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Crafton finished second in the WinStar World Casino 350k Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.

Busch won the WinStar World Casino 350k Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.

Stremme, who has been replaced by Brad Keselowski in the No. 12 Penske Dodge, will drive the No. 09 Chevy for Phoenix Racing at Homestead in a couple of weeks, FOX Sports reports.

TUMS announced a multi-year partnership with Michael Waltrip Racing to sponsor Reutimann's No. 00 Toyota Camry starting with the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, Michael Waltrip Racing PR reports.

Gordon won the pole for the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 191.117 mph.

Bowyer was fastest in opening practice for the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 189.381 mph.

Busch and his No. 2 Penske Racing Team return to Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday's Dickies 500. The intermediate oval in Fort Worth has yielded eight Top-10 finishes in 13 career starts for the veteran driver, kurtbusch.com reports.

In seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway, Bowyer boasts two Top-5 and three Top-10 finishes. His best finish of fourth came when series raced at TMS last November, clintbowyer.com reports.

Ragan was fastest in opening practice for the O'Reilly Challenge Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 184.401 mph.

McKee Foods, a family bakery best known for their Little Debbie brand, announced that they will once again sponsor Ambrose and the No. 47 JTG-Daugherty Racing Toyota Camry in 2010, jtgdaughertyracing.com reports.

Crafton won the pole for the WinStar World Casino 350K Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday evening. He turned a fast lap of 179.354 mph.

Crafton was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the WinStar World Casino 350K Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday. He turned a fast lap of 180.180 mph.

After a strong run and disappointing finish last week at Talladega, Kenseth and the No. 17 DeWALT Team head west to Texas Motor Speedway, where they have been strong in 14 starts, including a track-leading 497 laps led, mattkenseth.com reports.

Reutimann will run chassis #625 this week at Texas Motor Speedway. This Aaron's Dream Machine has seen action in three races with a best finish of fourth at Las Vegas, michaelwaltrip.com reports.

Smith and the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team put the disappointment of Talladega behind them and head to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend hoping for a solid finish, furniturerowracing.com reports.

Busch will attempt to become the first driver in NASCAR history to win all three national series races in the same weekend as he goes for the "triple" at Texas Motor Speedway, Joe Gibbs Racing PR reports.

Mears will make his 250th-career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start this weekend in the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing PR reports.

Penske Racing officials announced Monday that Brad Keselowski will replace Stremme in the organization's No. 12 Dodge for the remaining three NASCAR Sprint Cup races this season, scenedaily.com reports.

Earnhardt Jr. climbed from his 24th-place starting spot to run in the Top 5 at Talladega. He led five times for nine laps and crossed the finish line 11th in Sunday's AMP Energy Drink 500, hendrickmotorsports.com reports.

In one of NASCAR's biggest "wild card" races, 2000 Sprint Cup Champion Labonte piloted the No. 71 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet to the team's first Top-10 finish of 2009 in the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, trgmotorsports.com reports.

Keselowski will compete for Penske Racing in the final three Sprint Cup Series races of the 2009 season. He will drive the No. 12 Penske Dodge in the upcoming races at Texas, Phoenix and Homestead, penskeracing.com reports.

Sadler drove the No. 19 RPM Ford from 26th starting spot to a brilliant ninth-place finish in Sunday's AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, richardpettymotorsports.com reports.

Keselowski returned to the secne of his amazing debut Sprint Cup victory and achieved a strong Top-10 finish in Sunday's AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega, bradracing.com reports.

Waltrip led one lap and finished seventh in the wreck-filled Amp Energy 500 on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, mikeypower.com reports.

Johnson once again extended his lead in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship by finishing sixth at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon, jimmiejohnson.com reports.

Newman finished 36th in the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Martin finished 28th in the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Burton finished fifth in the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Biffle finished fourth in the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Logano finished third in the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Kahne finished second in the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

McMurray won the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Bodine finished third in the Mountain Dew 250 Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.

Almirola finished second in the Mountain Dew 250 Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.

Busch won the Mountain Dew 250 Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.

