NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

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Kurt Busch Overcomes Early Race Skirmish and Scores Martinsville Victory

Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014  Photo - Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images
Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014
Photo – Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

For the first time since 2011, Kurt Busch was in victory lane Sunday afternoon when he held off Jimmie Johnson late in the race at Martinsville Speedway. After a slow start to his season in which Busch failed to finish inside the top 20 for the first four races, the No.41 team has found their comfort zone. Busch has now scored two straight top-three finishes which gives the team lots of momentum heading into the month of April. Continue reading

Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Preview

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Most agree Hendrick Motorsports is good. 219 wins good, eleven Sprint Cup championships good. Fourteen overall national series owner championships good. And their success has lasted three decades – with winning roots extending all the way to the site of this weekend’s race at Martinsville Speedway.

For Hendrick Motorsports 30 Rocks! In 2014, Hendrick Motorsports is celebrating their 30th anniversary in NASCAR – and this weekend, specifically, their first win at Martinsville Speedway. Continue reading

Kevin Harvick Visits Oak Ridge Fire Department

Kevin Harvick and his 18-month-old son Keelan check out a fire truck at the Oak Ridge (N.C.) Fire Department with Chief Steve Simmons on Thursday, March 27, 2014  Photo - Harold Hinson Photography
Kevin Harvick and his 18-month-old son Keelan check out a fire truck at the Oak Ridge (N.C.) Fire Department with Chief Steve Simmons on Thursday, March 27, 2014
Photo – Harold Hinson Photography

Kevin Harvick Pays Visit to Oak Ridge Fire Department to Thank Firefighters Who Saved His Home

Harvick and No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet Team to Honor ORFD at Sunday’s Race in Martinsville

Four months after Kevin Harvick and his wife DeLana woke up to the sound of their home’s smoke detector going off, the driver of the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS visited the Oak Ridge Fire Department to thank the firefighters that helped saved his home. Continue reading