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How do you flesh out the entry list for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race? Hold it on a road course. On the circuits where right turns won't necessarily get you in trouble, you'll routinely see drivers who rarely appear on the staple of stock car racing - the ovals.

Tommy Baldwin Racing has named former Camping World Truck Series champion Mike Skinner and Patrick Carpentier to replace Scott Riggs in the #36 Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series, the team announced Monday.

Continuing to prove that it's the top developmental series for the future stars of open-wheel racing, the Toyota Atlantic Championship saw a number of its recent graduates experience success on the track this season in the Champ Car World Series.

Champ Car driver Patrick Carpentier is awake, alert and uninjured after his accident in the closing stages of Sunday's Lexmark Indy 300 on the streets of Surfers Paradise.