More on NASCAR TV shows

Rumors include the end of the Trackside series on SPEED which was drastically changed last season into an unwatchable mess. Shows like RaceDay, RaceHub and Victory Lane are set to return. Bob Varsha is stepping into the former Leigh Diffey role and handling sports cars on SPEED beginning with the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Diffey departed SPEED for NBCSN where he will handle Formula One and IndyCar telecasts. There have been no announcements on the TNT and ESPN portions of the Sprint Cup Series TV package changing hands. Rumors include FOX wanting the six TNT races and NBC perhaps interested in the ESPN package. You may remember that ESPN also televises the entire Nationwide Series. The current TV deal expires after the 2014 season.

NBC expected to make push for NASCAR rights: The shift to a less passive audience that would rather interrelate with a race telecast than just watch comes as NASCAR negotiates its next television contract. The current deal expires after the 2014 season and by the time '15 rolls around the TV landscape could look very different. FOX has already renewed its agreement through 2022 to the tune of $300 million per year, or $2.4 billion over the eight years. That's a significant bump up from the $220 million Fox is currently paying for a package of races that includes the Daytona 500. Despite a drop in ratings, an increase is also expected from other television entities for the remaining components of the contract, which include 23 other Sprint Cup races, ten inside the Chase, and the entire Nationwide Series schedule. Incumbents TNT and ABC/ESPN are expected to again jump back into negotiations but a wild card has come to the table in the form of NBC. Desperate for quality and popular live sports programming for its NBC Sports Channel, the Peacock Network is expected to make a substantial play for a big piece of the NASCAR pie. But while the dollars may turn out to be greater in the NBC proposal, at this point the network could not match the exposure and publicity NASCAR receives from the "World Wide Leader" in sports. As part of the mighty ESPN machine, NASCAR enjoys a hefty amount of promotion on not just auto racing-related programming but a wide range of content across a variety of television, radio and online platforms.(Motor Racing Network)(12-24-2012)

SPEED to have live coverage of Daytona testing: In just three short weeks, SPEED and SPEED.com will be live from the high banks of Daytona International Speedway when Preseason Thunder kicks off the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season. SPEED and SPEED.com offer live coverage of the Jan. 10-12 test session in its entirety with SPEED live from all afternoon sessions and Speed.com streaming all morning sessions.
John Roberts, Jeff Hammond and Matt Clark host SPEED's on-air coverage from the studio above pit road at the start/finish line at Daytona. Steve Byrnes calls the on-track action during the morning sessions (9 am to 12 pm/et) on SPEED.com alongside analysts Kyle Petty and Kenny Wallace, while Hermie Sadler and Wendy Venturini handle reporting duties. Rick Allen assumes the play-by-play chair for the afternoon sessions (1-3 pm/et and 3-5 pm/et) while the NASCAR on FOX and SPEED crew of Waltrip and Larry McReynolds take over the TV booth duties. Bob Dillner and Matt Yocum report from pit road and the garage. SPEED.com NASCAR Editor Mike Hembree will be on site to provide coverage and perspective as well.
Special editions of NASCAR Race Hub will air Jan. 10-11 at 6 pm/et from Daytona to recap all the on- and off-track action. Furthermore, NASCAR Race Hub offers new episodes from the SPEED Studios Jan. 21-24 at 6 p.m. ET during the week of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Sprint Media Tour. The program's 2013 season premiere is slated for Feb. 4 at 6 pm/et (Monday-Thursdays at 6 pm/et). Additionally, SPEED Center, hosted by Adam Alexander, continues to keep fans updated on all things across the motor sports world, beginning with its 2013 premiere on Jan. 6 at 7 pm/et.

Events, schedule, Times for Budweiser Speedweeks 2013 at Daytona International Speedway

For the fourth straight year, the 55th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 24, NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race, is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start time (TV – FOX Sports, Radio – MRN Radio).

Start times for the other remaining events of Budweiser Speedweeks 2013 at Daytona International Speedway are as follows:

•    The 51st anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race, Jan. 26-27, 3:30 p.m. (SPEED)
•    The Lucas Oil 200 ARCA Racing Series, Saturday, Feb. 16, 4:30 p.m. (SPEED)
•    The Daytona Shootout  non-points event, Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. (FOX)
•    Daytona 500 Qualifying Presented By Kroger, Sunday, Feb. 17, 1 p.m. (FOX)
•    Budweiser Duel At Daytona, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m. (SPEED)
•    NextEra Energy Resources 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. (SPEED)
•    DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, Saturday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m. (ESPN)


The season-opening 55th annual Daytona 500 will mark the debut of the new 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car. Dubbed “Gen 6,” the new-look sixth generation cars highlight greater brand identity for the manufacturers.

NASCAR Makes Revisions To Its Competition Personnel Structure From NASCAR Communications

In an effort to strengthen and grow its racing series for 2013 and beyond, NASCAR announced Tuesday several revisions to its Competition personnel structure. The following changes will take effect in 2013:

• Joe Balash, who has served as the NASCAR Nationwide Series director since 2004, will be assuming a new role as International Competition Liaison. This position will be the NASCAR point of contact for competition-related matters relative to the NASCAR Toyota (Mexico) Series, the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, the Euro Racecar, NASCAR Touring Series and other international competitions and series in which NASCAR may be involved and/or considering involvement. Balash now will report to Richard Buck, who has been promoted to managing director, Competition GRAND-AM and managing director, Touring Series NASCAR.
• Wayne Auton, who has served as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series director since 1995, will assume the role of NASCAR Nationwide Series director. Auton will continue to report to John Darby, managing director, competition and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series director.
• Chad Little, currently NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour series director and director of Racing Development, Mexico, will serve in the role of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series director. Little also will report to Darby.
• Brad Moran, currently NASCAR Canadian Tire Series director, will serve in the role of director of Touring Series, NASCAR, reporting to Buck.
• With the increasing integration between NASCAR, GRAND-AM, American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and Euro Racecar, NASCAR Touring Series, these moves are designed to strengthen all of the sport’s racing series, both at the national and international levels.
• “We recently completed a thorough, strategic review of all of our racing series and believe the changes we’re announcing today will further strengthen our overall racing and offer us the best opportunity for growth,” said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition. “Joe (Balash) is terrific at building relationships with track operators, sponsors and other key stakeholders, and he will be an excellent fit in his new role. I’m also pleased our system allowed us to promote our talent up the ranks, as is the case with Wayne (Auton), Chad (Little) and Brad (Moran). I think this shows that we have a great deal of depth in our series director leadership roles and these moves reflect that depth and versatility.”
• George Silbermann, NASCAR vice president regional and touring, highlighted the fact that these moves will aid NASCAR as it continues to focus on expanding its reach beyond the United States.

“Our sport is ever-evolving and we plan to grow in regions of the world where an increasingly strong appetite exists for NASCAR racing,” said Silbermann. “Joe (Balash) certainly will help us achieve our international goals which not only include conducting our existing series at a best-in-class level but also attracting new partners for global exhibitions and/or series.”

The NASCAR Toyota (Mexico) Series continues to attract top young driver talent and for the first time, the series will race on U.S. soil in 2013, when it kicks off its season March 1 at Phoenix International Raceway. The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 is growing in popularity and the maiden season of Euro Racecar, NASCAR in 2012 exceeded the sport’s expectations.

Parker Kligerman drives for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2013

It was announced Today that the 22-year-old Parker Kligerman will be driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Kligerman will pilot the No. 77 Toyota Camry for the entirety of the 33-race schedule. Further details regarding sponsorship for Kligerman's No. 77 Camry will be announced at a later date.

Kligerman started driving in Truck Season in 2010

Kligerman will started fresh for the 2013 season with new team and everything. He should us in the truck series that he could win races and go after the championship im sure he will do that again next year.

The Connecticut native has registered five top-10 finishes in 18 career Nationwide Series starts. He posted two top-10 finishes in three starts this season, including a career-best seventh-place finish in the July race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.

"Everyone at Toyota and TRD speaks very highly of Parker, and they were a big part of why were able to bring him on board here at KBM," KBM general manager Rick Ren said. "Although he has only driven a handful of races with these new Nationwide Series cars, he has participated in a lot of testing the last few years, and we feel like he will be able to come in and be able to use that knowledge to help us to continue to make improvements to our program."

"Our Nationwide Series program really seemed to hit its stride the last 10 races of the season — won a couple of poles, led a bunch of laps and were in contention for the win almost every week," said Busch, who was behind the wheel for eight of the final 10 races. "We feel like we'll be able to carry that momentum into next year and come out of the gates stronger than we did in our first season."

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Brad Keselowski likes 2013 cars

Day 1 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was good day for testing.  Everyone was happy with there cars, but one person out of nine that were testing today was very happy with his car and that would be Dale Earnhardt Jr.! Dale Jr was ready for 2013 season may be the best season he could have seen being in the chase this year.

Earnhardt, who was having his best season in six years before he missed two races because of concussions, he was pumped and ready to test those new 2013 cars!!



Your 2012 Cup champion Brad Keselowski and Penske Racing also could be even stronger with the new car and a new manufacturer.

The signs came during Tuesday's test, the first for teams with NASCAR's new package for non-restrictor plate tracks, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Earnhardt said "The car had a feel similar to what made him more comfortable behind the wheel prior to the COT (Car of Tomorrow) that was used from 2007 through 2012."


The 2013 car has a new body style to increase manufacturer's identity. It also will conform to rules designed to help racing at intermediate tracks.

Cars will be 160 pounds lighter and will adhere to additional rules on rear suspension and tire camber.


Teams participating in the test included:

• Hendrick Motorsports, 
• Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, 
• Joe Gibbs Racing, Penske Racing, 
• Richard Childress Racing, 
• Richard Petty Motorsports,
• Stewart-Haas Racing 
• and Wood Brothers Racing. 

Testing will continue tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a break for lunch at noon.

Eury Jr. named Stremme's crew chief at Swan Racing

Tony Eury Jr. has been named crew chief for David Stremme at upstart Swan Racing.

The team was purchased by Brandon Davis in early September, and the new owner is using the offseason to put together the pieces needed to make the No. 30 Toyota competitive.

Eury's hiring Monday is part of that process. Eury won 19 Sprint Cup races with Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr., and was most recently Danica Patrick's crew chief in the Nationwide Series at JR Motorsports.

He is a cousin of Earnhardt Jr. and a co-owner of JR Motorsports, but a difference in philosophy between Eury and Earnhardt led to a late season split.

Davis purchased the assets of Inception Racing, which was a start-and-park team last season.

Joey Logano bring new Spotter to 2013

When Sprint Cup teams roll into Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2013 car test, Tab Boyd will debut in his new role as spotter for Joey Logano and the No. 22 Penske Racing Ford.

 Boyd also will assume spotter duties for Sam Hornish Jr. on the Nationwide Series tour and work as a fabricator for Penske Racing during the week.

Boyd has worked as a spotter for the last decade, most recently with Danica Patrick. The 35-year-old Pensacola native worked at Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing where he took on the same role with Juan Pablo Montoya prior to the 2012 season.

ARCA Announces 10-Race TV Schedule for 2013

Officials from ARCA and FOX Sports Media Group jointly announced at the International Motorsports Industry Show the 2013 television schedule for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, comprised of 10 events to be televised live or on a same-day delay on SPEED.

The 2013 ARCA television schedule will open on SPEED on Saturday, February 16. Live flag-to-flag coverage of ARCA's 50th consecutive annual event at the world-renowned Daytona International Speedway will begin at 4:30 p.m.

Other events scheduled for live and/or same-day SPEED coverage in 2013 include races at:

• Talladega Superspeedway on May 3; 
• Toledo Speedway on May 19;
• Pocono Raceway on June 8 and August 2;
•  Michigan International Speedway on June 14; 
• Chicagoland Speedway on July 21; 
• Iowa Speedway on September 7; 
• Kentucky Speedway on September 20; 
• and the season finale at Kansas Speedway on October 4.

ARCA's relationship with SPEED reaches back to April 20, 1997, when the network (then Speedvision) covered the ARCA Racing Series race at Indiana's Salem Speedway. Since then, SPEED has aired 198 ARCA Racing Series events.

