Martin Truex Jr.'s car catches fire in pit lane, he drives off in a hurry Scary stuff in @MartinTruex_Jr's Pit Box #TheChase pic.twitter.com/yGtPvJaExD— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) November 22, 2015 HOMESTEAD, Fla.—There's a reason they tell you not to smoke anywhere near pit road at a NASCAR race. Martin Truex Jr., one of the four drivers in the hunt for a championship at Homestead-Miami … [Read more...]

Watch a guy set a world record, devouring 71 ribs in five minutes HOMESTEAD, Fla.—Matt Stonie devoured 71 ribs in five minutes on Sunday, which is impressive in part because Stonie doesn't look much bigger than a pork rib himself.  Here, watch: Watch Matt Stonie devour a ton of ribs, and keep your fingers away from his mouth. pic.twitter.com/FuF5jnppai— Jay Busbee (@jaybusbee) November 22, … [Read more...]

Chris Buescher wins Xfinity Series title Chris Buescher finished 11th on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the Xfinity Series championship. Buescher entered the weekend with an 18-point lead on defending series champion Chase Elliott. The lead meant Buescher simply needed to keep Elliott within 16 places (at worst) to win the title. It happened as Elliott finished three spots ahead … [Read more...]

Wood Brothers' No. 21 to run full-time in 2016 with Ryan Blaney The Wood Brothers' No. 21 car is making a full-time return to the Sprint Cup Series. The team announced Friday that it would attempt every race on the Sprint Cup schedule next season and Ryan Blaney would continue to drive for the team. The team has been running a part-time schedule in the Cup Series since 2009. The Wood … [Read more...]

Brian France doesn't back down from 'quintessential NASCAR' assessment NASCAR Chairman Brian France stood by his comments regarding Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth's incident at Kansas and the way the sanctioning body handled Kenseth's retribution to Logano two weeks later. After Kenseth went spinning from the lead off Logano's bumper, France called the racing between the two "quintessential … [Read more...]

Denny Hamlin wins the final pole of the season at Homestead HOMESTEAD, Fla.—The final qualifying round of the 2015 season, and of Jeff Gordon's career, ended with a mild surprise: Gordon qualifying second among the four drivers hunting for the 2015 Sprint Cup championship. Denny Hamlin—"Mr. Irrelevant," as he dubbed himself—won the pole. Gordon, after struggling early in the first round, … [Read more...]

Grandstanding Podcast: Will Jeff Gordon win title No. 5? Listen to Yahoo Sports' Grandstanding podcast for more: Grandstanding: A Yahoo Sports podcastSubscribe via iTunes or via RSS feed Join us, Jay Busbee and Nick Bromberg, as we break down the final race of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season. Will Jeff Gordon get title No. 5 before he moves to the broadcast booth? Will Kevin Harvick go … [Read more...]

Championship media day: Drivers try not to make any enemies HOLLYWOOD, Florida – There were no verbal replications of the kick Holly Holm delivered to Ronda Rousey during Thursday's Chase media day. The pre-race media festivities before the Sprint Cup Series season's final race at Homestead have usually delivered at least some sort of trash talk. Tony Stewart jabbed Carl Edwards in 2011. … [Read more...]

Happy Hour: Rain, Kenseth's return, and oh yeah, the championship Throughout the week you can send us your best questions, jokes, rants and just plain miscellaneous thoughts to [email protected] or @NickBromberg. We'll post them here and have a good time. Guess what? If the Chase was cumulative, Jeff Gordon would have a one point lead on Carl Edwards. Joey Logano would be 15 points … [Read more...]

Jeff Gordon's career by the numbers (Infographic) Sunday's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is the 797th and final Sprint Cup start of Jeff Gordon's career. Can the four-time champion add a fifth before he retires? Gordon is racing against Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. for the title. Here's a look at some of the key numbers from Gordon's career to date. While all of them … [Read more...]