NASCAR Cup

Kevin Harvick is at his best when he makes life difficult for himself. A lackluster 20th-place finish last Sunday at Martinsville left the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion sixth in the Chase standings...

The suddenness of the accident took Kyle Busch by surprise.

Just because Austin Dillon is no longer in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, that doesn’t mean the driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet has forgotten how to go fast.

No driver has swept a track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this season. Kyle Busch will attempt to become the first as he continues his championship defense in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Virginia State Police say they've charged a man with reckless driving after a crash injured 22 people in a Martinsville Speedway parking lot after a NASCAR race.

Considering the way Sunday started for Denny Hamlin, a third-place finish in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 might have defied the omens from early in the day.

Jimmie Johnson had to come back from a pair of setbacks to score his ninth career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at Martinsville Speedway Sunday.

After a blown engine knocked him out of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup last Sunday at Talladega, the one thought that kept Martin Truex, Jr. from wallowing in despair was the prospect of winning Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson won’t go there until he gets there. In other words, Johnson has opted not to contemplate winning a record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title until he reaches the Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Martin Truex, Jr.’s ouster from the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup didn’t affect his qualifying prowess.