Johnson was awarded the provisional pole for the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday as qualifying was rained out.

Allmendinger was administered a breathalyzer prior to Friday's first Sprint Cup practice at Talladega Superspeedway. He has been placed on probation by NASCAR through the end of the season and, according to sources close to the situation, will be monitored closely by the governing body during that time, ESPN.com reports.

Bowyer was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 193.154 mph.

Kahne was fastest in opening practice for the AMP Energy Drink 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 195.944 mph.

Skinner was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Mountain Dew 250 Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 191.398 mph.

Former NASCAR driver Mayfield is selling items worth about $5 million on the auction block next month as part of a favorite hobby of the N.C. resident, news14.com reports.

Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick has named Lance McGrew the full-time crew chief of the No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevys driven by Earnhardt Jr., hendrickmotorsports.com reports.

In seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Talladega Superspeedway, Bowyer boasts one Top-5 and two Top-10 finishes. His best finish of fifth came in the October 2008 running of the 500-mile race, clintbowyer.com reports.

Edwards and Talladega Superspeedway have a love-hate relationship, the team came so close to a win in the spring but unfortunately ended up in a scary wreck that sent Edwards spinning up into the fence on the final lap, roushfenway.com reports.

Talladega is a track where Ragan and the No.6 team have collected several strong finishes. The team is excited about having the new motor in the car for this weekend's AMP Energy Drink 500 as well, and feel that this will be a good track for its debut, roushfenway.com reports.

The last time Sorenson and the RPM No. 43 team visited Talldega Superspeedway he posted the best finish of his seven career Talladega starts with a solid 11th-place finish in the Aaron's 499, reedsorensononline.com reports.

For the second time in a week a NASCAR driver is in trouble with the law. Allmendinger, driver of the No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge, was arrested for drunk driving on Thursday morning, the News Observer reports.

Hendrick Motorsports' Earnhardt Jr. must be happy to see Talladega Superspeedway on the schedule this weekend since it's the track where he has collected the most wins in his career, scenedaily.com reports.

Tony Eury Sr. says he expects to remain crew chief of the JR Motorsports No. 88 team and paired with new driver Bires in 2010, scenedaily.com reports.

Sadler's No. 19 Stanley car will race as a Ford for the first time in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, Richard Petty Motorsports PR reports.

Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Dave Rogers will be assuming the duties as crew chief for the Sprint Cup Series No. 18 Toyota and driver Busch starting with the November 8 race at Texas Motor Speedway, joegibbsracing.com reports.

Stewart hung on for a respectable ninth-place finish in Sunday's TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway after a late-race caution thwarted his chance for a Top-5 result, tonystewart.com reports.

Jimmie Johnson, Martin and Jeff Gordon scored Top-10 finishes in Sunday's Sprint Cup Series event at Martinsville Speedway and still are ranked 1-2-3 in the championship standings, hendrickmotorsports.com reports.

Harvick and the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet team turned a Top-10 qualifying position into their seventh Top-10 finish of the season at Martinsville Speedway in Sunday's 500-lap race, kevinharvick.com reports.

Newman produced another strong short track result, finishing seventh in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway, ryannewman.org reports.

McMurray makes no secret of the fact that he enjoys racing at Martinsville Speedway. McMurray and his Crown Royal team came to Martinsville looking to repeat and even improve upon the 10th-place finish they earned back in March, and despite a weekend with limited track time, they were able to achieve their best finish of the season with a sixth-place finish Sunday afternoon, jamiemcmurray.com reports.

Joe Gibbs Racing is looking at several things to improve the performance of Busch's No. 18 team in 2010, including the possibility of replacing crew chief Steve Addington, ESPN.com reports.

Busch finished 16th in the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Gordon finished fifth in the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Busch finished fourth in the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Montoya finished third in the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Johnson finished second in the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Hamlin won the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Allmendinger will run the last three races of the Sprint Cup season in a Ford Fusion, a team source told FOX Sports.

Bodine finished second in the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday.

