the Daytona 500 and the first 13 races through Dover's June race.  Fox-owned Speed Channel aired the Gatorade Duels and Sprint All Star Race XXV. TNT then picked up the next six races starting at Pocono including the summer race at Daytona, the Coke Zero 400 with its "wide open format" coverage and ending at Chicago.  The Allstate 400 at the Brickyard started ESPN/ABC's coverage, including the entire Chase for the Sprint Cup on ABC.

New to Fox telecasts was 3-D CGI animated adventures of "Digger", the network's gopher cam mascot and his friends, Annie, Marbles, Grandpa and rival Lumpy Wheels (named after former Lowe's Motor Speedway chief Humpy Wheeler).  According to Digger's backstory, created by Fox Sports chairman David Hill, Digger lives underground at Talladegathe race.

Top 10 results
14 – Tony Stewart
99 – Carl Edwards
00 – David Reutimann
24 – Jeff Gordon
39 – Ryan Newman
47 – Marcos Ambrose
48 – Jimmie Johnson
42 – Juan Pablo Montoya
31 – Jeff Burton
77 – Sam Hornish, Jr.

Failed to qualify: No. 75 – Derrike Cope, No. 64 – Mike Wallace, No. 37 – Tony Raines, No. 06 – Trevor Boys (withdrew)

Lifelock 400

The LifeLock 400 was held on Sunday, June 14 at Michigan International Speedway. Brian Vickers took the pole but Mark Martin won the race.

Top 10 results
5 – Mark Martin
24 – Jeff Gordon
11 – Denny Hamlin
99 – Carl Edwards
16 – Greg Biffle
42 – Juan Pablo Montoya
14 – Tony Stewart
2 – Kurt Busch
83 – Brian Vickers
33 – Clint Bowyer

Failed to qualify: No. 36 – Mike Skinner

Toyota/Save Mart 350

The Toyota/Save Mart 350