Year-over-year broadcast ratings spiked in 2012, highlighted by substantial improvements in key demographics. The full season of the ARCA Racing Series finished up +22 percent with households (0.44 vs. 0.36), one tenth or +31 percent with males 35-54 (0.42 vs. 0.32), and +50 percent with males 18-49 (0.24 vs. 0.16) from 2011.

Sweetening the solid story with males 18-49, nine out of 10 races were up year-to-year during the season. Additionally, this was the second most-watched season of ARCA in terms of total viewers since SPEED began subscribing to ratings in 2002 (P2+ impressions), averaging 464,000 viewers for the season; the most-watched season was in 2010 with 608,000 viewers, featuring Danica Patrick's stock car debut). Excluding the February Daytona race, which was down year-over-year, it was the most-watched season of ARCA on SPEED since the network began subscribing to ratings in 2002 with 363,000 total viewers.

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned 30 ARCA national champions in 60 seasons since 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 26 states since its inception. The series has tested the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, visiting tracks ranging from 0.375 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course in its most recent season.

Founded by John and Mildred Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Having completed its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in four professional touring series - the ARCA Racing Series, the ARCA CRA Super Series, the ARCA Truck Series, and new in 2013, the ARCA Midwest Tour - in addition to local weekly events at Ohio's Toledo Speedway and Michigan's Flat Rock Speedway.

Swam Racing joins NASCAR in 2013

Swan Racing led by team owner Brandon Davis will field the No. 30 Toyota driven by David Stremme and attempt the full NASCAR Sprint Cup season in 2013. The team has been fielding cars for Stremme since Talladega this past October. The team entered four races in 2012 with their best finish at the October Talladega race coming home 33rd.


"Swan Racing is here to race competitively every week – the days of starting and parking are over. I am confident that we are putting together the personnel to one day produce a championship contender," said Davis.

The team has hired NASCAR veteran Steve Hmiel to be director of competition.

Hmiel was most recently competition director at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.

"Steve is among the best and brightest technical experts in the NASCAR garage area. His experience and expertise will be a crucial part in Swan Racing's success," said Davis.

The team purchased the assets of Inception Racing earlier this year and is located in Mooresville, N.C.; the team will get its engines from Triad Racing Technologies.

Stremme has 165 career starts in the Sprint Cup series with three top 10 finishes, all those coming in 2007.

NASCAR Sprint Cup testing for 2013

Sprint Cup teams will be allowed to test:

• Dec. 11-12 at Charlotte Motor Speedway 
• Jan. 10-12 at Daytona International Speedway 
• Jan. 17-18. again at Charlotte Motor Speedway

To go along with the Daytona test, the speedway will have a Fan Fest that will include autograph sessions from 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. on Jan. 10.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is scheduled to have a Goodyear Tire Test at Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday October 9th, 2012. This event will be FREE and open to the public.

Drivers scheduled to test:

• 16-Greg Biffle, 
• 18-Kyle Busch, 
• 42-Juan Pablo Montoya 
• 27-Paul Menard.

Gate 4 will be open from 9:00am to 5:00pm, coolers are allowed (no glass or alcohol) Texas Motor Speedway all the other activities announced last week have been canceled. (10/9/12)

Tire test at Phoenix UPDATE #2: Goodyear will conduct a tire test Wednesday at Phoenix International Raceway.

Teams participating include

• 1-McMurray
• 2-Keselowski 

UPDATE: The testing will be Tuesday and Wendesday. Additional teams include:

• 11-Hamlin 
• 14-Stewart
• 27-Menard 
• 78-Busch 
• 99-Edwards

There will be more info on Nationwide and Truck testing when they come out with it.

Check out the 2013 Chevrolet SS

It looks like we finally have a race car that well, actually looks like a race car.

Chevrolet introduced their 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car Thursday morning in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trucks on the dirt in 2013

NASCAR will race on the dirt for the first time since 1970 next season when the Camping World Truck Series visits Eldora Speedway in Ohio. I don't know if any of you know this but that track is owed byTony Stewart and Dale jr and couple other drivers own.


The trucks will go to the Tony Stewart-owned track in Rossburg on July 24 as a lead-in to the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races later that weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The 2013 Camping World Truck schedule also features the first international event with a September stop at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario. The series also races on a Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

If y'all read the Articles before this one it has the full schedule of the truck series, it is also on that page if you need check it out during 2013 season.

Also announced in the 2013 schedule release is a race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, a 2.459-mile,10-turn road course in Bowmanville, Ont., which will host its inaugural truck event Sept. 1.

"It has been one of the hardest things to not talk about I think in my entire professional racing career," said Stewart, who also co-owns Stewart-Haas Racing. "To have had the opportunity to go and do a test earlier this year with the trucks was just really a dream come true for us as a facility.

"I've always joked around and people say, 'What would you do if you could change the schedule?' I always joke around about saying, I would add a dirt race."

2013 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE

Date Site:

February 22 Daytona International Speedway
April 6 Martinsville Speedway
April 14 Rockingham Speedway
April 20 Kansas Speedway
May 17 Charlotte Motor Speedway
May 31 Dover International Speedway
June 7 Texas Motor Speedway
June 27 Kentucky Speedway
July 13 Iowa Speedway
July 24 Eldora Speedway
August 3 Pocono Raceway 
August 17 Michigan International Speedway
August 21 Bristol Motor Speedway
September 1 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
September 8 Iowa Speedway
September 13 Chicagoland Speedway
September 28 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
October 19 Talladega Superspeedway
October 26 Martinsville Speedway
November 1  Texas Motor Speedway
November 8 Phoenix International Raceway
November 15 Homestead-Miami Speedway

Fans can experience Champions Week activities

Now that Brad Keselowski has locked up the 2012 Sprint Cup championship, it's time to honor him and the other Chase drivers with a week of activities in Las Vegas. The celebration will culminate with the Sprint Cup awards ceremony on Friday night, but there is a lot going on between now and then. Tune in live to watch all the action on NASCAR.COM (all times Eastern), or for more information, go to championsweek.nascar.com.

