TNT to provide “All-Access” pass to 2013 NASCAR Summer Series

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Karen Pistone

Today’s race at Dover International Speedway (green flag approximately 1:15pm on FOX) marks the end to Fox’s race coverage for the season. TNT will take over coverage starting June 9th at Pocono Raceway. TNT will be offering all-access coverage throughout the six-week NASCAR Summer Series by featuring behind-the-scenes look at a select driver and their team (one per week).

TNT will follow a driver and their team over the course of the entire week as they travel and prepare for the upcoming race, with coverage beginning when the driver leaves the previous track and continuing throughout the network’s next NASCAR Summer Series telecast. Featured drivers will include Denny Hamlin (#11- Pocono), Brad Keselowski (#2 -Michigan), Juan Pablo Montoya (#42-Sonoma) and Kurt Busch (#78- Kentucky), among others.

Additionally, TNT will televise a special feature each week highlighting a select driver away from the track. During the Pocono telecast, TNT will focus the spotlight on Dale Earnhardt, Jr. TNT’s Ralph Sheheen and Earnhardt will talk racing and life outside of NASCAR while visiting with Earnhardt at his “Whisky River” property including his “Car Graveyard.”

The all-access pieces will air weekly during the pre-race Countdown to Green Presented by Kelley Blue Book show.

The network will return with its commentator crew with analysts Kyle Petty, Wally Dallenbach and Larry McReynolds joining play-by-play announcer Adam Alexander for each race. Alexander will also host the network’s 60-minute Countdown to Green presented by Kelley Blue Book pre-race show with Petty, Dallenbach and McReynolds. In addition, veteran reporters Sheheen, Marty Snider, Matt Yocum and Chris Neville will patrol pit road to bring viewers comprehensive coverage and access prior to and during each race.

NASCAR at Dover International Speedway

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Karen Pistone

What’s happening this weekend at Dover International Speedway:

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Friday, May 31

10:05 AM NCWTS QUALIFYING

Lucas Oil 200
200 Laps, 200 Miles
5:00PM on SPEED

Chase Elliott (#94) was fastest in final practice at Dover International Speedway with a speed of 153.702 mph. Jeb Burton (#4) was second fastest.

During the first practice, Rookie Jeb Burton was fastest during opening practice at Dover International Speedway on Thursday, with a speed of 152.066 mph.

NASCAR Nationwide Series
Saturday, June 1

11:05 AM QUALIFYING

5-HOUR ENERGY 200
2:30 PM on ESPN
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:46pm/et
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Qualifying:
Friday, May 31, 3:10 pm/et
SPEED 3:00pm/et

Happy Hour Practice:
Saturday, June 1, 1:00pm/et
SPEED 1:00pm/et

Sunday, June 2

FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks
Fox, 1:00pm/et
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 1:15pm/et

He’s baaack! Carl Edwards back in ESPN Broadcast Booth for three NASCAR Nationwide Series races

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Karen Pistone

Photo courtesy of ESPN.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards will return to the ESPN broadcast booth as an analyst for the next three races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Edwards will join lap-by-lap announcer Allen Bestwick and analyst Andy Petree in the booth to call the 300-mile race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night, April 12, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Edwards also will call races at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night, April 26 and at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday, May 4 (2:30 p.m. on ESPN). In each case, Edwards will compete in the next day’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the same track.

Carl Edwards made his debut in the ESPN booth last year, calling Nationwide Series races at Darlington Raceway and Kentucky Speedway. Moving to the booth was a progression in broadcasting for Edwards, who had been doing post-race analysis for ESPN SportsCenter during ESPN’s portion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule the previous two seasons.

Edwards, who drives for Roush Fenway Racing, stopped competing in NASCAR Nationwide Series races last season after racing fulltime in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series the previous seven years. He was the Nationwide Series driving champion in 2007, and earned the 2011 series owner’s championship for Roush Fenway Racing, but decided to concentrate his efforts on the Sprint Cup Series exclusively beginning last season.

FOX announces largest launch of network with FOX Sports 1

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Karen Pistone

FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG) makes television history, officially unveiling plans to launch a new, national, multi-sport network called FOX Sports 1. Set to debut on Saturday, Aug. 17, just as FOX Sports kicks off its 20th anniversary year, FS1 is available in over 90 million homes, making this the biggest sports cable network launch in history, and one of the largest network launches ever.

