NASCAR Cup

A hard, steady rain at Dover International Speedway made Matt Kenseth’s life easier—and Kevin Harvick’s challenge even more difficult than it otherwise might have been.

For the second straight postseason, Kevin Harvick finds himself with his back against the wall.

It’s happened to all of us. The fuel light is on, you’re low on gas, but you think you can make it a couple more miles to the gas station. And then the engine sputters, and you’re on the side of the road.

Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart announced Wednesday that he will be retiring as a Sprint Cup driver at the end of the 2016 racing season, bringing an end to a 20-year career for one of the sports most successful and controversial drivers.

On lap 243 of Sunday’s race, NASCAR black-flagged Brad Keselowski’s No. 2 Team Penske Ford for jumping a restart.

Kevin Harvick clarified his championship status on Sunday—but not the way he had planned.

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.