(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—On doctors’ advice, Kyle Larson will not race in Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway (1 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1), after fainting during an autograph session on Saturday afternoon. Regan Smith will take Larson’s place in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—There’s nothing unusual about Chase Elliott being at a race track. The reigning NASCAR XFINITY Series champion is a full-time racer at age 19. But coming to the track to start a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday-now that’s another matter. For Elliott, […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—For last year’s spring race at Martinsville Speedway, Joey Logano set a track record during qualifying but didn’t win the pole. On Friday at the paper-clip-shaped track, Logano reversed the outcome. Though he failed to match his record of 100.201 mph, he saved his […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—At the track closest to Toyota Racing Development’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, Toyota drivers Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin had their most promising runs of the season—until the promises were broken, that is. In Kenseth’s case, it was a broken axle. After NASCAR called […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—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. Benefitting from a […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—Over the course of Jeff Gordon’s 23-year career in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the composition of the driver pool has changed markedly. When Gordon debuted in the final race of 1992, NASCAR racing was predominantly a regional sport in the Southeast, and a […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—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 on FOX). “It’s amazing […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—A phone call to Michael Waltrip Racing executive vice president Ty Norris brought news that was as unwelcome as it was unexpected—that beleaguered driver Brian Vickers was sidelined by blood clots for the third time in his career. “I just received a phone call […]