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Jimmie Johnson not only became the first to punch his ticket by winning at Martinsville Sunday, but he is also one step closer to tying a NASCAR record. With a win at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20, Johnson would join good company, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most title wins (7) …

Joey Logano won the Sprint Cup Series at Talladega Sunday to advance in the NASCAR playoffs. With this win Logano earned a spot into the third round of The Chase. Drivers Denny Hamlin and Austin Dillon raced neck and neck the final two laps of the race to qualify to move on and …

The Brickyard 400 is back at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend and the 23rd running of this race will be a memorable for racers and fans. Most notably is that of the No. 88 car. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has not recovered from his concussion-like symptoms, so Jeff Gordon is …

The Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota race winner Matt Kenseth failed the post-race inspection on Sunday. The car did not meet the compliance in the laser inspection station after Sunday’s New Hampshire 301 and the car will face further scrutiny this week at the NASCAR Research & Development Center. As for the …

During Sunday’s nail-biting win, Tony Stewart ended an 84-race losing streak that dated back to June 2, 2013 at Dover. After leading for the previous 19, the final lap of the Toyota-Save Mart 350 saw Stewart overtaken by Denny Hamlin after Smoke was caught wheel-hopping wide in the seventh turn. Despite …

Joey Logano was the first to cross the finish line on the 200th lap  in the FireKeepers Casino 400 at the Michigan International Speedway—Logano led 138 of the 200 laps. Logano dominated the race. The biggest challenge came on the 117th lap when Chase Elliott took the lead from Logano. Logano …

After starting at the pole position, Carl Edwards led 276 of 500 laps at the Bristol Motor Speedway Sunday on his way to victory lane. Edwards beat runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the finish line by .766 seconds, and cruised to victory with the fastest car so far in the …

In one of the closest finishes ever, Kevin Harvick edged out Carl Edwards by 0.01 seconds to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday. After the race, Harvick said he knew he had to be on defense to beat Edwards for his fifth win in the …

The 58th edition of the Daytona 500 saw one of the most thrilling finishes in the illustrious history of the race. Denny Hamlin came out victorious over Martin Truex Jr. by the smallest of margins, 0.010 seconds to be exact. The “photo finish” indeed marks the closest Daytona 500 finish …

The stage is set. All tires have been accounted for. The nuts and bolts of car engines have been tightened. It’s time to get The Great American Race underway. The Daytona 500 marks the beginning of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Like many other years, 2016 is a year of firsts …