The Martinsville NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series scored a Nielsen Rating of 1.15 (760,000 Households), up 16 percent from 2005 (.99; 623,000 HH). It marked the third consecutive race where Nielsen Ratings were up from a year ago, with Fontana up 11 percent and Atlanta up 21 percent.

Wendy Venturini is conducting an interview with Dale Earnhardt Jr. at his home in North Carolina that will air on this weekend's edition of NASCAR RaceDay at 11 a.m. ET live from Texas. Featured guests this week on NASCAR RaceDay include Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler, Mark Martin and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach.

7 Days, the new show on SPEED highlighting the week's activities of various people from the world of NASCAR, is shadowing Texas Motor Speedway President and General Manager Eddie Gossage this week for a show to air Monday at 8 p.m. ET.