(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service   Jeff Gordon has the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field exactly where he wants it. Gritting his way into NASCAR’s playoffs without a win, Gordon has picked up momentum by notching three consecutive top 10s in the Contender Round to advance to the eight-driver […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service   TALLADEGA, Ala. – Through no fault of his own, Joey Logano may have achieved the most unpopular sweep in NASCAR history on Sunday afternoon. Why? Because his victory in the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway knocked Dale Earnhardt Jr. out of the Chase for the […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – In last year’s first season of the elimination format in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Brad Keselowski came to Talladega with a singular purpose. He needed to win the race to advance to the Eliminator Round—and he did. This year, Keselowski […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Most drivers dread going to Talladega Superspeedway when they’re in need of a high finish. Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn’t most drivers. Earnhardt heads to the 2.66-mile behemoth for Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup cutoff race (2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN) in a win-or-go-home […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Block me once, and I’ll cut you some slack. Block me twice — and it’s “Gotcha.” That, in essence, was the conversation on Joey Logano’s team radio after Logano spun race leader Matt Kenseth in Turn 1 with less than five laps […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Jim Pedley ~ NASCAR Wire Service Kansas City, Kan. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. used to own Talladega Superspeedway. After a disappointing run at Kansas Speedway in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400, he’ll need to re-ascend to the throne next Sunday if he is to keep his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship hopes intact. […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth have to be thankful for the simple formula that embodies the new Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup format – “win and you’re in.” Earnhardt, 11th on the Chase Grid, sits 19 points behind Brad Keselowski on the cutoff line […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR announced Wednesday the base NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rules package to be used during the 2016 season, a combination that will lower the aerodynamic downforce on cars competing in its premier series. The base package will include a 3.5-inch spoiler (down from 6 inches in […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – Congratulations, Joey Logano. You just drew the first get-out-of jail-free card for Talladega. With a dominating victory in Sunday’s rain-delayed Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Logano punched an early-bird ticket to the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the NASCAR […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – It was a comedy of errors, but the mistakes were too costly to be funny. Kyle Larson was running second, and Kyle Busch third, approaching pit road after NASCAR called the eighth caution of Sunday’s Bank of America 500 because of fluid on […]