sr. - and Pete Hamilton.

Rosie Perez, an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated actress and choreographer, has been named the grand marshal for the “AAA 400” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 4.