(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Yes, Jeff Gordon celebrated his 93rd career victory in the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Yes, Gordon will compete for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Yes, there were tears of joy in […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – At NASCAR Sprint Cup racing’s shortest track, Joey Logano’s torrid run just got longer. The winner of three straight races—constituting a sweep of the Contender Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup—Logano toured .526-mile Martinsville Speedway in 19.215 seconds (98.548 mph) […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Joey Logano is approaching rarefied air. With last Sunday’s victory at Talladega Superspeedway, he’s already the first driver ever to sweep all three races in a single round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Admittedly, the Chase’s elimination format is only […]

(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. […]