Skinner won the pole for the Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 95.733 mph

Newman won the pole for the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 96.795 mph.

Skinner was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 95.472 mph.

Martin was fastest in opening practice for the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 96.156 mph.

Newman and the first-year No. 39 Stewart-Haas race team come to Martinsville Speedway this weekend still looking for that elusive first team win, ryannewman.org reports.

Vickers and the No. 83 team limp into Martinsville Speedway this weekend hoping to turn their luck around. He had some bad luck in March at the Virginia short track, as a fluid leak sent him to a 33rd-place finish, redbullracingusa.com reports.

Stemme and the No. 12 Dodge team will bring chassis PRS-600 to Martinsville Speedway for Sunday's 500-lap event. This is the same machine the team utilized at Bristol Motor Speedway in August. The car ran on the lead lap all day and crossed the finish line in the 20th position, davidstremme.com reports.

Mooresville police are reporting that NASCAR driver Waltrip has been ticketed after getting involved in a traffic accident with a motorcycle, WSOCTV.com reports.

Speed's first Sprint Cup start came at Martinsville Speedway one year ago. The driver of the No. 82 Toyota returns to the foothills of Southern Virginia this weekend in hopes of collecting a career best finish at the half-mile oval, redbullracingusa.com reports.

Ambrose will be a part of a short-track tussle as the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series enters its final stages in the TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway this weekend, marcosambrose.com.au reports.

Holding down the seventh position in the points standings, Biffle and the No.6 team head to Martinsville this weekend looking for a win. Martinsville is a track that Biffle has struggled with in the past and the team is looking to turn his luck around at the half-mile track this Sunday, roushfenway.com reports.

Reutimann's No. 00 Toyota for this week is chassis No. 628. This Aaron's Dream Machine has run several races this year and scored several top finishes including an 8th at Phoenix, a 3rd at Pocono, and a 4th at Loudon. It was also used in the last Martinsville race where Reutimann was in the Top 10 all day before a late-race accident, davidreutimann.com reports.

Almirola has filed paperwork in North Carolina Superior Court indicating that he has a breach-of-contract dispute with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc., scenedaily.com reports.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Mike Skinner appears set for a return to Randy Moss Motorsports next season - with or without full sponsorship, scenedaily.com reports.

Robby Gordon Motorsports announced Doug Richert as the crew chief of the No. 7 Camry for the remainder of the 2009 season, Robby Gordon Motorsports PR reports.

Rumor has it that McMurray is close to signing a deal to drive the No. 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevy in 2010, jayski.com reports.

Sound pit strategy allowed Mears and the No. 07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet team to come from the back of the pack in Saturday's NASCAR Banking 500 to finish seventh at Lowe's Motor Speedway, mearsgang.com reports.

Hamlin will take to the track in the No. 51 Toyota Tundra at Martinsville Speedway Saturday, October 24 in the running of the Kroger 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, billyballewmotorsports.com reports.

Sirius Speedway has learned that a press conference will be held early next week to announce personnel changes on Burton's No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet team, including the signing of crewchief Todd Berrier.

Busch told Sirius NASCAR Radio's Sirius Speedway that the search is narrowing for a 2010 crew chief for the Miller Lite Dodge.

Martin finished 17th in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Logano finished fifth in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Gordon finished fourth in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Kahne finished third in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Kenseth finished second in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Johnson won the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Blaney finished third in the Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday night.

Bliss finished second in the Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday night.

Busch won the Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday night.

On Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Earnhardt Jr. didn't sound like a driver who was sure Lance McGrew should be his crew chief in 2010, ESPN.com reports.

Johnson was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday night. He turned a fast lap of 185.478 mph.

Edwards won the pole for the Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 183.799 mph.

Newman is optimistic about his chances at Lowe's Motor Speedway this weekend. After all, he finished as runnerup in the rain-shortened event at the track in May, scenedaily.com reports.

Richard Childress Racing driver Jeff Burton acknowledged on Thursday that teammate Harvick is expected to leave the company when his contract runs out at the end of the 2010, scenedaily.com reports.

Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing is close to naming a driver for the No. 1 car next season and it apparently won't be McMurray, as has been widely speculated, ESPN Insider reports.

Bliss was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Thursday. He turned a fast lap of 181.959 mph.

Johnson won the pole for the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Thursday night. He turned a fast lap of 192.376 mph.

When Elliott climbs behind the wheel of the No. 21 Ford this weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Banking 500, it will mark Wood Brothers 100th start at the intermediate oval in North Carolina, woodbrothersracing.com reports.

Hornish Jr., driver of the Penske Racing No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger, returns to Lowe's Motor Speedway after a successful showing in May at the 1.5-mile quad-oval, penskeracing.com reports.

Robby Gordon Motorsports is pleased to announce that Freightliner Trucks will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 7 Camry in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, robbygordon.com reports.

Sorenson endured his first DNF of the season last week at Fontana. He comes to Lowe's Motor Speedway this weekend for the NASCAR Banking 500 and hopefully a rebound performance, richardpettymotorsports.com reports.

Burton will reach another career milestone when he makes his 850th career NASCAR start in Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway, rcrracing.com reports.

Darnell appears to be without a ride at Roush Fenway Racing for 2010, scenedaily.com reports.

For the first time in NASCAR's history, a father-daughter duo will race in a national series event. Wallace and his 21-year-old daughter, Chrissy Wallace, are slated to compete in the Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 31, NASCAR PR reports.

Sadler and the No. 19 RPM team battled a loose Dodge Charger for most of Sunday's Pepsi 500 at Fontana. The bad day come to a close when the veteran driver was collected in a multi-car accident with six laps to go and he finished 32nd at Auto Club Speedway, richardpettymotorsports.com reports.

Mears and the No. 07 Jack Daniel's team earned their 11th Top-15 finish of the season in Sunday's Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, mearsgang.com reports.

Hard work, perseverance, and avoiding a late-race, multi-car incident paid off in the form of a ninth-place finish for Bowyer and the No. 33 team in Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway, clintbowyer.com reports.

Busch finished eighth in Sunday's Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway and is now sixth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings with six races remaining, kurtbusch.com reports.

Harvick and the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet team turned a Top 10 qualifying position into a Top-10 finish at Auto Club Speedway in Sunday's 250-lap race on the two-mile oval in Southern California, kevinharvick.com reports.

A weekend in California proved to be just what Ragan needed to get things headed in the right direction for the end of the season. Ragan earned a Top-10 finish in his Nationwide car on Saturday and followed it up with another Top-10 finish on Sunday in the Pepsi 500 at Fontana, roushfenway.com reports.

Edwards battled a loose race car and trouble in the pits at Auto Club Speedway. He was as far back as 21st with 21 laps to go, but good pit strategy and a fast race car in the end helped him climb all the way up to sixth-place when the checkered flag flew, roushfenway.com reports.

Michael Waltrip wants to race next year but the priority at Michael Waltrip Racing is to fill the sponsorship for Sprint Cup driver Reutimann next season, scenedaily.com reports.

Hamlin finished 37th in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.

Busch, who was battling the flu on Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, stepped out of the No. 18 Toyota on lap 61 of the Pepsi 500 and turned the driving duties over to relief driver David Gilliand.

Stewart finished fifth in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.

Martin finished fourth in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.

Montoya finished third in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.

Gordon finished second in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.

Johnson won the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.

Edwards finished third in the Copart 300 Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday.

Vickers finished second in the Copart 300 Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday.

Logano won the Copart 300 Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday.

Franchitti won the Homestead Indy and the IndyCar championship with a strategy gamble that paid off in the end.

Martin was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 180.293 mph.

Logano won the pole for the Copart 300 Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 181.164 mph.

Biffle was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Copart 300 Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 175.511 mph.

Busch blew an engine in his No. 18 Toyota during Friday's practice for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway.

Reutimann's second-place qualifying time for Sunday's Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway has been disallowed by NASCAR.

Hamlin won the pole for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 183.870 mph.

