NASCAR Cup

In the final race of the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup last November at Phoenix, Kevin Harvick had no choice. A victory at his most productive track was the only way he could remain in the running for a series championship.

Clearly, there’s strength in numbers, as Joe Gibbs Racing has proven on more than one occasion during the organization’s dominant run in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year.

Posting the fastest lap of Friday’s time trials late in the final round of knockout qualifying at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards knocked Kevin Harvick off the pole for Sunday’s Sylvania 300, the second race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Kevin Harvick’s hopes for capturing a second consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship took a “spin” for the worst during last Sunday’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup opener at Chicagoland Speedway.

Twenty-one years ago, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Ricky Rudd taught Jeff Gordon a lesson. It was Oct. 9, 1994, in what was then the Mello Yello 500, and Rudd was incensed at a “slide job” Gordon had used to pass Rudd’s No. 10 Tide Ford late in the race.

Spin and win. That could easily sum up Denny Hamlin’s victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Clint Bowyer's slim shot at winning the Sprint Cup championship in Michael Waltrip Racing's final season took a huge hit Wednesday when NASCAR penalized the team for an infraction in the opening playoff race.

After tying the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series record for consecutive starts, Jeff Gordon would have preferred a more appropriate venue to celebrate the accomplishment.

In the theater, using the expression “Break a leg” is a way to wish an actor good luck on opening night. Twelve days before Sunday’s opening Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, Denny Hamlin tore the ACL in his right leg playing basketball.

You can debate whether Joey Logano made the move to full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing too soon.