NASCAR Cup Series

Sam Hornish Jr. and the No. 9 Medallion Bank Ford team are optimistic about their return to the "Tricky Triangle". The team is looking to redeem themselves at the 2.5-mile track after a cut tire took them out of contention for a good finish in the June race.

Last weekend, the No. 43 team took a big hit in the Championship Point Standings after an on-track incident relegated the team to a 39th-place finish. Now 17th in points, Aric Almirola is 30 points outside of the current Chase transfer spot of 15th. With Kyle Busch just 23 points outside of a transfer spot, the team will have to aim to hold the 14th spot in points when the regular season comes to a close in Richmond.

Pocono Raceway: "Pocono Raceway is a place where track position is critical just like any other place," Allmendinger said. "Hopefully, as the last couple of weeks have went on, we have learned some stuff about our race cars. We have got to make them better for sure. Slowly, we are making progress. Hopefully, we can take that back to Pocono."

Richard Childress Racing at Pocono Raceway ... In 142 starts at Pocono Raceway, RCR team owner Richard Childress has two victories, both with Dale Earnhardt, who won on July 19, 1987 and July 18, 1993. Additionally, RCR has earned one pole award, 16 top-five and 54 top-10 finishes with 604 laps led at the uniquely-shaped three-turn track. Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, contributed two of those top-10 finishes under the RCR banner.

Pocono Preview: The Series heads back to Pocono (Pa.) Raceway for the second and final event on the 2.5-mile triangular-shaped track of the season. Hamlin finished 10th at Pocono on June 7. In 19 career Pocono starts, Hamlin owns four victories, nine top-five finishes and 13 top-10 results, leading 667 laps at the track. He has also recorded three poles at Pocono.

A number of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fan favorites will appear in The Bog prior to the Cheez-It™ 355 on Sunday, August 9 at Watkins Glen International.

All we have heard all summer long is how great Kyle is at winning, how wonderful Kyle has been in making a comeback. Kyle, Kyle, Kyle. It is enough to make one channel their inner Jan Brady.

Excitement for this year’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway is revving up and with less than a month to go until race day, Pure Michigan announced today that one lucky fan will have the chance to serve as honorary starter.

The Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway will feature the stars of the NASCAR Camping World Series (NCWTS), along with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) drivers Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski, on Saturday August 1st.

With the month of July ending, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) heads into August with four races on the slate. Events at Pocono Raceway, Watkins Glen International, Michigan International Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway will give drivers Aric Almirola and Sam Hornish the opportunity to race into The Chase for the Sprint Cup.