A robust schedule of live events forms the backbone of FOX Sports 1’s programming from Day 1, with college basketball, college football, NASCAR, soccer and UFC all on tap between launch and year’s end. In fact, the schedule on Aug. 17 features live events morning, noon and night including a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Michigan and “UFC on FS1 1” in prime time. In 2014, FSMG’s new rights agreement with MLB takes effect, bringing regular and postseason games to FS1.

PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL – Dozens of exclusive prime time games on Monday and Thursday nights, plus Saturday and Sunday coverage of the Big 12, Pac-12 and Conference USA.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL – The Big Ten Championship Game and Pac-12 Championship Game (2014) on FOX, dozens of exclusive, live games from the Pac-12, Big 12 and Conference USA on Thursday nights and Saturdays;
MLB – Begins in 2014
NASCAR – Select NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races as soon as 2015; NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races; NASCAR Sprint All-Star race; all SpeedWeeks events leading up to the Daytona 500 including: Daytona 500 Qualifying, Sprint Unlimited at Daytona (2014, 2017-22) and the Budweiser Duel, now in prime time; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NCWTS Practice and Qualifying sessions; NASCAR RaceDay, providing pre- and post-race coverage; NASCAR Victory Lane, a weekly wrap-up show; and Race Hub, a daily mid-day studio show with the latest from drivers, owners and garages.
SOCCER -Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday afternoon coverage of the world’s most prolific club soccer competitions, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, and CONCACAF Champions League
UFC – Featured on Wednesday nights; live FIGHT NIGHTS through 2014, the first is scheduled for launch night, Saturday, Aug. 17

In addition to live events and studio programs, FS1 introduces FOX SPORTS LIVE, a 24/7 news franchise providing around-the-clock coverage through regularly scheduled programs, hourly updates and an information-rich ticker that provides a network agnostic sports event television schedule. Thousands of hours of news programming are expected annually from newly minted sets including a nightly program at 11 p.m. ET or immediately following events. A morning newscast is expected to launch in January 2014 in conjunction with FSMG’s expansive coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII.

FSMG’s experimentation with the “double box” commercial format, intended to keep viewers engaged throughout breaks, is expected to be an FS1 staple.

Launching together with FOX Sports 1 will be FOX Sports GO, a groundbreaking mobile sports experience for iPhone, iPad, Android devices, and web. FOX Sports Go will offer more than 1,000 live games and events from across FOX Sports, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports’ 22 regional sports networks, as well as scores, highlights, news, stats, and analysis. The live games and events will be available to subscribers of participating cable, satellite and telco providers at no additional cost.

SPEED and SPEED.COM announce coverage of testing at Daytona International Speedway

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Karen Pistone

SPEED and SPEED.com offer live coverage of the Jan. 10-12 test session in its entirety with SPEED live from all afternoon sessions and SPEED.com streaming all morning sessions.

John Roberts, Jeff Hammond and Matt Clark host SPEED’s on-air coverage from the studio above pit road at the start/finish line at Daytona.

9 am to 12 pm/et on SPEED.com – Steve Byrnes calls the on-track action, along with Kyle Petty and Kenny Wallace.

1-3 pm/et and 3-5 pm/et – Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds on SPEED. Bob Dillner and Matt Yocum report from pit road and the garage.

SPEED.com NASCAR Editor Mike Hembree will be on site to provide coverage and perspective as well.

NASCAR Race Hub will air Jan. 10-11 at 6 pm/et from Daytona to recap all the on- and off-track action. The program’s 2013 season premiere is slated for Feb. 4 at 6 pm/et (Monday-Thursdays at 6 pm/et).

NASCAR Series Award Banquet broadcast schedules

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Karen Pistone

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES AWARD BANQUET

Friday, Nov. 30th
SPEED at 8:00pm/et with live coverage from The Wynn Las Vegas

Also covered LIVE on Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

NASCAR NATIONWIDE & CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES AWARD BANQUET
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 25, and James Buescher, 22, officially were proclaimed champions of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, respectively, on the Americana Ballroom stage at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel following the season finale at Homestead Motor Speedway. .