Franchitti will start the Homestead Indy from pole position as he tries to overtake teammate Scott Dixon and win the championship.

The No. 07 RCR team will unload chassis No. 248 this weekend for the Pepsi 500. This chassis was raced at both New Hampshire Motor Speedway events this year starting 21st and finishing 11th in June, and starting 19th and finishing 13th in September, mearsgang.com reports.

The No. 12 Penske Dodge team will use a new chassis during Sunday's 500-mile event at Fontana. In his last outing at Auto Club Speedway, Stremme posted a solid Top-15 finish, davidstremme.com reports.

Allmendinger returns to Auto Club Speedway this weekend for the 500-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Fontana. The Los Gatos, Calif. native has scored the 15th most points of any driver in the last three races, ajallmendinger.com reports.

Harvick will pilot Chassis No. 288 from the Richard Childress Racing stable at Fontana this weekend. Built new this season, this car will be making its on-track debut in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, rcrracing.com reports.

Burton will race chassis No. 255 from the Richard Childress Racing stable this weekend at Fontana. The veteran driver piloted this machine to an 11th-place effort at Michigan last August, rcrracing.com reports.

Ambrose has experienced a solid season and is planted firmly in the Top 20 in points (17th) entering Auto Club Speedway. Last week he recorded his 13th Top-15 finish by finishing 14th at Kansas Speedway, michaelwaltrip.com reports.

Kenseth and the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing team have a chance to sweep Auto Club Speedway this season during Sunday's Pepsi 500 at Fontana, NASCAR PR reports.

The preparation to be one of the Top 35 teams in points following the fifth race in 2010 continues for Smith and Furniture Row Racing this weekend in Fontana, for the Pepsi 500, regansmith.com reports.

Busch has an unusual history at Auto Club Speedway in California. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver almost got to race a NASCAR truck there when he was just 16 and four years later went on to earn his first career Sprint Cup victory there, scenedaily.com reports.

Cassill, defending Nationwide Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year, will finally make his first series start of 2009 on Oct. 24 when he'll drive for Phoenix Racing at Memphis Motorsports Park, scenedaily.com reports.

Wimmer returns to the No. 40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet this weekend, and will remain behind the wheel of the machine for the rest of the season, Key Motorsports PR reports.

Hendrick Motorsports officials will sit down and determine whether Lance McGrew will remain as Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief probably in the next couple of weeks, scenedaily.com reports.

Busch finished 11th in Sunday's Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway, but fell one spot to fifth in the Sprint Cup point standings, kurtbusch.com reports.

Johnson finished ninth in Sunday's Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. He remains second in the Chase standings, now 18 points behind leader Mark Martin, jimmiejohnson.com reports.

Changing track conditions couldn't stop the No. 00 team at Kansas Speedway. The Michael Waltrip Racing team made all the right adjustments and Reutimann battled to keep the car on the track, ultimately bringing it home in eighth-place in the Price Chopper 400, michaelwaltrip.com reports.

Kahne gained one spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup by powering his way to a sixth-place finish in Sunday's Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway, richardpettymotorsports.com reports.

John Menard said on Sunday that plans are not firm as to where his son and the lucrative Menards sponsorship will be next season, FOX Sports reports.

Vickers finished 37th in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

Newman finished 22nd in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

Hamlin finished fifth in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

Montoya finished fourth in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

Biffle finished third in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

Gordon finished second in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

Stewart won the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

Keselowski finished third in the Kansas Lottery 300 Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.

Busch finished second in the Kansas Lottery 300 Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.

Logano won the Kansas Lottery 300 Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.

Johnson was fastest in Saturday's first practice for the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. He turned a fast lap of 173.388 mph.

Speed was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Kansas Lottery 300 Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 171.510 mph.

Martin won the pole for the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 175.758 mph.

Newman was fastest in Friday practice for the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. He turned a fast lap of 173.745 mph.

Heading to Kansas Speedway for the third race of the Chase, drivers 13th or back in the standings like Reutimann are feeling a little forgotten, davidreutimann.com reports.