WEDNESDAY

• 2:00 p.m.: Fanfest, including "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" featuring the Chase drivers

THURSDAY

• 12:30 p.m.: 2013 Chevrolet Sprint Cup Series car unveiling
• 
  
• 2 p.m.: NMPA Myers Brothers Awards luncheon
• 
  
• 6:30 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap, a live ride-along through the Las Vegas Strip with Brad Keselowski
• 
  
• 8 p.m.: NASCAR After the Lap live from Planet Hollywood
• 
  
• 8 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series champion speeches

FRIDAY

• 3 p.m.: Miss Sprint Cup live chat with champion Brad Keselowski
• 
  
• 8 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series awards ceremony

Via: NASCAR

Thank you to all my readers!

Seen the 2012 season is done with there is really not much to post on here for you guys until it get closer to Sprint Cup Testing in 45 more days from today! I would love to take the time and thanks everyone who read my articles through this year/season and thank you guys for supporting me in my writing y'all are the best!

When i started this page in January i didn't know i would this many people who read my articles and love them and share them with there followers, that make me proud right there of my work. I started this page so i could keep each and everyone of you up-to-date on what all going on in the NASCAR world, i don't know how many people who would actually write and keep you there followers up-to-date! I'm very thankful for all that tell me how great my work is keep in and keep out! Next year there well be new thing: One of my followers are making me website just for my NASCAR info and stuff like i do now! Your probably wondering if i am gonna keep this page? Well yes i am gonna keep this page, and the other page i may let other writer put there articles on my page but for not i'm not sure yet!

I feel horned for the people who go and click on my page for all NASCAR info it make me fee; great bout what i have done this year!

This website has opened up a lot of opportunities for me, like interviewing drivers, having full media access to race tracks and meeting some really friendly people in the business.

I couldn't of done this without each and every one of you on the race weeks. You guys keep be going!!

I'm hoping you all enjoyed this site over this season.

Cant wait to see you all in 2013 and having this much fun as i did this year!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Today November 22, is time of year were everyone sits down with there family and gets have some laughs and good time, also tell there family members what there thankful for. Today in Pa it was very nice day it was little warm but some what cold days like this i love!

I'm hoping all my reader had great day with there family, i did it was great!!

The big day - Daytona 500 is just 95 days away!! I can hardly wait for new season to started I'm sure you all cant wait for it to started back up maybe we will see new Driver be champion!

If y'all wanna know what I'm thankful for will here it is: Im Thankful for NASCAR racing, Awesome followers, and most important is that I have great family and my baby angel!!

What are you all thankful for?

2013 ARCA Racing Series Schedule

The full 2013 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards schedule is as follows:

Saturday, February 16 - Daytona International Speedway

Saturday, March 9 - Mobile International Speedway

Sunday, April 28 - Salem Speedway (top photo)

Friday, May 3 - Talladega Superspeedway

Sunday, May 19 - Toledo Speedway

Saturday, June 1 - Elko Speedway

Saturday, June 8 - Pocono Raceway

Friday, June 14 - Michigan International Speedway (second photo)

Saturday, June 22 - Road America

Sunday, June 30 - Winchester Speedway

Sunday, July 21 - Chicagoland Speedway

Sunday, July 28 - New Jersey Motorsports Park (bottom photo)

Friday, August 2 - Pocono Raceway

Saturday, August 10 - Berlin Raceway

Sunday, August 18 - Illinois State Fairgrounds (third photo)

Sunday, August 25 - Madison International Speedway

Monday, September 2 - DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

Saturday, September 7 - Iowa Speedway

Saturday, September 14 - Salem Speedway

Friday, September 20 - Kentucky Speedway

Friday, October 4 - Kansas Speedway

James Buescher wins his first career championship

James Buescher started in the middle of the pack, barely cracked the top 10 and never even sniffed the lead.

He caught a huge break when his Turner Motorsports teammate made contact with his closest competition, Ty Dillon.
No doubt, Buescher felt fortunate to end up celebrating a championship in Victory Lane.

“It wasn’t pretty,” Buescher said. “It was a little messy, but we did it. ... This is definitely the coolest thing I’ve ever done in racing.”

Buescher avoided trouble and finished 13th in the season finale Friday night, enough to win NASCAR’s Truck Series championship by six points.

Cale Gale won the 200-mile race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, edging Kyle Busch at the line as both trucks sparked after hard contact.

The more significant celebration, though, was saved for Buescher. It was his first title in four full-time seasons.

“It was close. Ty was giving us a run for it,” Buescher said. “I just about went in the fence myself, but I held it together and everything came our way.”

Dillon was in position to pull off an upset with three laps remaining — he was running second and just a point behind — but made contact with Kyle Larson. Both trucks hit the wall in the fourth turn and were mangled in the mess.

Afterward, Dillon questioned whether Larson should have been racing so hard because he wasn’t in the title hunt.

“I’m all right with the way things finished,” Dillon said. “We were trying to hit the home run in the bottom of the ninth, but it bounced off the wall.”

Danica Patrick and husband getting divorced after seven years

Danica Patrick her husband are divorcing after seven years of marriage.

Patrick announced the split with Paul Hospenthal on her Facebook page. She said the two have amicably decided to end their marriage.

Patrick just completed her first full season in NASCAR, running the full Nationwide schedule and 10 Sprint Cup Series races.

She finished 10th in Nationwide points, becoming the highest-finishing female driver in the history of NASCAR's three national series. The previous record was held by Sara Christian, who finished 13th in 1949 in the Cup series.

Brad Keselowski wins his first champion -2012

The 28 year old Brad Keselowski, take championship away from 5x time Johnson on Sunday's race after something broke on his car. 

They put Brad Keselowski, the freshly-minted Sprint Cup champion, live on SportsCenter Sunday evening, and to commemorate the moment he brought along a ridiculously oversized, maybe 128-ounce glass of Miller Lite, one of his sponsors.

Throughout the nearly five-minute interview he took gulp after big gulp from the glass, right on camera for everyone at home to see. They were the kind of gulps that went beyond the proverbial sponsor plug. He looked exactly like a man who just needed a beer. Not surprisingly, the dehydrated, 155-pound Keselowski was quickly showing the effects.

How you feeling, he was asked.

"Pretty damn awesome," Keselowski shouted into his handheld microphone. "I've got a little buzz going. I've been drinking for a little bit. It's been one hell of a day."

And then he just beamed a toothy, boyish, All-American grin, part joy, part mischief, part earned satisfaction.

"I did have a big cup," he later joked.