Thursday, Nov. 29th
SPEED at 8 to 10 p.m. ET

NASCAR and Fox Sports announce extensive eight-year, multiplatform media rights agreement

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Karen Pistone

NASCAR, FOX Sports Media Group Press Release

With two full seasons left on their current television contract, NASCAR and FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG) announced today an extensive new eight-year, multiplatform media rights agreement that ensures FSMG’s broadcast of NASCAR racing through 2022.

Under terms of the new agreement, FSMG also significantly increases its digital rights to include “TV Everywhere” live race streaming of its portion of the season for the first time ever beginning in 2013.

As part of the new agreement, which takes effect in 2015, FSMG retains the television rights to 13 consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races beginning each year with the prestigious Daytona 500. In addition, FSMG retains the rights to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, the Daytona Shootout, the Duel at Daytona, the entire NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and practice and qualifying for both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races that FSMG broadcasts.

FOX also remains the exclusive home of The Great American Race through 2022, a title it has proudly held for the last six years and nine of the last 12.

On the digital front, FSMG gains “TV Everywhere” rights starting next season to live stream all FSMG races, along with pre- and post-race coverage, race highlights and in-progress race highlights to events it televises. This portion of the deal was made possible by NASCAR’s reacquisition of operational, business and editorial control of its digital platform, a move that takes effect on Jan. 1, 2013.

FSMG’s new and expanded television and digital media rights agreement with NASCAR includes, but is not limited to:

- An eight-year term from 2015 to 2022. The current FSMG/NASCAR rights agreement began in 2006 and runs through 2014

- Thirteen (13) consecutive points races beginning with the Daytona 500 on FOX

- The Daytona Shootout; Duel at Daytona; NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race; and Daytona 500 Qualifying

- Full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season

- Right to televise all practice and qualifying sessions for FSMG races

- Ability to re-telecast races on a FOX network and via video-on-demand (VOD) for 24 hours

- Right to ancillary programming including, but not limited to, a nightly NASCAR news and information show as well as weekend at-track shows

- Right to NASCAR branded pre- and post-race shows

- Extensive digital rights beginning in 2013, including:

- TV Everywhere – live digital distribution of all races FSMG has rights to broadcast

- Pre- and post-race coverage

- Race highlights

- In-progress race highlights

- Replays of FOX-televised races

Today’s announcement comes less than two months after NASCAR and FOX announced they are teaming up to provide the sport’s most expansive Spanish-language broadcast offering ever with FOX Deportes’ coverage of 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races starting in 2013. Of the 15 race broadcasts, FOX Deportes, the No. 1 U.S. Latino Sports network, will carry six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races live, including, for the first time ever, a Spanish-language broadcast of the Daytona 500 (Sunday, Feb. 24).

NASCAR driver stats, broadcasting info: RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Karen Pistone

Race #: 26 of 36 (09-08-12)
Track Size: 0.75-miles
Banking/Corners: 14 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch: 8 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 2 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 1,290 feet
Backstretch Length: 860 feet
Race Length: 400 laps / 300 miles

Qualifying/Race Data
2011 pole winner: David Reutimann, Toyota (127.383 mph, 21.196 sec., 09-08-11
2011 race winner: Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet (89.910 mph, 3:20:12, 09-10-11)
Track qualifying record: Brian Vickers, Chevrolet (129.983 mph, 20.772 sec., 5-14-04)
Track race record: Dale Jarrett, Ford (109.047 mph, 2:45:04, 9-6-97)

NSCS Practice - Noon & 2:30 p.m on Friday, September 7 on ESPN2

NSCS Qualifying: Friday, September 7 at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN2

Race Coverage: (TV): ESPN at 7:30 p.m.; NASCAR Countdown Pre-Race show at 7:00 p.m.; Green flag approx 7:43 p.m.

