NASCAR Cup Series

Brad Keselowski enters the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as the ninth seed after his win at Auto Club Speedway earlier this year. Keselowski, the defending winner of this weekend’s Chase opener at Chicagoland Speedway, held a Q&A session during a break in testing today at Kansas Speedway.

Chicagoland on Tap...Michael Annett and his No. 46 Allstate Peterbilt Group team travel to Chicagoland Speedway for this Sunday's MyAFibRisk.com 400, the only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event this season at the 1.5-mile Joliet, Ill. racetrack

Ten races separate Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup No. 1 seed Jimmie Johnson from potential immortality. If Johnson wins NASCAR’s 16-driver, four-knockout round playoff, he will capture his seventh series title, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the all-time lead.

The similarities between racecars and rockets provide a unique opportunity to engage children in the science, technology, engineering and math used by both NASCAR and NASA.

Rookie Sprint Cup driver Ryan Blaney, his crew chief Jeremy Bullins and the veteran No. 21 SKF Ford team will take on Chicagoland Speedway this weekend in the myAFibRisk.com 400.

MOST CAMRYS IN THE CHASE: Five Toyota Camry drivers are set to compete in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup Series playoff – the most championship entries for Toyota in a single season. Camry drivers Kyle Busch (seeded second to start the postseason), Matt Kenseth (third), Carl Edwards (eighth), Denny Hamlin (11th) and Clint Bowyer (16th) all qualified for the 16-driver championship field which will kick-off this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Both Busch and Kenseth enter the Chase tied with Jimmie Johnson for the most wins this season with four.

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Nationwide have teamed up today to present “Wear It Like Dale Jr.,” a raffle to benefit Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Brett Moffitt | No. 34 CSX 'Play It Safe' Ford - "I tested at Chicago last year, so I do have some laps there. It's rough. Turns 3 and 4 are just one really large bump. So, the big thing was getting through there without the bump upsetting the car too much."

GREAT CLIPS ON NO. 5 CHEVROLET SS: Great Clips will adorn the hood of Kasey Kahne’s No. 5 Chevrolet SS this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway and will be the primary sponsor on the car for one additional Sprint Cup Series race this year: Homestead-Miami Speedway (Nov. 22).

Today, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced that Walmart along with consumer brands, Blue-Emu®, SlimFast® and Natrol®, LLC have aligned to serve as sponsors of the No. 9 Ford Fusion driven by Sam Hornish Jr. in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series race at the Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway.