Days after suffering serious flu-like symptoms, Kyle Busch put on a dominating performance and outran the rain to win Friday's Dollar General 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the second year in a row.
Current points leader Kyle Busch, who suffered from flu-like symptoms throughout the weekend at California, got relief from Denny Hamlin early in the 300-mile race. Hamlin moved into the lead shortly after, but lost his chance to win the race for Busch when he made contact with Greg Biffle and then slammed the wall in the final laps.
Chase contender Denny Hamlin turned in the fastest lap in Friday's Sprint Cup Series qualifying at California Speedway to claim the pole for the Pepsi 500.
Joey Logano won his second consecutive Nationwide Series race after surviving several late-race wrecks in Saturday's Copart 300 at Auto Club Speedway.
Busch put on a dominating performance last week at Kansas, but after a late- race restart, Joey Logano passed Busch for the lead with four laps remaining. It was the fourth time this season that Logano has taken the lead away from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate with less than 10 laps to go and then go on to victory.
Mark Martin overcame very windy conditions during Friday's qualifying at Kansas Speedway to capture the pole for the Price Chopper 400 -- the third race in the "Chase for the Sprint Cup" championship.
Six days after he flipped several times in a horrifying wreck in the Dover Sprint Cup Series race, Joey Logano bounced back by winning Saturday's Kansas Lottery 300 Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Growing up in nearby Emporia, KS, Bowyer looks forward to his annual trip home.
Jimmie Johnson scorched the field in qualifying at Dover International Speedway on Friday to grab the pole for the AAA 400.
Clint Bowyer grabbed the lead from Kyle Busch with 83 laps remaining and then held off Mike Bliss and Brad Keselowski in a seven-lap shootout to the finish to win Saturday's Dover 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway.
Second-place Carl Edwards is currently 201 points behind leader Kyle Busch, but Edwards might be staging another late-season rally based on his most recent performance.
Kelly Bires has signed a multi-year agreement with JR Motorsports to drive in the Nationwide Series full-time, the team announced Tuesday.
Carl Edwards opted for a light burnout on the track instead of the usual celebratory backflip from his car after winning Friday's Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for Friday's Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Nationwide Series race after knocking his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch from the top position in qualifying at Richmond International Raceway.
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