The No. 2 Armour Vienna Sausages Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team worked diligently during the NASCAR Nationwide Series off weekend to prepare for the "World Fastest Half-Mile" at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (BMS).  However, adversity struck the team only minutes into the first practice session on Friday when Sadler cut a tire sending him into the outside retaining wall. The damage sustained in ... more.

There are six guys, and a handful of others, that rarely get the recognition they deserve during the race. Couch potatoes see them on TV, leaping from a knee-high wall — jacking, changing and rolling wheels that weigh as much as a 6th-grader. Kasey Kahne gave his guys the credit after Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500. He said the No. 4 pit crew was the reason his Red Bull Toyota finished ninth at Bri... more.

O. Bruton Smith and Speedway Motorsports Inc., technically own Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, but Kyle Busch has made it look like he’s the rightful owner of the .533-mile oval. The driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) led seven times for 153 laps en route to winning Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol. It was the Las Vegas na... more.

For Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Tornados team, the short tracks of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series have been a strong suit over the past two seasons as they have consistently posted solid performances on tracks less than a mile in length. Sunday afternoon’s Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway was no exception for Newman as he earned a 10th-place finish. It was Newman and the No. 39 ... more.

After three strong outings in the season’s first three races, Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 team of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) had high expectations heading to the high-banked, half-mile oval that is Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. But those expectations were brought back down to Earth when Stewart finished 19th in Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. ... more.

CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Scotts EZ Seed Ford Fusion (Finished 2nd) – “It was exciting.  I thought I could get to him at the end and rough him up a little bit and maybe get by him, but his car took off.  I just told them I should have hit him harder when I got to his bumper the first time, but we were racing really hard.  His car was better there at the end.  I didn’t know how fast Jim... more.

Following the Nationwide Series’ first off-weekend, one that left Eric McClure in a right-handed cast, the TriStar Motorsports team headed to Bristol Motor Speedway with uncertainty as to whether their driver would be able to compete in Saturday’s event.  However, after a day of practice on Friday, the team’s uncertainty turned to optimism as the driver’s pain was minimal and he felt comf... more.

When you have 34 races in a season, chances are good there will be one of them a team just wants to forget and move on to the next one. On Saturday, Bristol Motor Speedway became that one for R3 Motorsports. The No. 23 Wildlife Conservation Society Dodge was entered with its usual driver of Robert Richardson, Jr. behind the wheel. The team also entered their No. 03 North Texas Pipe Dodge wit... more.

It’s been seven months since Kyle Busch last visited Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and made NASCAR history by sweeping all three NASCAR national touring series races in a single weekend when he won the Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series races last August. And in his return to the .533-mile oval in Saturday’s Scotts EZ Seed 300 Nationwide Series race, Busch ... more.

RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 6 Blackwell Angus Ford Mustang (Finished 14th) – “For some reason we weren’t getting very good fuel mileage compared to everybody else.  Our Roush Yates Ford has a lot of power.  I don’t know if we just miscalculated the fuel mileage or what, but this Blackwell Angus Beef Mustang was really, really fast and I think we had a shot at Kyle there.  I was just ... more.

Travis Kvapil heads to the West Coast this week with confidence his Long John Silver's Ford will be stronger at Auto Club Speedway this season.  He'll also go with a new crew chief, with Jay Guy coming on board to lead the No. 38 team.  Guy is a veteran in the NASCAR garage, having worked with teams such as Penske Racing, Furniture Row Racing, Wood Brothers and others. In addi... more.

Race fans are invited to join Infineon Raceway and two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart at the Oakland Zoo this Thursday, March 24, as Stewart kicks off the countdown to the Toyota/Save Mart 350 (June 24-26). Stewart, an animal lover, will trade his race suit for a zoo-keeper’s uniform during a behind-the-scenes experience at the Oakland Zoo. The driver of the No. 14 Office... more.

"It feels like such a 'Jerry Maguire' moment. There were rumblings all week about us start and parking this race. I have a commitment to my sponsors, my fans, NASCAR that I won't start and park. I'm very serious about my career and my performance, and I've worked hard to prove it to everyone. The conversation was never had with me until 10 minutes before the race that I was to start and ... more.

Rick Ware Racing (RWR) is proud to announce that Jennifer Jo Cobb will be driving the #41 at the Auto Club Speedway for the running of the Royal Purple 300 on Saturday. RWR and Cobb’s deal came together late Sunday after issues at Bristol forced her out of her recent ride in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. “I don’t really want to get into the middle of all that happened at Bristol,” st... more.

Kyle Busch goes 2-2 at Bristol in NSCS The question isn’t whether Kyle Busch will win at Bristol Motor Speedway—it’s whether anyone else can find a way to keep him out of victory lane. First off pit road after stops under caution on Lap 429, Busch held off polesitter Carl Edwards and defending race winner Jimmie Johnson to win his fifth straight race in NASCAR’s top three national se... more.