Although he's not in contention for the championship this season, Jamie McMurray set a qualifying track record to capture the pole for Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.
Jimmie Johnson was the winner the last time the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series came to Charlotte Motor Speedway. But lately things haven't been going exactly the way he would like to see.
For the second time this year, a rookie qualified fastest for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Kyle Larson won his first career Cup pole Friday at Pocono Raceway.
NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series comes closer to our area this weekend with the running of the Pocono 400 at the track known as the tricky triangle in Pennsylvania.