Clint Bowyer (No. 15 5-hour Energy Toyota)
·         One win, one top five, seven top 10s
·         Average finish of 10.2
Kurt Busch (No. 51 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet)
·         One win, four top fives, seven top 10s
·         Average finish of 17.9
Kyle Busch (No. 18 M&M’s Toyota)
·         Four wins, 12 top fives, 13 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 4.7
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Chevrolet)
·         Three wins, nine top fives, 11 top 10s
·         Average finish of 13.9
Carl Edwards (No. 99 Kellogg’s Ford)
·         Three top fives, eight top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 14.8
Jeff Gordon (No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet)
·         Two wins, 15 top fives, 24 top 10s; five poles
·         Average finish of 14.7
Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota)
·         Two wins, seven top fives, nine top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 7.3
Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet)
·         Two wins, six top fives, 14 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 11.8
Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
·         Three wins, five top fives, eight top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 16.7
Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Quaker State Chevrolet)
·         One win, four top fives, seven top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 18.4
Mark Martin (No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota)
·         One win, 17 top fives, 29 top 10s; five poles
·         Average finish of 12.1
Ryan Newman (No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet)
·         One win, five top fives, 12 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 11.8
Tony Stewart (No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet)
·         Three wins, 10 top fives, 18 top 10s
·         Average finish of 10.6

History

· Originally known as the Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds, Richmond International Raceway held its first race in 1946 as a half-mile dirt track.

· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was April 19, 1953.

· The spring 1964 race was run on a Tuesday night under temporary lighting.

· The track name changed to Virginia State Fairgrounds in 1967.

· The track surface was changed from dirt to asphalt between races in 1968.

· The track name changed to Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway in 1969.

· The track was re-measured to .542-mile for 1970.

· The track was rebuilt as a three-quarters-mile D-shaped oval following the Feb. 21, 1988 race.

· The first race under permanent lights was Sept. 7, 1991.

· The first season with both races as night races was 1999.

Notebook

· There have been 112 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Richmond since the track opened in 1953.

· The current 400-lap race length was established on the .542-mile measurement in March 1976.

· Buck Baker won the pole in 1953.

· Lee Petty won the first race in April 1953.

· There have been 50 different pole winners, led by Bobby Allison and Richard Petty (eight).

· Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin lead all active drivers with five poles each.

· 47 different drivers have posted victories at Richmond, led by Richard Petty (13).

· Kyle Busch leads all active race winners with four.

· Petty Enterprises has won 15 races at Richmond, more than any other team. Hendrick Motorsports has the second most wins with 10.

· 63 of 112 races have been won from the top five starting positions, including 22 from the pole.

· The last driver to win from the pole was Kyle Busch on May 1, 2010.

· The furthest back in the field a race winner has started was 31st, by Clint Bowyer in the 2008 spring race.

· Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch (4.7), Denny Hamlin (7.3) are the only active drivers with an average finish in the top 10.

· Kyle Petty became the first third-generation NASCAR race winner when he won his first race at Richmond, on Feb. 23, 1986. Richard Petty posted his first Richmond victory in 1961 and Lee Petty won the very first Richmond race in 1953.

· Three of the last five races have had a margin of victory less than one second.

· Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Richmond International Raceway winner: Richard Petty (04/23/1961 – 23 years, 9 months, 21 days)

· Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Richmond International Raceway winner: Harry Gant (09/07/1991 – 51 years, 7 months, 28 days)

Source: NASCAR Media

MWR 5-Hour Energy team featured behind-the-scenes in ABC special

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Karen Pistone

2012 Watkins Glenn NSCS qualifying – MWR No. 15 Clint Bowyer
8/11/2012 | By Jeff Zelevansky, Getty Images

The No. 15 5-hour ENERGY team will be featured in the ABC television special Catching Speed presented by John Deere that airs at 2 p.m. ET Sunday, September 2, 2012. The show features the Michael Waltrip Racing team as it prepares for The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway—one of NASCAR’s most prestigious races.

“The opportunity for the Catching Speed program came along and it was just too good to pass up for our team and our sponsors,” said Ty Norris, MWR executive vice president business development. “The No. 15 team is all-new this year—a new driver, crew chief, crew, sponsor—and they along with the NAPA team are combining to make this the best year in Michael Waltrip Racing’s brief history.

“The No. 15 team is a group of great guys that has a ton of characters—they know how to have fun better than most of the teams in the garage, so it should be a very entertaining hour of television.”

The show features the 5-hour ENERGY team’s race preparation and execution from several different perspectives including the crew chief, driver, crew and marketing team.

