Hendrick cars running yellow numbers at Homestead for Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon's three Hendrick Motorsports teammates will have yellow numbers as a tribute to the four-time Sprint Cup Series champion on Sunday. [Yahoo Sports Store: Buy NASCAR Chase gear] The final race of the 2015 season is the final race of Gordon's iconic career. His car has traditionally had a yellow No. 24 on it and so … [Read more...]

Power Rankings: Kyle Busch keeps the top spot 1. Kyle Busch (LW: 1): Harvick led 143 laps to Busch's 1. And he finished a spot ahead of Busch. But we're keeping Kyle here because he's made it to the final race of the Chase in title contention for the first time. That's an achievement, especially for a driver who has had such Chase failures like Busch has. But enough about those, he's going … [Read more...]

Matt Kenseth summoned to meeting with NASCAR CEO Brian France Matt Kenseth will meet with NASCAR CEO Brian France before he returns to the Sprint Cup Series on Sunday at Homestead-Miami. Kenseth was suspended for two races after crashing Joey Logano intentionally. Kenseth has said he doesn't regret what he did to Logano and told the Associated Press that he would race more aggressively upon … [Read more...]

Some people thought NBC's Martinsville rain delay replay was live It happened again. Remember when people thought Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona when Fox replayed the 2013 race the following year in a rain delay? Well, there were some people on Twitter who apparently thought that NBC's replay of the November 1 race at Martinsville was real again. Sunday's race at Phoenix has been delayed by … [Read more...]

NASCAR penalizes Kurt Busch for jumping start at Phoenix When the Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix finally got going on Sunday, NASCAR deemed Kurt Busch was a little too anxious. Busch, who started second, beat polesitter Jimmie Johnson to the start-finish line. By rule, the second place car cannot beat the polesitter to the line on the start of the race. NASCAR reviewed the start and … [Read more...]

Earnhardt Jr. wins at Phoenix as Kyle Busch, Harvick, Truex advance to Miami Dale Earnhardt Jr. won Sunday's rain-delayed and rain-shortened race at Phoenix while Kyle Busch, defending champion Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. will join Jeff Gordon to race for the championship in the final race of the season. Junior inherited the lead during a round of green flag pit stops. As cars were … [Read more...]

Sam Hornish likely not returning to No. 9 car in 2016 Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 9 car will probably have a different driver in 2016. Petty said Saturday that Sam Hornish Jr. isn't expected be back for a second season with the team. Hornish made his return to racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series with RPM in 2015 and the results have not been great. The former IndyCar and … [Read more...]

What Chase drivers have to do at Phoenix to move on to Miami Jeff Gordon's Chase fate is simple. He's guaranteed to be racing for the championship at Homestead next Sunday. There's still work to be done for the seven other drivers in the Chase who haven't won a race in the third round. Here's how the Chase standings look (minus Gordon) entering the race. • Kyle Busch: 4,080 points• Kevin … [Read more...]

Happy Hour: A Chase in all 3 NASCAR series? 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. Joey Logano's poor Texas finish dropped him to fourth in the old Chase standings. 1. Carl Edwards 2,3012. Jeff Gordon 2,2953. Martin Truex Jr. 2,2874. … [Read more...]

Power Rankings: Kyle Busch at No. 1 1. Kyle Busch (LW: 3): Joey Logano keeps the top spot no more. Busch gets it because he finished fourth on Sunday and is poised to make the final round of the Chase barring a disaster at Phoenix. Busch has been pretty good at Phoenix since the repave; he has four top 10-finishes. But the three other races he's finished 36th, 23rd and 34th. Anything in the … [Read more...]