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09/04/2011 - 12:17am
Kahne grabs pole for Atlanta race
Kahne is 15th in the standings with two races remaining before the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
09/01/2011 - 2:50pm
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick agree to extension
Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday that Earnhardt has agreed to a five-year contract extension which will take him through the end of the 2017 season.
08/27/2011 - 11:54pm
Keselowski grabs 3rd win of season at Bristol
Keselowski has now finished third or better in four straight races.
08/26/2011 - 7:02pm
Newman holds onto pole at Bristol Motor Speedway
Ryan Newman captures Bristol Pole running a fast lap of 122.811MPH.
08/24/2011 - 11:48am
NASCAR leader loses license for 128 mph joy ride
NASCAR points leader Kyle Busch lost his driver's license for 45 days on Tuesday for driving 128 mph on a road close to a day-care center and church in a car worth nearly $400,000.
08/21/2011 - 7:50pm
Kyle Busch outlasts Johnson to win in Michigan
With the win, Kyle Busch is the first driver to earn a spot the Chase for the Championship.
08/16/2011 - 12:26am
Ambrose survives wild finish at the Glen, Said rips Biffle
Marcos Ambrose gets first victory in 105 starts in mascar's Sprint Cup series
08/14/2011 - 11:51pm
NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen postponed
The race is now scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Monday, but rain also is in the forecast in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
08/13/2011 - 7:09pm
Kurt Busch wins Nationwide at The Glen
Subbing for injured Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, Busch beat Jimmie Johnson by nearly a second on a green-white-checkered finish Saturday.
08/07/2011 - 7:05pm
Keselowski wins at Pocono with broken ankle
Keselowski insisted during practice this weekend he wouldn't leave the No. 2 Dodge, no matter how much pain he was in.
08/06/2011 - 9:12pm
Logano grabs Pocono pole
The 21-year-old driver became the youngest pole winner at Pocono.
08/04/2011 - 4:50pm
Carl Edwards to return to Roush-Fenway Racing
Edwards agrees to multiyear contract extention to remain with his current team.
08/03/2011 - 12:17pm
Nashville Superspeedway will not host NASCAR in 2012
Dover Motorsports has been trying unsuccessfully to secure a NASCAR Sprint Cup race since 2001
07/31/2011 - 7:38pm
Paul Menard pulls off upset win at the Brickyard
Menard's victory Sunday continued the trend of first-time winners this season in NASCAR's crown jewel events.
07/27/2011 - 11:45am
Billboard warns NASCAR fans about hot dogs, stirs controversy
Let's be frank: Hot dogs probably aren't anyone's idea of a health food. But a new billboard erected near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway issues a stark warning to the legions of weiner lovers who show up for races.
07/19/2011 - 11:05pm
Checkerboards meet checkered flags
The University of Tennessee is teaming up with Bristol Motor Speedway in an effort to sell tickets.
07/19/2011 - 5:31pm
Juan Pablo Montoya changes crew chief
Brian Pattie had been Montoya's crew chief since the 12th race of the 2008 season.
07/17/2011 - 7:23pm
Newman edges Stewart to win at New Hampshire
Newman won from the pole Sunday and became the 13th different winner in 19 Sprint Cup races.
07/16/2011 - 11:16pm
Kyle Busch wins 100th career NASCAR race
Busch's victory Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway also tied him with Mark Martin for first place in career Nationwide Series victories with 49.
07/15/2011 - 5:30pm
Ryan Newman takes New Hampshire Pole
With a track-record run at 135.232 mph (28.165 seconds) Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Ryan Newman claimed his first Coors Light Pole Award of the season, his fifth at New Hampshire and the 47th of his career.
07/10/2011 - 12:15am
Kyle Busch wins inaugural Cup race at Kentucky
Busch led 125 of 267 laps to win for the third time this season.
07/08/2011 - 11:30pm
Keselowski wins Kentucky Nationwide race; Bayne 11th
Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Nationwide race at Kentucky Speedway on Friday night, stretching his fuel over the final 67 laps to pick up his first win in the series this year.
07/06/2011 - 8:25pm
McMurray takes aim at getting back on track
The NASCAR driver made a pitstop Wednesday afternoon at Sevierville's Bass Pro Shops.
07/06/2011 - 5:26am
Racing to spread awareness for Gout
Nascar pit crew chiefs Todd Berrier and Kevin 'Bono' Manion discuss their battle with gout.
07/02/2011 - 11:56pm
Ragan wins at Daytona, Bayne 41st
It was Ragan's first career Sprint Cup win.