NASCAR Cup Series

Dave Pericak, Global Director, Ford Performance, was part of a OEM panel discussion put on by NASCAR at Chicagoland Speedway Sunday morning.

BRP, the manufacturer of world renowned motorized recreational vehicles and engines, will serve as the title sponsor for the 150-mile qualifying races for the DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), part of Speedweeks 2016. The races will be known as the Can-Am Duel At Daytona.

Jeffrey Earnhardt signed a multi-year deal starting with the 2016 season to drive in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Go FAS Racing.

On September 8 while playing basketball, Denny Hamlin suffered a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his right knee. Despite the injury, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has committed to running the rest of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series schedule as he is one of the 16 drivers that will be chasing after the championship.

Over the course of the last 11 races, eight of them have been won by Joe Gibbs Racing drivers, with Kyle Busch snagging four wins, Matt Kenseth winning three races and Carl Edwards scoring a single win. With all four drivers within the organization qualified for the Chase for the Championship, it would look as though the chance are in their favor for success. There are even some predictors that have placed more than one of the four drivers in the final round at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November.

Rain has halted on-track activity Friday at Chicagoland Speedway, throwing a kink into a busy tripleheader weekend schedule for all three NASCAR national series.

Kevin Harvick will start the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup from the same position he ended last year's playoff -- in the No. 1 spot.

Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS met with media and discussed his 788 consecutive starts, how honored he was by the John Force ‘flames’ tribute paint-out on his Chevrolet Camaro SS NHRA Funny Car at Charlotte this weekend, how various people led him along the way in his career, the Chicago race track, and much more.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway was canceled due to rain Friday evening. The field was set by the rulebook with the starting order set by practice speeds from opening Cup practice Friday morning, making the Team Penske duo of Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski second and third, the top Ford Fusion’s.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series head to Chicagoland Speedway this weekend.