NASCAR Cup Series

ROAD COURSE REWIND: Tundra driver Erik Jones took the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) points lead with a victory at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park last Sunday, where he was followed to the finish by Toyota drivers Matt Crafton (second) and Ben Kennedy (third).

Team Penske and The LASIK Vision Institute announced a new partnership today that will see the company serve as the Official Eye Care Provider of Team Penske. The LASIK Vision Institute will have its logo proudly displayed on the Team Penske No. 2 Ford Fusion in Richmond on Sept. 12 and the company will activate on-site at several NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events through the remainder of the 2015 season beginning this weekend at Darlington Raceway.

Texas Motor Speedway announced the addition of Service King Collision Repair Centers and Charlie 1 Horse to its family of sponsors with both signing entitlement deals for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR tripleheader weekend scheduled for Nov. 5-8.

Ned Jarrett won the 1965 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway by a NASCAR-record 14 laps as only 15 of the 44 cars in the race that day made it across the finish line.

Sunday's Southern 500 will be Moffitt's first appearance in his racing career at Darlington Raceway ... Moffitt earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award at Bristol Motor Speedway Aug. 22 and now leads the Rookie of the Year campaign by nine points ... The Dockside Logistics colors return to the No. 34 Ford for the Labor Day weekend race.

Bayne will make his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Darlington this weekend.

‘RIDE ALONG’ WITH NO. 5 THROWBACK: Sister companies Hendrick Motorsports and Hendrick Automotive Group have partnered for a two-race sponsorship built around the Hendrick Ride Along Sweepstakes.

When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series gets to Darlington Raceway for the renewal of the Southern 500 on Labor Day Weekend there will be a throwback theme in the air as many teams bring back paint schemes from the 1970’s.

Stenhouse Jr. has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Darlington Raceway with an average starting position of 21.0 and average finishing position of 19.0.

Biffle has 14 Sprint Cup career starts at Darlington, earning two wins, three top-five and six top-10 finishes.