BRISTOL, TN — Denny Hamlin wonders what it’s going to take to quiet his critics. He’s enjoying his best season in 13 years with Joe Gibbs Racing. The 38-year-old racer has two wins in the first seven races for the first time in his career.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE -- Don’t be surprised if Kyle Larson has a little more pep in his step this week. Bristol Motor Speedway—his favorite track—is next on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup schedule. Over the last five races at Thunder Valley, Larson has scored more points than any other driver on the tour at the half-mile track.

NASCAR officially unveiled the 2020 schedules for both the Xfinity and Gander Outdoors Truck Series on Wednesday. Perhaps the most interesting nugget will be all three of NASCAR’s top national tours holding the penultimate race of the season—and the Championship 4 cut-off event—at Martinsville Speedway, the oldest track on the circuit.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS COLUMN - Kevin Harvick wasn’t so much at a loss for words than at a loss for solutions at Texas Motor Speedway. The 2014 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup champion had exhausted his bag of tricks behind the wheel of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford on Sunday.

Lee Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - FORT WORTH, TX - A fast car can cure a lot of mistakes. Just ask Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin. The reigning Daytona 500 winner overcame a slew of penalties — some self-inflicted — to win the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FORT WORTH, Texas — Make no mistake, Jimmie Johnson was in full form at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday.

Lee Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service -- FORT WORTH, TX -- Kyle Busch moved one win closer to a Lone Star sweep with his victory this afternoon in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, the My Bariatric Solutions 300.

Lee Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch continued his winning ways out west. Busch held off Stewart Friesen by 1.269-seconds for his fourth-consecutive NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series victory of the season and his fourth-career win at Texas Motor Speedway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FORT WORTH, Texas — When NASCAR introduced the new aero packages for 2019, the expected benefits were many. Closer competition topped the list. The sanctioning body hoped for side-by-side racing, passing among drivers and closer finishes.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FORT WORTH, Texas — Greg Biffle has been waiting for the right ride to come along. He found it with Kyle Busch Motorsports.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - Tanner Thorson faces a long road back to racing. While the path might be daunting to some, the 22-year-old Minden, Nevada, racer feels grateful to be alive.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - NASCAR drivers will duel in the desert to decide the 2020 championships. When the sanctioning body released next year’s schedule on Tuesday, the most significant change was moving the season finale to Phoenix Raceway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE -- The days of playing chicken in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup qualifying are over. That’s what NASCAR hopes to achieve new rules regulating qualifying procedures.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.—What happened during Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying on March 15 at Auto Club Speedway won’t happen again.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.— Brad Keselowski collected his second Martinsville clock on Sunday. The driver of the Team Penske No. 2 Mustang dominated the STP 500, leading twice for a total of 446 laps en route to his second win in five races at the half-mile track.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Joey Logano picked up where he left off last fall—atop the pylon at Martinsville Speedway. After his breakthrough win at the half-mile paper clip-shaped track in October, Logano picked up his fifth pole at NASCAR’s oldest track with a lap of 97.830 mph (19.356-seconds).

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, VA - Kyle Busch exacted the perfect strategy in Saturday’s TruNorth Global 250—stay out front. Without points on the line, Busch used a conservative approach behind the wheel of the No. 51 Cessna Toyota.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.—This time last year, Denny Hamlin boasted a career-best 4.8 average finish after the first five races. With a new contract, the driver of the No. 11 Fed Ex Toyota had plenty of incentive to make a statement run in 2018.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - Clint Bowyer’s season turned around with his win in the 2018 STP 500. Following a six-year drought, the driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford didn’t mind racing on Monday when snow delayed the rac e at Martinsville Speedway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - Kyle Busch will make his best attempt at stealing the lunch money and trophies from the Gander Outdoors Truck Series drivers this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.