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Race Highlights: a Richard Childress Racing teammates Jeff Burton and Paul Menard participated in the Sprint Showdown finishing third and fourth, respectively.

John Blankenship held out to win Saturday in Arkansas. The Bad Boy 98 win was huge, as it netted him $20,000. John Blankenship earned $20,000 for the biggest victory of his dirt late model racing career Saturday at Batesville Motor Speedway.

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.- Winless in his last seven starts in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series, Kyle Busch broke what was for him a major drought with a victory in Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

"To beat Jeff and Earnhardt, two guys that I have looked up to my whole life, two massive icons of our sport, this means the world to me," Johnson said.

Race Highlights: a Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second and fifth .

Charlotte Motor Speedway is joining with business leaders from around the country to honor some 10,000 active military and family members before the green flag drops on NASCAR's ultimate test of man and machine, the May 26 Coca-Cola 600, as part of a Memorial Day weekend saluting the U.S. Armed Forces.

TRACK KANGAROO EXPRESS OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Ward and Jeb Burton signed autographs, posed for pictures and greeted fans Friday during a special autograph session at the newly opened Kangaroo Xpress infield convenience store.

Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, paying tribute to the late Dick Trickle along the way.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers Jeb Burton and his No. 4 Arrowhead/Kangaroo Express Chevrolet won the Keystone 21 Means 21 Pole Award for the 11th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200 with a lap of 29.773 seconds, 181.372 mph.

Ed Carpenter, the only team owner/driver in the IZOD IndyCar Series, will have his university's support again when he takes the green flag at world's most famous racing facility in the 97th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" on May 26.

Where he stands: Johnson leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings with 423 points.

No. 23 Allegiant Air Chevrolet Impala SS - Spencer Gallagher and the Gallagher Motorsports team head North to Toledo Speedway for this weekend's ARCA Racing Series, Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care.

The Bojangles Southern 500 is now a Mother's Day weekend tradition for the Sprint Cup Series, revived in its glory despite being removed from its Labor Day weekend roots about a decade ago.

The way the schedule played out, Jeff Gordon knew long before Saturday night's race at Darlington Raceway that a milestone start was due.

Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Quicken Loans team of Stewart-Haas Racing "engineered" an impressive run that resulted in a 10th-place finish in the Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night at Darlington Raceway.

Kasey Kahne pulled his race car up to the rear of his transporter, where team owner Rick Hendrick was waiting to offer a few words of encouragement.

Authorities on Saturday arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a rural Northern California community last month.

Matt Kenseth won the NASCAR Sprint Sup Series race at Darlington on Saturday night.

Race Highlights: a Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 11th , 13th and 14th .

There was a lot of attention on former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch 's test this week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in an Andretti Autosport Indy car.