Catching Speed even ventured away from the racetrack to follow the No. 15 team as it visited the high school of crew mechanic and Indiana native Travis Stock as the team went to play basketball after the garage closed.

ATLANTA: NASCAR Stats / Track Data / Broadcasting Info.

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Karen Pistone

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
The Race: AdvoCare 500
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race: #25 of 36
Practices: Fri, Aug. 31, 2:30 – 4:30 pm on SPEED; Sat., Sept. 1, 2:30 – 3:25 pm on SPEED
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Sat, Sept. 1, 5:30 – 6:20pm on SPEED
Qualifying: Fri., Aug. 31, 6:10 p.m. on SPEED
NASCAR Pre-race: ESPN – 6:30 pm
TV Race Coverage: Sun. Eve, 7:30 pm on ESPN
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 7:46 pm

Track Data
Track/Race Length: 1.54 mile quad oval, 325 laps, 500.5 miles
Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees; Straightaways: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch – 2332 feet; Backstretch – 1800 feet
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Grandstand Seating: 99,000
Opened: 1960

Qualifying/Race Data
2011 pole winner: Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet (186.196 mph, 29.775 sec., 09-04-11)
2011 race winner: Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet (124.623 mph, 4:00:58, 09-06-11)
Track qualifying record: Geoffrey Bodine, Ford (197.478 mph, 28.074 sec., 11-15-97)
Track race record: Bobby Labonte, Pontiac (159.904 mph, 3:07:48, 11/16/97)
Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia going into the AdvoCare 500 on Sept. 2.

Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M/Manheim Auctions Ford)
· Three top fives, nine top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 16.1

Kurt Busch (No. 51 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet)
· Three wins, four top fives, nine top 10s
· Average finish of 17.4

Kyle Busch (No. 18 Wrigley Toyota)
· One win, three top fives, three top 10s
· Average finish of 17.7

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet)
· One win, eight top fives, 10 top 10s; two poles
· Average finish of 12.8

Carl Edwards (No. 99 Subway Ford)
· Three wins, eight top fives, 10 top 10s
· Average finish of 13.6

Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet)
· Five wins, 15 top fives, 24 top 10s; two poles
· Average finish of 12.2

Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Sport Clips Toyota)
· One top five, four top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 17.5

Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet)
· Three wins, 11 top fives, 13 top 10s
· Average finish of 10.0

Kasey Kahne (No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet)
· Two wins, six top fives, eight top 10s; two poles
· Average finish of 18.3

Matt Kenseth (No. 17 Roush Fenway 25 Winning Years Ford)
· Eight top fives, 13 top 10s
· Average finish of 12.9

Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 42 Target Chevrolet)
· Three top fives, four top 10s
· Average finish of 16.9

Tony Stewart (No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet)
· Three wins, 10 top fives, 15 top 10s
· Average finish of 11.2

Martin Truex Jr. (No. 56 NAPA Shocks and Struts Toyota)
· Two top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 22.8

Chase Contenders

The Top 10

Following Race 24 of 36

Driver	Points	Wins	Poles	Week	Rating
1. Greg Biffle	849	2	2	1	103.9
2. Jimmie Johnson	838	3	1	4	108.8
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.	834	1	0	3	99.9
4. Matt Kenseth	823	1	1	2	102.8
5. Martin Truex Jr.	797	0	1	6	97.6
6. Clint Bowyer	794	1	0	7	91.8
7. Brad Keselowski	790	3	0	5	95.3
8. Denny Hamlin	774	3	2	10	99.2
9. Kevin Harvick	767	0	0	8	90.4
10. Tony Stewart	746	3	0	9	87.8

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2012 Top 12 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

	Driver	Races	Poles	Wins	Top Fives	Top 10s	DNFs	Average Finish	Driver Rating
1	Greg Biffle	17	1	0	3	9	2	16.1	92.9
2	Jimmie Johnson	20	0	3	11	13	1	10.0	109.5
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	24	2	1	8	10	2	12.8	94.3
4	Matt Kenseth	23	0	0	8	13	3	12.9	96.2
5	Martin Truex Jr.	13	1	0	0	2	4	22.8	88.9
6	Clint Bowyer	11	0	0	0	5	1	17.4	83.3
7	Brad Keselowski	3	0	0	0	1	1	22.3	76.1
8	Denny Hamlin	12	1	0	1	4	1	17.5	96.2
9	Kevin Harvick	21	0	1	4	7	4	19.9	83.5
10	Tony Stewart	25	0	3	10	15	3	11.2	102.3
11	Kasey Kahne	15	2	2	6	8	3	18.3	91.0
12	Carl Edwards	14	0	3	8	10	2	13.6	101.8

