The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will begin their April schedule on Sunday afternoon with the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Tony Stewart won his second race of the season last time out, taking the checkered flag in the rain-shortened Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. followed Stewart across the finish line at the Auto Club 400, with Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards rounding out the top five drivers at the event.

Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, and Jimmie Johnson made up the rest of the Top 10 at the Fontana track.

Biffle holds a seven-point lead on Harvick in the Sprint Cup Series driver standings after five races, with Earnhardt Jr. 17 points behind in third place. Stewart is now fourth in the standings, 18 points back of Biffle.

Harvick and Stewart won the races at Martinsville last season, with Denny Hamlin and Johnson combining to win the prior nine Sprint Cup Series races at the track dating back to 2006.

Overall Jeff Gordon has seven career Cup wins at Martinsville, while Johnson has six, Hamlin has four, and Stewart has three. Mark Martin has two Martinsville wins on his resume, while Kurt Busch and Jeff Burton have one each.

After racing at Martinsville Speedway the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will compete in the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 14. The other NASCAR events in April will take place at Kansas and Richmond.

The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will be back in action on Sunday afternoon as they compete in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Matt Kenesth held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Monday night to win the rain-delayed Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Greg Biffle, Denny Hamlin, and Jeff Burton rounded out the Top 5 at Daytona, with Paul Menard, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, and Mark Martin making up the rest of the Top 10.

Tony Stewart was 16th in the season-opening event, while Kyle Busch was 17th, Trevor Bayne was 35th, Danica Patrick was 38th, Jeff Gordon was 40th, and Jimmie Johnson was back in 42nd.

Gordon won the Subway Fresh Fit 500 last season and in 2007, while Kasey Kahne won the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix last November. Johnson leads all active drivers with four career Cup wins at Phoenix International Raceway.

Earnhardt Jr., Martin, Burton, and Kevin Harvick have all won twice at Phoenix in their Cup careers. Stewart, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Edwards, Ryan Newman, and Kenseth have each won there once.

After racing at Phoenix the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will head up to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Kobalt Tools 400 on March 11. The circuit’s other March events will then be held at Bristol (March 18) and Auto Club (March 25).

The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will compete in their first race of the season on Sunday, February 26 at the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Trevor Bayne was the surprise winner of the Daytona 500 last season, while David Ragan took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona last July. Neither driver had previously picked up a Sprint Cup victory at the track.

Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick visited Victory Lane at Daytona during the 2010 season, with Matt Kenseth and defending series champion Tony Stewart earning wins there in 2009. Stewart has three career Daytona wins, and McMurray and Harvick have two each.

Jeff Gordon has taken the checkered flag six times at Daytona International Speedway in his Cup career, most recently in 2005, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won at the track twice.

Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, and Jeff Burton each have one career Cup win at Daytona on their driving resumes.

After racing at Daytona the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will move on to Phoenix International Raceway for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 on March 4. The rest of March’s schedule includes events at Las Vegas, Bristol, and Fontana.

– The 2011 Sprint Cup Series schedule will come to a close on Sunday afternoon in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Kasey Kahne took the checkered flag last time out in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, the second-last Sprint Cup Series event of the season.

Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart finished second and third, respectively, at Phoenix as they continue to duel for the Sprint Cup title. Edwards holds a three-point lead on Stewart in the driver standings heading into the final race of the season.

Jeff Burton, Ryan Newman, A.J. Allmendinger, David Reutimann, Marcos Ambrose, Paul Menard, and Clint Bowyer rounded out the Top 10 drivers at the Kobalt Tools 500.

Edwards won the Ford 400 last season and in 2008, while Stewart was the champion at the event in both 1999 and 2000. Greg Biffle is a three-time winner at Homestead-Miami, winning the Ford 400 in consecutive years from 2004 to 2006.

Denny Hamlin (2009), Matt Kenseth (2007), Bobby Labonte (2003), and Kurt Busch (2002) have also taken the checkered flag at Homestead-Miami in past seasons.

The drivers of NASCAR will continue the Chase for the Sprint Cup on Sunday in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Tony Stewart held off Jimmie Johnson last time out to pick up the checkered flag in the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five drivers at Martinsville, while Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, and Ryan Newman made up the rest of the Top 10.

Edwards has an eight-point lead on Stewart in the Sprint Cup driver standings after 33 races, with Harvick 21 points back in third place after the event at Martinsville.

Matt Kenseth won the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas back in April, while Hamlin won both Texas events during the 2010 season. Edwards leads all active drivers with three Cup victories at Texas Motor Speedway in his career.

Kenseth and Burton each have two Texas wins on their resume, while Kurt Busch, Gordon, Johnson, Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Newman, Mark Martin, and Earnhardt Jr. have one apiece.

After racing at Texas Motor Speedway the drivers of NASCAR will close out their 2011 schedule with the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix on November 13 and the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami on November 20.

The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will next head to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the AdvoCare 500 on Sunday night.

