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Harvick wins wreck-filled race at Kansas Speedway
Kevin Harvick didn't simply have his hands full with the rest of the Sprint Cup field Sunday. He also was trying to tame a squirrely surface at Kansas Speedway. He handled both better than anybody else. Harvick pulled away from Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon on a late restart to ...
Chase contender Kyle Busch crashes in practice
Chase contender Kyle Busch slapped the wall hard in the opening minutes of practice at Kansas Speedway on Saturday and will go to a backup car for this weekend's race. A few minutes later, his older brother Kurt Busch backed into the wall in Turn 2. Kyle Busch, who is ...
Bowyer finding some peace as he returns to Kansas
Clint Bowyer slid out of his No. 15 car in the parking lot of BB's Lawnside BBQ, just south of downtown Kansas City, and greeted good buddy Guy Fieri with a hearty handshake. The Sprint Cup star and Food Network icon were filming an episode of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins ...
Penske inks Keselowski, Miller Lite through '17
It took 22 years for Miller Lite to make it to the top of NASCAR, and Brad Keselowski made it worth the wait when he cheerfully chugged the beer from on oversized glass during a live televised interview while celebrating his first Sprint Cup championship last November. It was an ...
Johnson wins for record 8th time at Dover
Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover. His slice of track history was more than just another milestone to tack on his bio. His latest win at his favorite track put the Chase field on notice that his ...
Kurt Busch has pit crew shakeup as Chase heats up
With the Chase heating up, Kurt Busch had a revamped pit crew at Dover. He's going to need way more help from here on out to sniff a championship. Furniture Row Racing had four new crew members working on Busch's No. 78 Chevrolet on Sunday. Busch entered the third Chase ...
Logano wins Nationwide Series race at Dover
His chase for a Cup championship all but over, Joey Logano turned his pursuit toward Dover history. Logano dominated at Dover International Speedway once more and took the checkered flag in the track's Nationwide Series race for the fourth straight time. Logano became the first driver to win four straight ...
Biffle refuses to count himself out as contender
Matt Kenseth has Chase perfection. Kyle Busch nailed the runner-up finishes. And no driver can touch the championship pedigree of Jimmie Johnson. Led by Kenseth, the top three drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship standings have started to separate themselves from the rest of the field with ...
Earnhardt wins pole at Dover
Dale Earnhardt Jr. can pick up his pursuit of Matt Kenseth from out front. Earnhardt showed a rare burst of top qualifying speed, turning a track-record lap of 161.849 mph to win the pole Friday at Dover International Speedway. Earnhardt won his second pole of the season, the first time ...
Hamlin trying new treatment to avoid back surgery
NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin is trying a new treatment on his injured back in an effort to avoid offseason surgery. Painkiller injections in his spine the past two weeks have helped, but he won't know until the season ends if he's made enough progress to skip surgery. "These last two ...
5-Hour Energy sticks with Michael Waltrip Racing
Sponsor 5-Hour Energy will stick with embattled Michael Waltrip Racing and driver Clint Bowyer through the 2014 season. The supplement company announced the decision on Friday. Company president Scott Henderson said last week at New Hampshire he wanted to finish the season before making a decision. But 5-Hour says the ...
Kahne says he was angry _ not hurt _ in interview
Kasey Kahne was frustrated he'd blown his championship chances with a "hardheaded mistake" at New Hampshire, and it boiled over into a brief televised interview that left viewers speculating about his health. Kahne said Tuesday there was nothing physically wrong with him following his accident at New Hampshire. Rather, he ...
Kenseth wins 2nd Chase race at New Hampshire
Matt Kenseth just might win a championship with a touch of dominance, not dullness. Kenseth has firmly defended the style of his 2003 championship, stating his one-win season in the final year before NASCAR made the move to the playoff-style Chase format was as meaningful as all the titles collected ...
Waltrip tries to keep Truex after Richmond scandal
Stripped of his Chase spot, then his sponsorship, Martin Truex Jr. is now in a hasty scramble to find a ride. He his little time to piece together a deal and few options. "There's not a whole lot out there," Truex said Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. But if ...
NAPA dropping Waltrip after Richmond scandal
NAPA Auto Parts said Thursday it will end its multimillion-dollar sponsorship of Michael Waltrip Racing at the end of the year, the latest fallout from the team's attempt to manipulate a race to get Martin Truex Jr. into NASCAR's version of the playoffs. Napa is Truex's primary sponsor and in ...
Juan Pablo Montoya to drive for Team Penske
With a chance to start over and maybe drive in any series he wanted, Juan Pablo Montoya thought long and hard about what mattered most at this stage of his career. The answer was simple: Winning. So when a team owner synonymous with winning put an offer in front of ...
Earnhardt, Logano have some real chasing to do
If the plan was to spot the competition a lead, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joey Logano have their rivals right where they want them. Both got off to a miserable start in the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Logano, the pole-sitter, was forced to drop ...
Matt Kenseth wins opening Chase race at Chicago
Matt Kenseth pulled away from teammate Kyle Busch to win the opening race in the Chase for Sprint Cup championship. The steely win by the top seed in the Chase helped restore a sense of normalcy at the end of a week that saw NASCAR fighting the biggest credibility crisis ...
Pole-sitter Logano starts Chase with early exit
Joey Logano went from the front to the back of the pack in the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. The pole-sitter was forced to drop out of Sunday's rain-delayed race at Chicagoland Speedway when his engine quit with 91 laps remaining. About 50 laps later, ...
Hendrick: 'They had to do what they did.'
Rick Hendrick said he'd never seen the NASCAR brass reverse an important ruling during his 30-plus years in the sport. But NASCAR's most successful team owner found plenty to like in the move, which restored driver Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship after he failed to ...
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