Martin Truex Jr. claimed the Coors Light Pole Award in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway.Truex drove the Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Toyota to a best lap of 193.423mph in the final round of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying on the 2.66-mile track. It's Truex's...

The Team Xtreme Chevrolet that Travis Kvapil was due to drive in this weekend's Atlanta NASCAR Sprint Cup race has been stolen on the way to the event.Kvapil revealed on Twitter that the car was taken from outside the team's hotel in Morrow, Ga. The team added that hotel surveillance...

Related StoriesThe revised Daytona 500 qualifying system was branded "idiotic" and "an embarrassment" by some NASCAR drivers after a chaotic first attempt on Sunday.The traditional one-at-a-time system was replaced by a variation of the group knockout format adopted at all other events last year. A series of five-minute sessions were...

David Gilliland claimed a surprise pole for Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona following a chaotic and rain-affected qualifying session.It started raining shortly after the opening session and the downpour forced the remainder of qualifying to be canceled, handing Front Row Ford driver Gilliland the third pole of his...

Ex-Formula 1 driver Scott Speed has parted company with his NASCAR Sprint Cup team Leavine Family Racing.Speed has raced in partial campaigns with the small squad for the past two seasons. Though often a "start and park" entrant, he took a ninth-place finish at Talladega earlier this year.A team statement...