NASCAR Cup Series

KYLE’S COMEBACK: Kyle Busch was victorious in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Sonoma Raceway in just his fifth event back since an accident at Daytona International Speedway sidelined the 30-year-old racer. Busch led the field twice for 17 laps (of 110) at the Northern California road course en route to victory lane for the 26th time in a Camry in NSCS competition. Busch, who won the July 2008 NSCS event at Daytona, will return for to the 2.5-mile Florida superspeedway for Sunday’s NSCS race for the first time since sustaining injuries to his right leg and left foot in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at the track in February.

The success that Martin Truex Jr. and Furniture Row Racing enjoyed in February at Daytona International Speedway to open the 2015 season turned out to be an omen for the single-car team.

CORNELIUS, N.C. — “Just Own the Night. Like the Fourth of July. ‘Cause, Baby you're a firework. Come on show them what you’re worth.” Clint Bowyer would like to do exactly what singer Katy Perry suggests. The NASCAR Sprint Cup driver will try to do that this holiday weekend when he brings his No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota to Daytona International Speedway.

Brett Moffitt | No. 34 CSX 'Play It Safe' Ford "This will be my first superspeedway race, so I'm pretty excited about it. Obviously I've watched a lot of the Daytona and Talladega races on TV, and they're always exciting to watch and full of action and lots of strategy involved."

Six Cup starts with an average finishing position of 20.0 and best career finish of seventh in the 2014 Daytona 500.

The Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Team is looking to finish at the Coke Zero 400 this weekend what it started in February during the Daytona 500 when a hard-charging, fast race car retired early with engine trouble.

Daytona International Speedway: "It's anyone's race - - it's definitely a crap shoot," Allmendinger said. "We have a shot at it just like everyone else does. We just have to be smart, try to avoid the wrecks around us and be there at the end. Just finishing a race at a superspeedway is sometimes a tall order. You can get wrecked in the front, middle or back of the pack. Nowhere is really safe."

Johnson finished sixth at Sonoma, passed by eventual winner Kyle Busch with six laps remaining. Johnson is fourth in the Sprint Cup points standings, 70 out of first. “Maybe we should have pitted during that final caution,” Johnson said. “But we had a strategy and we wanted to stick to it.

What do you think of when you hear the word summer? Hot temperatures, long days, short nights and the beach! The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads back to the birthplace of speed this weekend, to Daytona International Speedway for the summer classic 400-mile race on the Daytona high banks just in time to celebrate Independence Day. As the midpoint of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season approaches, only nine races remain to secure a spot this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Only 10 drivers in the 56-year history of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway own more than one winner’s trophy— David Ragan hopes to become the 11th.