Brad Keselowski took the checkered flag last time out in the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. and Jeff Gordon followed Keselowski across the finish line at Bristol, with Jimmie Johnson and Jamie McMurray rounding out the top five drivers. Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, and Marcos Ambrose made up the rest of the day’s Top 10.

Keselowski is now second only to Kyle Busch with three victories on the season, and he’s sitting in one of the Wild Card berths along with Denny Hamlin for the Chase.

Kyle Busch, Johnson, Kenseth, Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Gordon, Newman, Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Tony Stewart are the current Top 10 in the driver standings.

Stewart won this race last season, and he has three career Cup wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway on his resume. Gordon has won four Cup races at Atlanta, while Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Edwards have three wins apiece there.

Kasey Kahne and Mark Martin have each won two Cup races at Atlanta in their careers, and Kyle Busch, Earnhardt Jr., and Harvick have all won once on the track. Bobby Labonte has won six times at Atlanta, most recently in 2003.

After racing in Atlanta the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will move on to Richmond International Raceway for the Wonderful Pistachios 400 on September 10. The Chase then begins in the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 18.

The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will head back to the oval this weekend when they take on Michigan International Speedway at the Pure Michigan 400.

Marcos Ambrose took the checkered flag last time out in the rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen at the Watkins Glen International road course.

Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch followed Ambrose across the finish line at Watkins Glen, while Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano rounded out the Top 5. Kevin Harvick, Juan Montoya, A.J. Allmendinger, Jeff Burton, and Jimmie Johnson made up the rest of the Top 10 on the day.

Busch and Carl Edwards are tied for the lead in the driver standings after 22 races, with Johnson, Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Gordon, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Tony Stewart the other Top-10 drivers.

Denny Hamlin and Keselowski sit in the two Wild Card positions to make the Chase.

Hamlin has won two of the last three races at Michigan, including the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 back in June. Mark Martin has five career Cup wins at Michigan, most recently taking the checkered flag in the 2009 LifeLock 400.

Gordon, Greg Biffle, Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Newman, and Edwards all have a pair of Cup wins at Michigan on their resumes, while Stewart, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick, and Kasey Kahne have one each.

After racing at Michigan the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will move on to Bristol Motor Speedway for the Irwin Tools Night Race on August 27. September’s schedule then features events at Atlanta, Richmond, Chicago, and Loudon.

The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will next take to the track on Sunday afternoon in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen at Watkins Glen International.

Brad Keselowski held off Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch last time out to take the checkered flag in the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway.

Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman rounded out the Top 5 at Pocono, while Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Paul Menard also picked up Top-10 results.

Edwards, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Gordon, Newman, Tony Stewart, and Earnhardt Jr. hold down Top-10 spots in the Chase standings right now, while Keselowski and his two wins sit in a Wild Card berth.

Juan Montoya won the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen last year, while Stewart picked up his fifth checkered flag at the event in 2009. Kyle Busch was the winner on the track in 2008 in the Centurion Boats at The Glen.

Gordon has four career Cup wins at Watkins Glen International, while Mark Martin has three. Harvick and Robby Gordon each have one Cup win on the road course.

After racing at Watkins Glen the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will move on to Michigan International Speedway for the Pure Michigan 400 on August 21. The circuit’s schedule for the month then ends with the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 27.

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The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will next head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for Sunday afternoon’s Lenox Industrial Tools 301.
Kyle Busch was the winner in the first-ever running of the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway in the circuit’s last race. David Reutimann and Jimmie Johnson followed Busch across the finish line in the inaugural Sprint Cup event at Kentucky, while Ryan Newman and Carl Edwards rounded out the Top 5.

Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, David Ragan, Kurt Busch, and Denny Hamlin also picked up Top-10 results at Kentucky, while Kevin Harvick had to settle for a 16th-place finish.

Kyle Busch jumped two spots into first place in the driver standings with his win in the Quaker State 400, with Edwards still in second, and Harvick dropping to third. Kurt Busch, Johnson, Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Newman, Hamlin, Tony Stewart, and Clint Bowyer fill out the rest of the Cup standings’ Top 12.

Johnson won the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 last year, while Bowyer took the checkered flag in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire last September. Bowyer also won the Sylvania 300 in 2007, and Johnson swept the New Hampshire events in 2003.

Jeff Burton has four Cup wins at New Hampshire, and Gordon has three victories on the track in his career – but neither has visited Victory Lane there since Burton won the Dura Lube 300 in 2000.

Kurt Busch also has three career Cup wins at New Hampshire, most recently taking the checkered flag at the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in 2008, while Stewart and Newman have two wins each on the track. Mark Martin, Joey Logano, Greg Biffle, Hamlin, Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Robby Gordon have all won Cup races at New Hampshire once.

After competing at New Hampshire the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will move on to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400 on July 31. The circuit’s August schedule then includes races at Pocono, Watkins Glen, Michigan, and Bristol.