NASCAR Cup

The chances of Kyle Busch making the Chase for the Sprint Cup got even better Sunday afternoon, as Busch scored his third victory in the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races with a win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Until an uncharacteristic miscue on pit road cost him precious track position late in Sunday’s 5-Hour ENERGY 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kevin Harvick appeared a likely candidate for victory lane.

The odds in Kyle Busch’s favor made another dramatic surge on Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

To say the least, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon was disappointed with his 23rd-place qualifying effort on Friday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Greg Biffle had a novel idea—one that is unlikely to be implemented, but interesting nevertheless. Given NASCAR’s willingness to refine its competition package in effort to enhance the quality of racing, though, nothing is totally out of the question.

As Carl Edwards put it, “things just feel right.” That was Edwards’ take on the state of affairs at Joe Gibbs Racing, after he put his No. 19 Toyota on the pole for Sunday’s 5-Hour ENERGY 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Team Penske shopmates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano both participated in arguably the coolest victory celebration in all of NASCAR last season.

Kyle Busch adapted quickly to NASCAR's new low down force aero package for the Sprint Cup Series Saturday at Kentucky Speedway, leading 163 of the race's 267 laps en route to the win.

Adapting adroitly to a new competition package for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, Kyle Busch sped to victory in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, taking a giant step toward the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with his second victory since returning from an 11-race injury absence.

If any driver in the NASCAR garage has reason to pay close attention to safety issues, Kyle Busch is at the top of the list.