Dale Earnhardt Jr. has finally claimed his very own long-sought-after grandfather clock trophy for winning at Martinsville, but it came on a significant anniversary.
Sunday's race at Martinsville saw a race-long tit-for-tat battle between Kasey Kahne and Brian Vickers with both drivers seeing retaliation on the other.
Mark Martin will replace Denny Hamlin in the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 for one race only, with Brian Vickers taking over the seat for the rest of Hamlin's absence.
Rick Hendrick is recovering from a broken rib and clavicle following a plane crash on Monday evening that saw his jet run off the end of the runway at Key West International Airport.
David Reutimann understands the pressure of racing. He felt it heavy on his shoulders for more than a decade as he ran his own cars on short tracks throughout the Southeast, eking out a living race to race.
Repaving the Martinsville Speedway, with more tarmac replacing much of the previous tarmac/concrete mix, has not removed its challenges to a driver, but changed them, according to five times winner at the Virginia venue Jeff Gordon.
Dale Earnhardt Jr admits to having been "really frustrated" when NASCAR this week threw out his appeal against a 25-point penalty, imposed after he uttered a profanity on live TV following victory at Talladega three weeks ago.