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The Band Perry , Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore will perform at events surrounding the Crown Royal Presents the John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR race this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Need something to talk about at the water cooler that isn't an HBO show? How about a quick recap on the weekend's past races? Here's a quick summary of who won a few races this past weekend and as a bonus, a schedule of events for the upcoming week in Indianapolis, in case you're heading that direction.

Both are locks to make the reformatted and expanded 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup, and both stand a good chance of reaching the final four-driver, winner-take-all season finale race together at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November.

Nam Y. Huh - The Associated Press Brian Scott makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Nationwide series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.

Tony Stewart heads into the busiest week of his year riding high from a win in his return to sprint car racing.

The death Sunday of Kierstin Eaddy, 14, shows that there are no guarantees at even the safest type of motorsports activity.

Miranda Lambert closed out the three-day Faster Horses country music festival at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Sunday night with a 75-minute set full of sass and spunk.

A North Texas teenager has died after her go-kart crashed during an autocross event near Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

JPCT 110714 S14290083x Mickel Motorsports HQ near Horsham. John Mickel and Francis Maude -photo by Steve Cobb SUS-141107-154533001 A Faygate racing driver hoping to break into America's NASCAR met with Horsham MP Francis Maude to discuss his ambitious project.

"We're ready," said Ethan Fricks, 17, a senior at All-Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth.

It's the neighbor people just can't get along with and it's not what you might think.

The 2013 championship runner-up Frederic Gabillon found his way to Victory Lane for the first time this season by taking the lead on lap 3 of the ELITE 1 Sunday Race and driving away from his rivals to score his fifth career NASCAR win.

The 86-year-old actor who led the 500 fields in 1975, 1977 and 1985 was found dead of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Saturday.

A steady stream of fans approached the actor from all angles, but he made it look as if it was a small party with a bunch of old friends.

Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 54 team took a huge hit in the NASCAR Nationwide owner point standings on Saturday.

But two races stand out above all the others - Earnhardt's stirring triumph in the Daytona 500 and Carl Edwards holding off Jeff Gordon to win at Sonoma.

Elliott had a strong car all day long for JR Motorsports, qualifying third and leading a race-high 85 laps.

Rookie Chase Elliott moved atop the Nationwide Series point standings again with a victory in Saturday night's EnjoyIllinois.com 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.

The 19-year-old Mitchell finished second in four of the previous six races, but he passed Justin Boston for the lead with five laps to go and was never challenged the rest of the way.

In just one short week, Red Bull Global Rallycross returns to The Dirt Track at Charlotte, July 25-26, and Scott Speed, the defending champion of the event, is looking to pick up where he left off, with another victory.