NASCAR Craftsman Truck News

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.

Timothy Peters is the only driver with multiple truck victories at this track, having won the July race the past two years.

With eight races remaining before the cut-off, who will fill the final five spots in the 2014 Chase lineup? Aric Almirola's Daytona win was the first this year by a driver who has never previously made the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

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.

JULY 06: Aric Almirola, driver of the #43 United States Air Force Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 after the race was called for weather at Daytona International Speedway on July 6, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Capsules for the top 20 drivers in the Sprint Cup standings, plus five additional drivers of note.

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.

NASCAR's reaction to the announcement Monday of the formation of the Race Team Alliance – a business alliance composed of nine of the biggest teams in the Sprint Cup Series – seemed to surprise many.

Aric Almirola waited two days to experience one of the highlights of his first victory in NASCAR's premier series.

But in NASCAR, there are different race trophies every week. Martinsville Speedway has its infamous clock.

88 Chevrolet. The organization won just one Nationwide Series race and followed that with a winless 2011 season.

The first Big One early on in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona involved about 16 cars, including Carl Edwards.

Coke Zero 400 at Daytona: Aric Almirola 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.

Hertfordshire County Council and Veolia were informed yesterday that Veolia's plans to build the facility in New Barnfield, Hatfield, have been rejected.

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Brendan Gaughan visited the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga Tuesday, and compared swimming with sharks to racing at Bristol Motor Speedway.

NASCAR driver Aric Almirola won the Coke Zero 400 over the weekend at Daytona. The race was rain-shortened, but it still counts as a win.

Here they come. NASCAR's Sprint Cup stars wrapped up their rain-delayed Fourth of July weekend stay in Daytona with a rain-shortened and topsy-turvy Coke Zero 400 on Sunday.

One thing for sure, NASCAR has its share of comedian drivers who enjoy pranking one another and others while having a good time kidding around during interviews.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles plans to eliminate dozens of poor-selling specialty license plates, such as ones for Texas Motor Speedway and Dr Pepper.