There really was only one predictable thing about the post-race scene: Brad Keselowski wasn't going to win a title quietly.

"Make some noise," he shouted to the crowd behind him. "You're on SportsCenter."

Later he was asked what being a champion might entail.

The new face of NASCAR: Brad Keselowski.

"I always wanted to date a celebrity, just throwing that out there," he said with a laugh. "That would be pretty cool, don't you think?"

Anyone in particular?

"Not a Kardashian," he said.

Sunday was a transitional day for NASCAR, one that it hopes is looked back on as the start of the Keselowski era (or at least the generation he represents), not the time when a slew of critical sponsors bailed on auto racing.

Dodge is gone. Office Depot is gone. AFLAC and UPS are gone, corporate money walking away from this once white-hot sport. To say there were unsettled stomachs and thousand-yard stares from some team owners here at the Sprint Cup finale doesn't begin to describe it. It's a winter of uncertainty ahead.

Line up for the Ford EcoBoost 300

1.) 54 Kyle Busch
2.) 2 Elliott Sadler
3.) 3 Austin Dillon
4.) 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5.) 18 Joey Logano
6.) 31 Justin Allgaier
7.) 11 Brian Scott
8.) 88 Cole Whitt
9.) 00 Blake Koch
10.) 5 Regan Smith
11.) 12 Sam Hornish Jr.
12.) 20 Ryan Truex
13.) 8 Scott Lagasse Jr.
14.) 7 Danica Patrick
15.) 21 Joey Coulter
16.) 33 Brendan Gaughan
17.) 99 Kenny Wallace
18.) 38 Brad Sweet
19.) 30 Dakoda Armstrong
20.) 22 Ryan Blaney
21.) 27 Andrew Ranger
22.) 98 Kevin Swindell
23.) 51 Jeremy Clements
24.) 10 Mike Bliss
25.) 87 Joe Nemechek
26.) 19 Hal Martin
27.) 44 John Blankenship
28.) 24 Derek White
29.) 46 Chase Miller
30.) 14 Eric McClure
31.) 08 Jeffrey Earnhardt
32.) 43 Michael Annett
33.) 52 Joey Gase
34.) 01 Mike Wallace
35.) 81 Jason Bowles
36.) 70 Johanna Long
37.) 40 Erik Darnell
38.) 41 Juan Carlos Blum
39.) 39 Dexter Stacey
40.) 23 Robert Richardson Jr.
41.) 4 Danny Efland
42.) 91 Jeff Green
43.) 42 Josh Wise

DNQ: Morgan Shepherd, Timmy Hill, J.J. Yeley, Scott Riggs

Race Lineup for Sprint Cup Ford EcoBoost 400

1.)   20 Joey Logano
2.) 9 Marcos Ambrose
3.) 2 Brad Keselowski
4.) 99 Carl Edwards
5.) 43 Aric Almirola
6.) 15 Clint Bowyer
7.) 56 Martin Truex Jr.
8.) 18 Kyle Busch
9.) 55 Mark Martin
10.) 48 Jimmie Johnson
11.) 17 Matt Kenseth
12.) 5 Kasey Kahne
13.) 16 Greg Biffle
14.) 1 Jamie McMurray
15.) 24 Jeff Gordon
16.) 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
17.) 22 Sam Hornish Jr.
18.) 27 Paul Menard
19.) 39 Ryan Newman
20.) 21 Trevor Bayne
21.) 42 Juan Montoya
22.) 30 David Stremme
23.) 29 Kevin Harvick
24.) 51 Regan Smith
25.) 98 Michael McDowell
26.) 78 Kurt Busch
27.) 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
28.) 13 Casey Mears
29.) 119 Mike Bliss
30.) 83 Landon Cassill
31.) 36 Dave Blaney
32.) 47 Bobby Labonte
33.) 31 Jeff Burton
34.) 34 David Ragan
35.) 14 Tony Stewart
36.) 26 Josh Wise*
37.) 10 David Reutimann
38.) 93 Travis Kvapil
39.) 37 J.J. Yeley
40.) 23 Scott Riggs
41.) 38 David Gilliland Ford
42.) 179 Reed Sorenson Toyota
43.) 33 Stephen Leicht*
44 11 Denny Hamlin
45 191 Jason Leffler
46 87 Joe Nemechek
47 32 Ken Schrader

Race Lineup for Ford EcoBoost 200

1.) 7 Parker Kligerman
2.) 4 Kyle Larson
3.) 3 Ty Dillon*
4.) 30 Nelson Piquet Jr.
5.) 33 Cale Gale*
6.) 18 Kyle Busch
7.) 32 Miguel Paludo
8.) 9 Ron Hornaday
9.) 88 Matt Crafton
10.) 13 Johnny Sauter
11.) 22 Joey Coulter
12.) 6 Justin Lofton
13.) 8 Max Gresham*
14.) 17 Timothy Peters
15.) 09 John Wes Townley*
16.) 29 Ryan Blaney
17.) 31 James Buescher
18.) 08 Ross Chastain*
19.) 11 Todd Bodine
20.) 101 Jake Crum
21.) 39 Ryan Sieg
22.) 23 Jason White
23.) 220 Dusty Davis*
24.) 84 Mario Gosselin
25.) 27 Jason Leffler
26.) 07 Jeff Agnew
27.) 38 Chris Jones
28.) 151 German Quiroga
29.) 81 David Starr
30.) 2 Tim George Jr.
31.) 0 Blake Koch
32.) 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb
33.) 99 Bryan Silas*
34.) 93 Ryan Lynch+
35.) 57 Norm Benning+
36.) 225 Travis Miller
Did Not Qualify:
37.) 174 Mike Harmon
38.) 282 Sean Corr

Homestead-Miami Speedway Schedule for last races of year!!

Thursday, November 15

•  3:30pm Parade
• 6:00pm NASCAR Championship Drive

Friday, November 16

• 11:00am NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Final Practice
• 1:30pm  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice
• 3:10pm  NASCAR Nationwide Series Final Practice
• 4:30pm  NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying
• 6:10pm  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gatorade Pole Qualifying
• 7:01pm NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Driver Introductions
• 8:00pm  NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200

Saturday, November 17

• 11:35am NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying
• 1:00pm  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice
• 3:00pm  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Practice
• 4:00pm  NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver Introductions
• 4:30pm  NASCAR Nationwide Series Ford EcoBoost 300

Sunday, November 18

• 11:15am Race Day With Juan Pablo Montoya
• 1:00pm  Kid Rock Pre-Race Performance
• 1:30pm  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver Introductions
• 3:00pm  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Homestead Entry List

48 teams are scheduled to show up.

