Tony Stewart had an answer for the dominant pair of Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle.
In winning Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, Stewart side-drafted and separated Kenseth and Biffle, who had surged into the lead during a two-lap run to the finish, then pulled away for his fourth win in the last eight July races at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.
As Stewart approached the checkered flag for his third win of the season and the 47th of his career, a massive wreck in Turn 4 skewed the finishing order behind him. Stewart’s 47th victory broke a tie with Hall of Famer Buck Baker for 14th all-time.
Full Story – Tony Stewart foils Kenseth, Biffle, to Win Daytona Sprint Cup Race
Only twice in Jeff Gordon’s full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career has the four-time champion finished outside the top 10 in the points standings. With a 21st-place ranking, the 85-time winner is in danger of missing it for a third time.
All is not lost for Gordon. He and his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team just need a change of luck – of the kind teammates Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne have enjoyed over the past month.
Gordon admits qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ will come through trips to Victory Lane. He’s 94 points behind current 10th-place Clint Bowyer but a single point outside the top 20 and “wild card” territory.
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HARVICK COMES IN 2ND TO GIVE TEAM CHEVY 1-2 FINISH
Full Story – Jimmie Johnson wins Dover Cup race
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson took the win at the 43rd Annual FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks NASCAR Sprint Cup race today; marking his seventh victory in 21 races at Dover International Speedway, and 57th career win in NASCAR’s premier series. Behind the wheel of a colorfully wrapped No. 48 Lowe’s Madagascar Chevrolet, Johnson led six times for a total of 289 of the 400-lap race. With his seventh win at Dover, he tied NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Bobby Allison for the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins of all-time at the Delaware venue. The win marked Johnson’s second victory and ninth top-10 finish of the year to date.
Kevin Harvick, pilot of the No. 29 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet was consistently strong throughout the 400 mile event and crossed the finish line in the runner-up slot; giving Team Chevy a 1-2 finish for the day. This was Harvick’s 10th Top-10 finish in 23 races at Dover and his seventh top-10 finish in 2012.
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Full Story – Jimmie Johnson wins Dover Cup race
DOVER, Del. — The Hendrick Motorsports juggernaut is back — with a vengeance.
Driving away from Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth after a restart with 31 laps left in Sunday’s FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway, Jimmie Johnson made short work of his NASCAR Sprint Cup rivals.
Johnson, who led 289 of the 400 laps, picked up his second victory of the season (in addition to a win in the May 19 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race) and his second victory in the last three points races. Hendrick drivers have now won four straight races, including the All-Star event.
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Photos from the Coca-Cola 600 at Chralotte
Kasey Kahne continued his emphatic turnaround Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, handily winning the Coca-Cola 600 for the third time.
In his 300th NASCAR Sprint Cup start, Kahne posted his first victory of the season, his first since joining Hendrick Motorsports and the 13th of his career. The win was Kahne’s fourth at Charlotte.
Kahne beat runner-up Denny Hamlin to the finish line by 4.295 seconds. Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Greg Biffle, Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr., as nine cars finished on the lead lap at the 1.5-mile track.
Read Full Story – Kasey Kahne long drive to a third Coca-Cola 600 Win
More Sprint Cup Photos from Darlington Raceway
After months of frustration, Jimmie Johnson gave Rick Hendrick his 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory, running away from the rest of the field on a green-white-checkered-flag restart that took the Bojangles’ Southern 500 one lap past its scheduled distance.
On Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, Johnson ended his own winless streak of 16 races, a drought of relative epic proportions for the five-time champion. The victory was Johnson’s 56th, breaking a tie with Rusty Wallace for eighth on the all-time list.
Hamlin ran second, followed by Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr.
Full Story – Jimmie Johnson wins 200th for owner Rick Hendrick at Darlington Raceway
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET, Sidelined in multi-car incident on lap 142:
WHAT HAPPENED THAT TOOK YOU OUT OF THIS RACE TODAY?
“I don’t know I didn’t really get to see what started that, why that car was way down low and those two got together and got up in front of the field. I don’t know if they were coming off pit road or if they were just racing. I’m not sure. Man this is just one of the most bizarre years that this DuPont Chevrolet team and Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet team has ever gone through. I mean it’s almost comical at this point. That was not fun. I didn’t like hitting the wall. Gosh, I thought I was clear. I was just kind of cruising by on the inside and it looked to me like somebody came down and got Martin (Truex Jr.) and then that turned him into me. That is just the way our season has been going.
“Awesome race car, this temp thing is kind of a joke. They are going to have to fix that. We all knew that was going to be a big issue, but when you can’t really even race because the temps, even in a regular pack are an issue, we have to address that. Talladega is different than Daytona temps are different and we have to recognize that. Nobody is really pushing a whole lot out there even though we know what’s going to happen at the end. I am kind of looking forward to being on the couch watching this race. I’m telling you those last five laps, nobody is going to be sitting down that is for sure.”
Sprint Cup Photos from Talladega Superspeedway
Full Race Story – Brad Keselowski prevails in Talladega Superspeedway thriller
Sprint Cup Photos from Talladega Superspeedway
Executing perfectly a move he had saved for the right occasion, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at at Talladega Superspeedway in a green-white-checkered-flag finish.
Busch had pushed Keselowski to the lead on Lap 193 of 194 in a race that went six laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track. The two cars ran bumper-to-bumper until Turn 3 of the final lap, when Keselowski entered the corner high and dived to the bottom of the track, separating his No. 2 Dodge from Busch’s No. 18 Toyota.
Read Full Story – Brad Keselowski prevails in Talladega Superspeedway thriller
Jesus is the Answer
