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Vickers has started all 18 Sprint Cup races, the kind of run that's a given for stars like Jimmie Johnson or Jeff Gordon.

RTA chairman Rob Kauffman, co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, said teams outside of the inaugural nine that formed together have expressed interest in joining and want to collaborate on initiatives and issues facing NASCAR.

On the heels of a wild race at Daytona, there is no telling what might happen at Sunday's Camping World RV Sales 301 from New Hampshire as There are just eight races remaining prior to the commencement of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

One of NASCAR's most prolific and legendary teams could be left out of NASCAR's 16-team playoff for the 2014 Sprint Cup Championship if they fail to earn a trip to victory lane over the next eight races.

The series upped the number of Chase participants from 12 to 16 this year and is rewarding race winners like never before.

Casey Mears talks to his crew about his car during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, on Friday in Loudon.

GEICO team racer Chris Ulrich leads another rider through turn three during Superbike World Championship Free Practice on Friday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Series rookie Hayden Duerson earned his first career pole in the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda on Friday at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.

MAKE Motorsports announced on Friday that it has a new crew chief atop the pit box for its No.

Twice before, Ryan Newman drove the venerable No. 7NY modified to victory lane in a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The goals of the RTA include lowering costs for NASCAR teams and creating one voice on issues facing the teams.

NASCAR President Mike Helton said Friday there is no animosity from the governing body toward the recently formed, nine-team Race Team Alliance that will collaborate on initiatives and issues facing auto racing.

Sean Becker's nickname is "The Shark." But the Roseville sprint car driver also could go by the moniker "Mr. Consistency" to reflect his 2014 season in the Civil War Sprint Car and King of the West series.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP Camping World RV Sales 301 On track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.; 19th of 36 races.

It ruined what he said would have been 'a great points day,' and he returned to North Carolina feeling angry and disappointed.

Carson Kvapil is in his first full year of racing a Bandolero. He finished at the top of the Concord Speedway's Beginner Bandits standings for the track's spring series and has produced top-five finishes in his Summer Shootout Series events.

Cole Custer is back in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this weekend at Iowa Speedway in Newton, looking to improve on his career-best sixth-place finish in his last race at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.

There will be pressure on Fort Kent's Austin Theriault Saturday afternoon, when he will drive his second of three NASCAR Nationwide Series races for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports team at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

This is a May 17, 2014 file photo showing Jack Hawksworth, of England, posed for a photo after his qualification run on the first day of qualifications for Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - NASCAR has been spreading the wealth for the past several years, taking its Sprint Cup races to various new venues across the country.