Drivers in *Bold* must qualify on time.

1. #1 Jamie McMurray
2. #2 Brad Keselowski
3. #5 Kasey Kahne
4. #6 *Ricky Stenhouse Jr.*
5. #9 Marcos Ambrose
6. #10 TBA
7. #11 Denny Hamlin
8. #13 Casey Mears
9. #14 Tony Stewart
10. #15 Clint Bowyer
11. #16 Greg Biffle
12. #17 Matt Kenseth
13. #18 Kyle Busch
14. #19 *Mike Bliss*
15. #20 Joey Logano
16. #21 *Trevor Bayne* 
17. #22 Sam Hornish Jr.
18. #23 *Scott Riggs*
19. #24 Jeff Gordon
20. #26 *Josh Wise*
21. #27 Paul Menard
22. #29 Kevin Harvick
23. #30 *David Stremme*
24. #31 Jeff Burton
25. #32 Ken Schrader
26. #33 *Stephen Leicht*
27. #34 David Ragan
28. #36 Dave Blaney
29. #37 *JJ Yeley*
30. #38 David Gilliland
31. #39 Ryan Newman
32. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya
33. #43 Aric Almirola
34. #44 David Reutimann
35. #47 bobby Labonte
36. #48 Jimmie Johnson
37. #51 Regan Smith
38. #55 Mark Martin
39. #56 Martin Truex Jr.
40. #78 Kurt Busch
41. #79 *Reed Sorenson*
42. #83 Landon Cassil
43. #87 Joe Nemechek
44. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
45. #91 *Jason Leffler*
46. #93 Travis Kvapil
47. #98 *Michael McDowell*
48. #99 Carl Edwards

NASCAR Nationwide Series Homestead Entry List

48 teams are scheduled to show up.

Drivers in *Bold* must qualify on time.

1. #00 *Blake Koch*
2. #1 Mike Wallace
3. #2 Elliott Sadler
4. #3 Austin Dillon
5. #4 Danny Efland
6. #5 Regan Smith
7. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
8. #7 Danica Patrick
9. #8 Scott Lagasse Jr.
10. #08 Jeffrey Earnhardt
11. #10 *Mike Bliss*
12. #11 Brian Scott
13. #12 Sam Hornish Jr.
14. #14 Eric McClure
15. #15 Timmy Hill
16. #18 Joey Logano
17. #19 Hal Martin
18. #20 *Ryan Truex* 
19. #21 *Joey Coulter*
20. #22 Ryan Blaney
21. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
22. #24 Derek White
23. #27 *Andrew Ranger*
24. #30 Dakota Armstrong
25. #31 Justin Allgaier
26. #33 Brendan Gaughan
27. #38 Brad Sweet
28. #39 Dexter Stacey
29. #40 Erik Darnell
30. #41 TBA
31. #42 Josh Wise
32. #43 Michael Annett
33. #44 John Blankenship
34. #46 Chase Miller
35. #47 JJ Yeley
36. #51 Jeremy Clements
37. #52 *Joey Gase* 
38. #54 Kyle Busch
39. #70 Johanna Long
40. #74 *TBA*
41. #75 *Carl Long*
42. #81 Jason Bowles
43. #86 *Kevin Lepage* 
44. #87 Joe Nemechek
45. #88 Cole Whitt
46. #91 *Jeff Green*
47. #98 *Kevin Swindell*
48. #99 Kenny Wallace

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Homestead Entry List

38 teams are scheduled to show up.

Drivers in *Bold* must qualify on time.

1. #0 *Blake Koch* 
2. #01 *Jake Crum*
3. #2 Tim George Jr.
4. #3 Ty Dillon
5. #4 *Kyle Larson* 
6. #5 *Aric Almirola*
7. #6 Justin Lofton
8. #7 *Parker Kligerman*
9. #07 Jeff Agnew
10. #08 Ross Chastain
11. #8 Max Gresham
12. #09 John Wes Townley
13. #9 Ron Hornaday Jr.
14. #10 *Jennifer Jo Cobb* 
15. #11 Todd Bodine
16. #13 Johnny Sauter
17. #17 Timothy Peters
18. #18 Kyle Busch
19. #20 *Dusty Davis*
20. #22 Joey Coulter
21. #23 Jason White
22. #27 TBA
23. #29 Ryan Blaney
24. #30 Nelson Piquet Jr.
25. #31 James Buescher
26. #32 Miguel Paludo
27. #33 Cale Gale
28. #38 *Chris Jones*
29. #39 Ryan Sieg
30. #51*German Quiroga* 
31. #57 Norm Benning
32. #74 *Mike Harmon*
33. #81 *David Starr* 
34. #82 *Sean Corr*
35. #84 Chris Fontaine
36. #88 Matt Crafton
37. #93 Ryan Lynch
38. #99 Bryan Silas

2013 Nationwide Series Schedule

NASCAR officials released the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule Tuesday, adding Mid-Ohio, a 2.4- mile, 15-turn road course to the schedule.

