NASCAR Cup

Stewart-Haas Racing has signed Kevin Harvick to a long-term contract extension, ending speculation that the 2014 Sprint Cup champion wanted to leave.

Chase Elliott needs to do a better job. Not of driving a race car, mind you. He needs to do a better job of enjoying his own accomplishments.

Matt Kenseth’s luck took a turn for the better, after Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet took a turn that wrecked half the field in Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway.

After last Saturday night in Kansas, Martin Truex, Jr. needed a home game, and Dover International Speedway – the site of Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism – is the closest NASCAR track to his native New Jersey.

Denny Hamlin has gotten mixed reviews for the late-race move that triggered a four-car wreck last Saturday night at Kansas Speedway – but not from his peers.

With the threat of rain on Friday at Dover International Speedway, there was an urgency to opening practice and a need for speed in the session.

Martin Truex, Jr. has had some of the worst luck in NASCAR this year. First, he held the lead on the final lap of the Daytona 500 but was edged by Denny Hamlin in a photo finish.

Coming into Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, there were three tracks on the schedule that Kyle Busch had not won at.

NASCAR has suspended Kyle Busch's crew chief and tire changer for one race for violating the lug nut policy during the team's win at Kansas last weekend.

Kyle Busch finally overcame his gremlins at Kansas Speedway in a race that left Martin Truex, Jr. overcome with frustration.