Category Archives: Sprint Cup Series

Strategic calls atop the pit box and fuel conservation in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway earned Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress Racing a thrilling victory and four post-race contingency awards.

Construction crews around the Michigan International Speedway facility are working tirelessly in an effort to complete nearly $3 million worth of capital improvement projects before the June 17-19 Cup Series race weekend.

Patrick Carpentier will return to NASCAR this weekend in the No. 32 FAS Lane Racing Ford at Kansas Speedway. The Canadian driver, who now lives in Las Vegas, confirmed that he will compete in his first Sprint Cup Series race of 2011 on Sunday at the 1.5-mile track.

Radio tirades, loose wheels, slow race cars and disappointing finishes. It's been a brutal spring for Kurt Busch, who one year ago came to Charlotte Motor Speedway and swept both events in May. This time around, the same race track provided him with a little solace.

CONCORD, N.C. -- Shortly after climbing from his No. 6 Ford following a career-best second-place finish in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, driver David Ragan bent down to pick up a screwdriver that one of his team members had inadvertently dropped and left behind on pit road.

CONCORD, N.C -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. was within a half-mile of breaking a 104-race drought.

Team owner Michael Waltrip will hit the ground running when he arrives in Kansas City next week, but it won't be at the race track.

CONCORD, N.C. -- Richard Childress was asked the other day what he thought of Kyle Busch's recent speeding incident.

If a picture truly is worth a thousand words, then the two Red Bull cars entered in this Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be creating a firestorm of talk.

1961: In his 31st start, David Pearson wins his first Cup race in convincing fashion. Pearson takes the checkered flag in the World 600 at Charlotte by more than two laps over Fireball Roberts. Rex White finishes third, three laps back. Pearson finishes his career with 105 Cup wins, second only to Richard Petty's 200.

CONCORD, N.C. -- Less than a week ago, driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was just another name amongst many up-and-comers trying to separate themselves from each other in the Nationwide Series.

Carl Edwards has not had a wonderful working relationship with Charlotte Motor Speedway through the years. Not according to Edwards himself, at least. He actually maintains that he has stunk there.

Carl Edwards has not had a wonderful working relationship with Charlotte Motor Speedway through the years. Not according to Edwards himself, at least. He actually maintains that he has stunk there.

A strong practice session translated into an excellent qualifying run for Brad Keselowski, as the driver of the No. 2 Penske Racing Dodge won the pole for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Kimi Raikkonen's relationship with Kyle Busch Motorsports may be over, but the former Formula One champion may continue his NASCAR adventure in a Sprint Cup car at Infineon Raceway.

CONCORD, N.C. -- Lionel NASCAR Collectables, in partnership with the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, on Thursday unveiled a multi-car, on-track program that pays tribute to the 10th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and helps raise funds to build homes for the only three surviving quadruple amputees of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- United States Army Spc. Brendan Marrocco, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Todd Nicely and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Peck.

Kyle Busch's need for speed evidently extends beyond the race track.

Kimi Raikkonen took his first laps in a Sprint Cup vehicle on Tuesday when the former Formula One champion tested Robby Gordon's No. 7 car on the road course at Virginia International Raceway.

Racing may be a fraternity, but for the five newest inductees to NASCAR's Hall of Fame, Monday night was a celebration of family ties.

1959: Glen Wood wins a 200-lap Convertible Series race at Bowman-Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. It is his fifth and final victory in the series. It also is his only convertible win at the quarter-mile track, a contrast to his success in the Cup Series -- all four of his Cup wins came at Bowman-Gray.