Jimmie Johnson lay down the championship gauntlet early, declaring his intentions to win a sixth 2013 Sprint Cup title by clinching his second Daytona 500.
Danica Patrick is the first female driver to ever win a pole position in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, after taking the top spot for the start of next week's Daytona 500.
Two of the leading NASCAR Sprint Cup teams, Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, found themselves caught up in controversies this week after events at Talladega.
They're team mates and they're both leading their respective championships, but relations between Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were far from cosy at Iowa.
Trevor Bayne will return to active duty in the Nationwide Series on June 4 at the STP 300 event at Chicagoland Speedway, the Roush Fenway team announced Wednesday.
Trevor Bayne, who broke records and captured headlines with his win at the Daytona 500 in February, is to miss this weekend's Nationwide Series race after being admitted to hospital for a second time.
Times and news from Saturday's qualifying session for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway, the second Sprint Cup event of the 2011 season.
With two days to go to the Daytona 500, two more practice sessions were available to the drivers and teams now that the Gatorade Duels have set all the starting positions for the main race on Sunday.