The series will have six standalone races:

• Iowa Speedway (June 8 and Aug. 3)
• Chicagoland Speedway (July 21)
• Kentucky Speedway (Sept. 21)
• Road America (June 22) 
• Mid-Ohio (Aug. 17)

1. 2/23 Daytona International Speedway

2. 3/2 Phoenix International Raceway

3. 3/9 Las Vegas Motor Speedway

4. 3/16 Bristol Motor Speedway

5. 3/23 Auto Club Speedway

6. 4/12 Texas Motor Speedway

7. 4/26 Richmond International Raceway

8. 5/4 Talladega Superspeedway

9. 5/10 Darlington Raceway

10. 5/25 Charlotte Motor Speedway

11. 6/1 Dover International Speedway

12. 6/8 Iowa Speedway

13. 6/15 Michigan International Speedway

14. 6/22 Road America

15. 6/28 Kentucky Speedway

16. 7/5 Daytona International Speedway

17. 7/13 New Hampshire Motor Speedway

18. 7/21 Chicagoland Speedway

19. 7/27 Indianapolis Motor Speedway

20. 8/3 Iowa Speedway

21. 8/10 Watkins Glen International

22. 8/17 Mid-Ohio

23. 8/23 Bristol Motor Speedway

24. 8/31 Atlanta Motor Speedway

25. 9/6 Richmond International Raceway

26. 9/14 Chicagoland Speedway

27. 9/21 Kentucky Speedway

28. 9/28 Dover International Speedway

29. 10/5 Kansas Speedway

30. 10/11 Charlotte Motor Speedway

31. 11/2 Texas Motor Speedway

32. 11/9 Phoenix International Raceway

33. 11/16 Homestead-Miami Speedway

Kevin Harvick Moves to Stewart Haas Racing in 2014

If you guys think silly season is over yet will your thinking wrong, Big new out of Phoenix has set a new Silly Season standard: Kevin Harvick will be leaving Richard Childress Racing after the 2013 season to drive for one of his best pals, Tony Stewart, at Stewart Haas Racing in 2014.

Harvick still has 38 more races on his current contract with RCR, one more races this season and the full 36-race slate in 2013, but already folks are focusing on something that may not potentially happen for another 15 more months!

“Stewart-Haas Racing’s driver lineup is all set for 2013, but if you’re talking about 2014 and if Kevin Harvick is available, that’s something the team would have to look at," SHR team spokesman Mike Arning said in a statement. "Any team in this garage would do the same.


“From the moment Stewart-Haas Racing was formed, becoming a four-car team is something it’s been striving for. They have the infrastructure to accommodate a fourth team, and if everything aligns properly, it’s something they’ll do. So, if a driver the caliber of Kevin Harvick is available, it’s something they would pursue.”

Harvick was non-committal on the report, telling ESPN, "I'm looking forward to finishing out this season on a strong note with RCR and continuing to build our program going into the 2013 season with the ultimate goal of winning a championship. Anything beyond that, once I know what my future plans are set, I'll let you know."



In fact, Stewart went so far as to joke with reporters and how much do you want to bet that some of them actually bit at first that he had signed Dale Earnhardt Jr. to drive for the team in 2014, even though Junior is contractually committed to Hendrick Motorsports through at least 2017.

Cheerios To Sponsors Austin Dillon In 2013 Daytona 500

Richard Childress Racing has partnered with General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios for Nationwide ride Austin dillon, he will be driving No. No. 33 Honey Nut Cheerios® Chevrolet on February 24, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway. 

"My family has so many memories of racing in the Daytona 500 so it is really special to me to be able to make my first Daytona 500 start," said Dillon. "With the support of General Mills and America's Favorite Cereal, Honey Nut Cheerios, I hope to continue RCR's winning tradition on restrictor plate tracks with my pal Buzz on the hood of the No. 33 Honey Nut Cheerios Chevrolet."

"General Mills is thrilled to be partnering with RCR and Austin Dillon for his Daytona 500 debut," said Gregg Dorazio, Manager of Shopper Marketing and Motorsports at General Mills. "Race fans will certainly be buzzing about Austin's appearance in The Great American Race. Austin adds even more excitement and opportunity to our 2013 Cheerios® Racing team and marketing plans."

The 2013 season will mark the fifth year of partnership between the Welcome, N.C.-based racing organization and General Mills, which is a major associate sponsor throughout the year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on the No. 31 Cheerios Chevrolet and driver Jeff Burton.

Burton will be running Cheerios on his car for six race.

RCR is a two-time winner of The Great American Race. The legendary Dale Earnhardt earned RCR's first Harley J. Earl trophy in 1998 in his 20th attempt. Kevin Harvick, currently the driver of RCR's No. 29 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, won the event in 2007 by 0.02-of-a-second, the closest margin of victory since the first race in 1959.

"Competing in the Daytona 500 is a major step in Austin's career and we couldn't be more proud than to have General Mills expand its program with RCR for a second year on the No. 33 Chevrolet SS," said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. "Austin has made a number of Sprint Cup Series starts so he understands the pressures at NASCAR's highest level but his first start in The Great American Race will be a special one."

Line up for Nationwide Great Clips 200

1 18 Joey Logano
2 54 Kyle Busch
3 3 Austin Dillon*
4 12 Sam Hornish Jr.
5 20 Brian Vickers
6 22 Brad Keselowski
7 38 Kasey Kahne
8 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9 30 Jason Leffler
10 11 Brian Scott
11 33 Brendan Gaughan
12 31 Justin Allgaier
13 88 Cole Whitt*
14 7 Danica Patrick
15 19 Mike Bliss
16 2 Elliott Sadler
17 43 Michael Annett Ford
18 14 Eric McClure
19 10 Jeff Green
20 87 Joe Nemechek
21 51 Jeremy Clements
22 199 Alex Bowman
23 108 Paulie Harraka
24 100 Blake Koch
25 40 Erik Darnell
26 86 Kevin Lepage
27 81 Jason Bowles*
28 47 J.J. Yeley
29 42 Josh Wise
30 46 Chase Miller
31 191 Tony Raines
32 89 Morgan Shepherd
33 73 Derrike Cope
34 01 Mike Wallace
35 15 Timmy Hill
36 23 Jamie Dick
37 39 Dexter Stacey
38 4 Daryl Harr
39 44 John Blankenship
40 41 Noel Dowler+
41 124 Derek White+
42 70 Nur Ali+
43 174 Mike Harmon
DID NOT QUALIFY:
44 52 Joey Gase*
45 175 Carl Long