McMurray and the No. 26 Roush Fenway Racing team will bring chassis RK-618 to Kansas Speedway this weekend. This is the same car that McMurray piloted to a solid ninth-place finish in the All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway this season, jamiemcmurray.com reports.

Hornish Jr. has just one start at Kansas Speedway in Cup Series competition but is no stranger to racing at the 1.5-mile tri-oval, penskeracing.com reports.

Edwards' No. 99 Ford will wear the colors of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure this weekend at Kansas Speedway. The team is looking to ride the momentum of the past couple week to victory lane in Sunday's Price Chopper 400, roushfenway.com reports.

NASCAR officials said Friday that the Hendrick Motorsports cars of Mark Martin and Johnson were so close to a variety of tolerances following the race Sunday at Dover International Speedway that it kept the cars at its research and development center and went over the cars with Hendrick engineers, scenedaily.com reports.

Speed has driven a Sprint Cup car at all tracks on the schedule except one, Kansas Speedway. He hopes to cross Kansas off his "to-race" list this weekend during the Price Chopper 400, Red Bull Racing PR reports.

Labonte will run a brand new No. 71 TRG Motorsports Chevy at this weekend's Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, TRG Motorsports PR reports.

Kahne will be using the old R5 Dodge engine this weekend at Kansas for the second consecutive race, and Richard Petty Motorsports co-owner Richard Petty said time will tell if he gets an R6 back in the car, scenedaily.com reports.

Martin's crew chief Alan Gustafson, has chosen Chassis No. 5-527 for this Sunday's race at Kansas Speedway. This is the same chassis Martin drove to Victory Lane at Darlington Raceway in May and Chicagoland Speedway in July, Hendrick Motorsports PR reports.

SPEEDtv reports that Billy Ballew Motorsports is close to locking up full sponsorship that would put Almirola in one of their trucks for the entire 2010 season.

Menard denied speculation that he is a candidate to replace Mears in the fourth car at Richard Childress Racing next season, ESPN.com reports.

Keselowski will attempt to make his first Sprint Cup Series start at Kansas Speedway this weekend driving the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports, Hendrick Motorsports PR reports.

Kahne appeared in danger of another disappointing finish in Sunday's AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway, but somehow his team rallied back into contention with a solid eighth-place finish, scenedaily.com reports.

Allmendinger led the way for the four-team Richard Petty Motorsports organization at Dover on Sunday as he powered the No. 44 Dodge to a brilliant seventh-place finish in the AAA 400, richardpettymotorsports.com reports.

Newman battled with his owner/driver teammate Tony Stewart in the closing laps of Sunday's AAA 400 at Dover, but he held on to capture a respectable 10th-place finish at the Monster Mile, tonystewart.com reports.

Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Burger King Chevrolet Impala SS, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing contingent at Dover International Speedway by finishing ninth in Sunday's AAA 400, tonystewart.com reports.

Gordon had a potential runner-up finish ruined at Dover on Sunday when an air gun broke during a pit stop with under 80 laps to go. Gordon slipped from second to sixth-place and struggled to regain those positions before finishing sixth in the AAA 400, gordonline.com reports.

Richard Childress Racing hasn't picked up the option on Mears' contract and likely won't unless a sponsor is found to keep four cars in the organization, ESPN.com reports.

Sauter won the Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Vickers finished 18th in the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

Hamlin finished 22nd in the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

Busch finished fifth in the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

Montoya finished fourth in the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

Kenseth finished third in the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

Martin finished second in the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

Johnson won the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

Sauter was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 173.807 mph.

Keselowski finished third in the Dover 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.

Bliss finished second in the Dover 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.

Bowyer won the Dover 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.

Kahne was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 152.014 mph.

Skinner was fastest in opening practice for the Las Vegas 350 Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 173.773 mph.

Busch won the pole for the Dover 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 154.110 mph.

Gordon lost one of his bigger sponsors this week, but the driver/owner has several sponsors that should help him handle the departure of Jim Beam, scenedaily.com reports.