Jamie McMurray survived the green-white-checker finish to the Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Jimmie Johnson, who ran near the back all day, stayed out of trouble and came home sixth, expanding his points lead.
ABC college football analyst Bob Griese was suspended one week by the network for making an on-air comment about Juan Pablo Montoya during the broadcast of the Ohio State-Minnesota game. The promo featured the top 5 drivers in the Sprint Cup standings, which Montoya fell out of due to a poor finish at Charlotte. When asked where he was, [...]
Jimmie Johnson passed teammate Jeff Gordon in the closing laps of the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and then drove away from Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne to win his sixth race of the season, and third in the Chase. Johnson also padded his points lead.
Mark Martin held off a strong Juan Montoya on back-to-back restarts to win the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway under caution. The win is Martin’s fifth of the season, and it allowed him to expand his points lead after the first race in the Chase.
Brian Vickers won the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway using a fuel mileage gamble, stretching his fuel father than Jimmie Johnson. The win is his second career win.
Jimmie Johnson held off his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin to win the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard after Juan Montoya, who had a dominant car and led 116 laps, was caught speeding on pit road.
Joey Logano used pit strategy to win a rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, earning his first career Sprint Cup victory. Logano became the youngest winner in Cup series history at 19 years, one month, and four days.
Kyle Busch easily survived a green-white-checker finish, set up when teammate Joey Logano lost a motor, to win the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch held off teammate Denny Hamlin on the restart, and drove away from him for the victory. Hamlin held off a hard-charging Jimmie Johnson and finished second. Top 5: Busch, Hamlin, Jimmie [...]
Kyle Busch cruised to victory, winning the Centurion Boats at the Glen from Watkins Glen International by over two seconds. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Tony Stewart finished second. Rounding out the top 5 were Marcos Ambrose, Juan Montoya, and Martin Truex Jr. Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, and Kurt Busch finished sixth [...]
