Despite not having crew chief Jason Ratcliff at Darlington Raceway, Matt Kenseth won Saturday night's Southern 500 after passing his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch, for the lead in the closing laps.
One day after testing an IndyCar at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kurt Busch set a new track qualifying record at Darlington Raceway to win the pole for Saturday night's Southern 500.
Sprint Cup Series
"I've been fortunate to race this long and have the type of career I've had," Gordon said. "It's really cool to see that this will be my 700th start, but it's not something I really paid attention to. It's hard to believe I've run that many - especially consecutively."
Penske Racing had the suspensions for seven of its members reduced on Tuesday after NASCAR issued heavy penalties to the team for rules violations that occurred last month at Texas Motor Speedway.
David Ragan proved that just about anybody can win at Talladega Superspeedway.
In one of the bigger upsets in NASCAR history, it wasn't only one David but two of them who beat Goliath on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.
Denny Hamlin competed in a Sprint Cup Series race for the first time on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway since he suffered a serious back injury during an accident six weeks ago at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
Regan Smith charged from seventh to first on the final lap to win Saturday's Aaron's 312 Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, an event delayed more than three hours due to rain.
Travis Pastrana won his first pole for a NASCAR national touring race by topping the charts in Friday's Nationwide Series qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway.
Denny Hamlin drove his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for the first time on Friday at Talladega Superspeedway since he suffered a serious back injury during a crash on March 24 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
Sprint Cup Series
Talladega and Daytona are both restrictor-plate tracks in NASCAR, but Talladega is slightly bigger and wider than Daytona.
Penske Racing lost its appeal on Wednesday to overturn severe penalties assessed by NASCAR to Brad Keselowski's No. 2 team and Joey Logano's No. 22 team for illegal parts found on their cars earlier this month at Texas Motor Speedway.
Denny Hamlin revealed on his Twitter account on Tuesday that he has been medically cleared to at least start in Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Kevin Harvick is leaving Richard Childress Racing at the end of the 2013 season, but he's not giving up on his team this year.
The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel will hear Joe Gibbs Racing's appeal on May 8 for severe penalties assessed by NASCAR to Matt Kenseth's No. 20 Sprint Cup Series team for an illegal engine used at Kansas Speedway.
Kevin Harvick saved his best for last in winning Saturday night's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway.
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