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

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

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.

Organizers of the fourth annual Pinto Stampede aren't talking about horses - or even that much horsepower - to raise money for the Wounded Warriors Project.

Like many other drivers last week at Daytona International Speedway, Kasey Kahne crashed.

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.

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.

Mike Helton, president of NASCAR walks through the garages during a rain shower prior to the Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, July 5, 2014.

The Chase math is shrinking, getting skinny for those winless teams seeking a precious win to catapult their efforts this year.

"I love driving race cars, I love driving next to sharks more dangerous than these," said Brendan Gaughn as he was in the middle of the shark tank at the Tennessee Aquarium.

THOSE ATTENDING Sunday's Pocono IndyCar 500 witnessed the fastest Indy-car race ever: The average speed was 202.402 mph.

Coke Zero 400 Aric Almirola celebrates in the rain in Victory Lane after winning the rain-shortened Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach on Sunday, July 6, 2014.

The Camping World Truck Series teams up with the Verizon IndyCar Series for this weekend's action at Iowa Speedway , with the Trucks headlining on Friday night in the American Ethanol 200.

It came during a dinner Tuesday night when he finally saw car owner Richard Petty, whose famed No.

Aric Almirola was the surprise winner Sunday at Daytona International Speedway and now it appears he will make the Chase for the Sprint Cup for the first time in his career.

Schedule: Friday, practice , qualifying ; Saturday, practice ; Sunday, race, 1 p.m. .

Round 4 of the AMA Pro Road Racing series from the FIM Superbike World Championship, Geico Motorcycle U.S. Round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will not be available for live broadcast on FansChoice.tv or post-race viewing.

No stranger to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he has won three times in K&N Pro Series East races in 2008 and 2009, Eddie MacDonald says his familiarity with the 1.058-mile oval in Loudon, N.H., will help him feel at home when he makes NASCAR Sprint Cup debut in Sunday's Camping World RV Sales 301.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Gordon before last weekend's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

K. Busch 1, Wallace Jr 2-35, K. Busch 36-50, Sauter 51-53, K. Busch 1, Wallace Jr 2-35, K. Busch 36-50, Sauter 51-53, Keselowski 54-58, K. Busch 59-78, Keselowski 79-95, K. Busch 96-150.