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Phoenix Race Results

1. 18 Brian Scott
2. 4 Kyle Larson
3. 22 Joey Coulter
4. 17 Timothy Peters
5. 29 Ryan Blaney
6. 39 Ryan Sieg
7. 33 Cale Gale
8. 30 Nelson Piquet Jr.
9. 27 Ryan Truex
10. 6 Justin Lofton
11. 35 Matt Merrell
12. 19 David Mayhew
13. 09 John Wes Townley
14. 32 Miguel Paludo
15. 3 Ty Dillon
16. 99 Bryan Silas
17. 31 James Buescher
18. 08 Todd Peck
19. 57 Norm Benning
20. 88 Matt Crafton
21. 23 Jason White
22. 9 Ron Hornaday Jr.
23. 2 Brendan Gaughan
24. 51 German Quiroga
25. 13 Johnny Sauter
26. 74 Brian Weber
27. 7 Parker Kligerman
28. 11 Todd Bodine
29. 5 John King
30. 97 Jeff Choquette
31. 25 Stephen Leicht
32. 93 Dennis Setzer
33. 07 Ross Chastain
34. 84 Chris Fontaine
35. 38 Chris Jones
36. 0 Blake Koch

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Line Up

1. 30 Nelson Piquet Jr.
2. 29 Ryan Blaney
3. 18 Brian Scott
4. 33 Cale Gale
5. 88 Matt Crafton
6. 4 Kyle Larson
7. 7 Parker Kligerman
8. 17 Timothy Peters
9. 31 James Buescher
10. 9 Ron Hornaday Jr.
11. 27 Ryan Truex
12. 11 Todd Bodine
13. 19 David Mayhew
14. 39 Ryan Sieg
15. 32 Miguel Paludo
16. 13 Johnny Sauter
17. 22 Joey Coulter
18. 51 German Quiroga
19. 2 Brendan Gaughan
20. 97 Jeff Choquette
21. 3 Ty Dillon
22. 6 Justin Lofton
23. 35 Matt Merrell
24. 25 Stephen Leicht
25. 07 Ross Chastain
26. 23 Jason White
27. 09 John Wes Townley
28. 38 Chris Jones
29. 0 Blake Koch
30. 74 Mike Harmon
31. 93 Dennis Setzer
32. 99 Bryan Silas
33. 08 Todd Peck
34. 57 Norm Benning
35. 84 Chris Fontaine
36. 5 John King

DNQ: Ben Reynolds, Jennifer Jo Cobb

Phoenix International Raceway Schedule Nov. 8 -11

Thursday, November 8:
3:30 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. NCWTS Practice
5:35 p.m - 7:35 p.m. NCWTS Final Practice

Friday, November 9:
9:00 a.m. Spectator Gates Open
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. NKNPS-W Final Practice
10:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. NNS Practice
12:00 p.m. -1:25 p.m. NSCS Practice
1:35 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. NNS Final Practice
2:30 p.m. NCWTS Qualifying (two laps, all positions)
4:10 p.m. NSCS Qualifying (two laps, all positions) Gatorade Pole Qualifying
6:00 p.m. Lucas Oil 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Saturday, November 10:
9:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. NSCS Practice
10:35 a.m. NNS Qualifying (two laps, all positions)
12:35 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. NSCS Final Practice
2:00 p.m. Great Clips 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series Race. (200 laps, 200 miles)
5:00 p.m. Casino Arizona 50 NASCAR K&N Pro Series - West Race (50 laps, 50 miles)

Sunday, November 11:
1:00 p.m. AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race - (312 laps, 312 miles)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Phoenix Entry List

Here's 44 teams are scheduled to show up.

Drivers in *Bold* need qualify on time.

1. #1 Jamie McMurray
2. #2 Brad Keselowski
3. #5 Kasey Kahne
4. #9 Marcos Ambrose
5. #10 Danica Patrick
6. #11 Denny Hamlin
7. #13 Casey Mears
8. #14 Tony Stewart
9. #15 Clint Bowyer
10. #16 Greg Biffle
11. #17 Matt Kenseth
12. #18 Kyle Busch
13. #19 *Mike Bliss*
14. #20 Joey Logano
15. #22 Sam Hornish Jr.
16. #24 Jeff Gordon
17. #26 *Josh Wise*
18. #27 Paul Menard
19. #29 Kevin Harvick
20. #30 *David Stremme*
21. #31 Jeff Burton
22. #32 TJ Bell
23. #33 *Stephen Leicht*
24. #34 David Ragan
25. #36 Dave Blaney
26. #37 *J.J. Yeley*
27. #38 David Gilliland
28. #39 Ryan Newman
29. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya
30. #43 Aric Almirola
31. #44 David Reutimann
32. #47 Bobby Labonte
33. #48 Jimmie Johnson
34. #51 Regan Smith
35. #55 Mark Martin
36. #56 Martin Truex Jr.
37. #78 Kurt Busch
38. #83 Landon Cassill
39. #87 Joe Nemechek
40. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
41. #91 *Reed Sorenson*
42. #93 Travis Kvapil
43. #98 *Michael McDowell*
44. #99 Carl Edwards

NASCAR Nationwide Series Phoenix Entry List

Here's 46 teams are scheduled to show up.

Drivers in *Bold* need to qualify on time.

1. #00 *Blake Koch*
2. #01 Mike Wallace
3. #2 Elliott Sadler
4. #3 Austin Dillon
5. #4 Daryl Harr
6. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
7. #7 Danica Patrick
8. #08 Paulie Harraka
9. #10 Jeff Green
10. #11 Brian Scott
11. #12 Sam Hornish Jr.
12. #13 *TBA*
13. #14 Eric McClure
14. #15 *Timmy Hill*
15. #18 Joey Logano
16. #19 Mike Bliss
17. #20 Brian Vickers
18. #22 Brad Keselowski
19. #23 Jamie Dick
20. #24 Derek White
21. #30 Jason Leffler
22. #31 Justin Allgaier
23. #33 Brendan Gaughan
24. #38 Kasey Kahne
25. #39 Dexter Stacey
26. #40 Erik Darnell
27. #41 TBA
28. #42 *Josh Wise*
29. #43 Michael Annett
30. #44 John Blankenship
31. #46 *Chase Miller*
32. #47 *JJ Yeley*
33. #51 Jeremy Clements
34. #52 *Joey Gase*
35. #54 Kyle Busch
36. #70 Tony Raines
37. #73 *Derrike Cope*
38. #74 *Mike Harmon*
39. #75 *Carl Long*
40. #81 Jason Bowles
41. #86 *Kevin Lepage*
42. #87 Joe Nemechek
43. #88 Cole Whitt
44. #89 Morgan Shepherd
45. #91 Tony Raines
46. #99 Alex Bowman