Race Central

Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kurt Busch claimed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole position for the Duck Commander 500 during Friday’s knockout qualifying session at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch (No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet) recorded a top lap of 193.847 miles per hour (27.857 seconds) in the third and final round of knockout qualifying for his second pole in four Sprint Cup Series starts this season.

After scoring his best career XFINITY race finish with a third at Auto Club Speedway, Erik Jones scored his second consecutive pole award in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Jones lapped the mile and a half oval with a lap of 29.163 seconds.

The racing action continues this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series head to Texas Motor Speedway. The Camping World Truck Series is off for the next few weeks but will return May 8 at Kansas.

Denny Hamlin rekindled his Martinsville Speedway magic Sunday afternoon to capture the STP 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

Joey Logano made a bold move pay off on a late restart Saturday afternoon to capture the Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

Joey Logano turned in the fastest lap of the day Friday to win the Virginia Lottery Pole Day pole and claim the top starting spot for the STP 500 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

After Sunday’s Auto Club 400, there may be a warrant issued for Brad Keselowski. After all, the driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford committed his own version of "Grand Theft Auto" at Auto Club Speedway—he stole an entire race.

With a dominating victory in Saturday’s Drive4Clots.com 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race, Harvick won his second race of the season, his first at Auto Club Speedway and the 46th of his career, third-most all-time.

One week removed from his return from a three-race suspension, Kurt Busch rewarded the unwavering support from Stewart-Haas Racing team co-owner Gene Haas by putting his No. 41 Chevrolet on the pole for Sunday's Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX).

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR XFINITY Series travel to Auto Club Speedway this weekend. The Camping World Truck Series is off but will return next week at Martinsville.