Rank, Car#, Driver, Manu, Time, Speed
1 38 David Gilliland Ford 54.742 164.408
2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 54.755 164.369
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 54.903 163.925
4 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 55.017 163.586
5 48B Jimmie Johnson Chevy 55.036 163.529

UPDATE:
Pocono Raceway is not for sale.
Rose Mattioli told The Associated Press on Tuesday that her family has no plans to sell the NASCAR track, which currently has two Sprint Cup races.

“It never was available; it never will be available,” said Mattioli, who owns the track with her husband, Joseph. “My husband has stated that over [...]

Juan Pablo Montoya requested a meeting with his boss and got it the day before the Indianapolis 500, when owner Chip Ganassi flew to North Carolina to talk with his emotional driver.

There’s no doubt about it, Chip Ganassi knows how to win races. In Indy cars and sports cars, his teams are the best in the business. But in the racing series that truly matters, the one that dominates the auto racing landscape in America – NASCAR – Ganassi’s race teams can’t get it [...]

Its vehicles might have a 40-mph advantage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but the IRL IndyCar Series has been getting lapped by NASCAR for a dozen years on its most hallowed ground.
Every season since 1996 — when major-league open-wheel racing was fractured into competing series that divided and confused fans — the TV ratings for the [...]

NASCAR chairman Brian France says series officials are “satisfied” with the new car despite some questions that the racing hasn’t been as good at some tracks, and wouldn’t dismiss a Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway beyond 2009.

Red Bull Racing’s David Coulthard will be heading out early to North America prior to the Canadian Grand Prix to pay a visit to Red Bull’s NASCAR team in the United States.