* – Based on last 13 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The Wild Card Standings Following: Bristol Motor Speedway

Pos.	Driver	Wins	Pts. Pos.	Points	Pts. From 10th
1	Kasey Kahne	2	11	730	-16
2	Kyle Busch	1	13	707	-39
3	Jeff Gordon	1	14	691	-55
4	Ryan Newman	1	15	688	-58
5	Marcos Ambrose	1	16	679	-67
6	Joey Logano	1	18	638	-108
7	Carl Edwards	0	12	712	-34
8	Paul Menard	0	17	674	-72
9	Jamie McMurray	0	19	598	-148
10	Jeff Burton	0	20	577	-169

History
·         Originally called Atlanta International Raceway, the track was then a 1.5-mile paved speedway.
·         The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta was on July 31, 1960, won by Fireball Roberts from the pole.
·         The track was re-measured to 1.522 miles in the spring of 1970.
·         It was renamed Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1990.
·         The track layout was reversed and the track was re-configured to 1.54 miles between the two races in 1997.

Notebook
·         There have been 104 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Atlanta Speedway, until 2010 there has been two races per year except 1961, which had three. This year marks the second season with only one event.
·         Fireball Roberts won the pole and race for the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race in 1960.
·         45 drivers have won a pole, led by Buddy Baker and Ryan Newman, each with seven.
·         Six of Newman’s seven poles came in consecutive races between March 2003 and October 2005.
·         42 drivers have won a race; 22 have won more than once.
·         Dale Earnhardt scored nine victories, more than any other driver. Cale Yarborough is second, with seven.
·         Bobby Labonte heads the list of active drivers with six victories. Labonte is tied with NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Richard Petty for third on the all-time win list at Atlanta.
·         The Wood Brothers have 12 victories, more than any organization. They last won there in 1993, with Morgan Shepherd. Hendrick Motorsports has 11 wins at Atlanta and could tie the Wood Brothers this weekend.
·         14 races have been won from the pole. The last to do so was Kasey Kahne in 2006. The last two races have been won from the fifth position.
·         60 races at Atlanta have been won from the first five starting positions.
·         Bobby Labonte won the 2001 fall race from the 39th starting position, the deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Atlanta.
·         Two drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at Atlanta: Carl Edwards (3/20/2005) and Kevin Harvick (3/11/2001).
·         Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Atlanta Motor Speedway winner: Kyle Busch (03/09/2008 – 22 years, 10 months, 7 days).
·         Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Atlanta Motor Speedway winner: Morgan Shepherd (03/20/1993 – 51 years, 5 months, 8 days).

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES
Race: NRA American Warrior 300
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Race #: 24 of 33
Practice: 9 a.m. ET Sat. (TV: 11:30 ET) on SPEED
Qualifying: 3:30 p.m ET Sat. on SPEED
TV Race Coverage: Sat, ESPN2, 6:30 pm
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 7:16 pm

So far in 2012, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has three wins, 13 top-five, and 17 top-ten finishes. Stenhouse is currently second in the NASCAR Nationwide point standings; 19 points behind leader Elliott Sadler.

Mike Wallace will be wheeling the No. 01 entry for JD Motorsports w/Gary Keller, as he has all season. Joining him as a teammate will be Danny Efland, back in the No. 4 Tradebank Chevrolet, which will be his first ever start at AMS.

With six of their last finishes in the top-20, and one in the top-10, through the last seven races; the No. 01 team has utilized those finishes to move into 12th in points.
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES
Race: Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 200
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Race #: 14 of 22
TV Coverage: SPEED
Final Practice: Actual – 11:30 am – aired at 1:00 pm [tape-delayed] on SPEED
Qualifying: 4:30 pm on SPEED
Pre-race: 7:30 pm on SPEED
Race: 8:00 pm on SPEED

NCWTS Point Standings

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