Bowyer crashes in final practice session at Lowe's
Final practice at Lowe's Motor Speedway for Saturday night's Bank of America 500 was highlighted by struggles for Chase drivers Clint Bowyer and Matt Kenseth.
Fitzpatrick to debut in third TRG truck at Martinsville
After a successful test at Iowa Speedway just two weeks ago, Canadian stock-car standout John Ryan "J.R." Fitzpatrick has been named driver of the No. 12 Chevrolet for TRG Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series race next week at Martinsville Speedway. Fitzpatrick will drive a third entry for TRG Motorsports, in conjunction with DGM Racing, and will serve as a teammate to T.J. Bell and Ben Stancill.
Kahne looking to make history this week at Lowe's
Having previously won both points races in a single season at Lowe's Motor Speedway, and having already won both the non-points Sprint Cup All-Star race and the Coca-Cola 600 last May at the track, Kasey Kahne already has his name etched on a couple of elite lists.
Petty's 1967 Plymouth presented to Hall of Fame
NASCAR Hall of Fame executive director Winston Kelley announced Friday that the Petty Blue 1967 Plymouth Belvedere from Petty Enterprises is "the first significant artifact" publicly presented by the hall. Richard Petty drove the Plymouth to more wins than any other car in NASCAR history.
Biffle, Kenseth have moved on after Talladega wreck
Shoving matches with Kevin Harvick aside, at least Carl Edwards can rest easy that his Roush Fenway Racing teammates have, albeit somewhat grudgingly, forgiven him for wrecking them during the closing laps of last Sunday's Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
