This weekend, Chad McCumbee and the #45 Goody’s Cool Orange Dodge team will head toPocono Raceway for Sunday’s Pocono 500. This will be McCumbee’s debut in the Nextel Cup Series. The 23-year-old has been competing full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) this season.

The funeral service for Bill France, the visionary leader of NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation (ISC) for more than three decades, has been scheduled for Thursday, June 7, at the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center, at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach. Thursday’s funeral service, set for 1-2pm/et, is open to the public. The graveside [...]

Autoracing1.com, a racing site heavily promoting the ‘virtues’ of dying racing series’ Champ Car and the IRL while decidedly being anti-NASCAR had some choice words to say (or their source though one is not listed) regarding Dale Earnhardt, Jr’s talent level and the talent it takes to drive in NASCAR:

“Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Bill France Jr. Bill was a legend in the world of NASCAR whose passion and vision for stock-car racing led the sport to the national prominence it enjoys today.

Martin Truex Jr., No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Impala SS collected his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (NNCS) career win in the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway. Truex’s victory is the sixth win of six possible events for the new generation Impala SS race car, and the 12th Chevrolet win of the season [...]

Five Toyota Camrys started Monday afternoon’s rain-delayed Autism Speaks 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (NNCS) race at Dover International Speedway. This equals the most Camrys to start a NNCS race this season. Five Camrys also took the green flag at Charlotte, Bristol and Martinsville. This is the third COT (Car of Tomorrow) race where five [...]

MATT KENSETH — No. 17 DeWalt Ford Fusion (finished 5th)
“We really ran terrible, we just had great pit stops. We worked on it all day and never really got it better, but we had a decent qualifying position and just great pit stops kept us in the hunt for our DeWalt Fusion.”

KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Avenger)
“We had our best run of the year in our Dodge Avenger today and learned a lot more about the car. We led laps, ran in the top-10 most of the race and made some good adjustments during the day. That had us in position for a top-10 [...]

Lesa France Kennedy:
“My father will be sorely missed, not only by our family, but by all the lives he touched over his many years in the sport,” she said in a statement. “From drivers to owners to other track operators and professionals in the racing world, Bill France served as a champion for motorsports, [...]

Aflac is on the verge of securing a multiyear team sponsorship deal with Roush Fenway Racing, Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal reports.