Kevin Harvick relied on former champions Stewart, Johnson to win HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson once shared a couple of couches in a game room, too poor to afford places of their own. This week, they shared the secrets that made them both champions. Harvick won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship on Sunday night, and one of his closest advisers in the hunt for the … [Read more...]
Michael Jordan visits Homestead to support Denny Hamlin
Michael Jordan visits Homestead to support Denny Hamlin HOMESTEAD, Fla. – When you're in the championship hunt, it's a good idea to surround yourself with those who've been there before. So when Michael Jordan wanted to come to Homestead-Miami Speedway to support Denny Hamlin, well, it was an easy answer "He asked for tickets," Hamlin said after the race. "I told him we could handle that." … [Read more...]
Tony Stewart’s streak of seasons with a win stops at 15
Tony Stewart's streak of seasons with a win stops at 15 HOMESTEAD, Fla. – As Tony Stewart celebrated his second Sprint Cup Series championship as an owner, a streak of his as a driver had just ended. Stewart, who entered the Sprint Cup Series in 1999, had won a race in every season in his Cup career. He needed a win in Sunday's race at Homestead to extend the streak to 16 years with a win. … [Read more...]
Darkness falls on Denny Hamlin’s hopes
Darkness falls on Denny Hamlin's hopes HOMESTEAD, Fla. - When the sun went down at Homestead Miami Speedway, Denny Hamlin found another level of speed. But then, just as quickly, it was gone, and with it Hamlin's best chance at a championship. Hamlin enters every season as a decent dark-horse bet to win a championship, but it's been four years since he was a serious threat. Four years ago … [Read more...]
Kevin Harvick wins NASCAR championship
Kevin Harvick wins NASCAR championship HOMESTEAD, Fla. - NASCAR promised drama in its newest incarnation of the Chase, and Sunday's season-ending EcoBoost 400 delivered exactly that, beyond any of the sport's wildest dreams. Kevin Harvick held off a powerful charge from his three challengers, Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano, winning the season finale to claim the 2014 Sprint Cup … [Read more...]
ESPN signs off from NASCAR
ESPN signs off from NASCAR On Sunday, ESPN will broadcast the last race of the 2014 season, which will also be the last race of ESPN's contract. Next year, Fox and NBC will handle all NASCAR duties, and ESPN will move on to hardwood and grass rather than concrete and asphalt. ESPN is the 800-pound gorilla in the broadcast sports space, and the fact that it will no longer telecast NASCAR … [Read more...]
Matt Crafton wins second-straight Truck Series title
Matt Crafton wins second-straight Truck Series title Matt Crafton took his second-straight Camping World Truck Series championship Friday with a 9th-place finish in the final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Crafton entered the race needing to finish 21st or better to win the title as he had a 25-point lead over second-place Ryan Blaney. Blaney finished fifth. Last year, en … [Read more...]
Harvick provides the Chase Media Day entertainment
Harvick provides the Chase Media Day entertainment MIAMI, Fla., – While each of the four drivers competing for NASCAR's Sprint Cup on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be a first-time champion if he wins the title, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick are no strangers to the media festivities that precede the final race of the season. In 2010, Harvick and Hamlin were present with Jimmie … [Read more...]
3 of 4 drivers eligible for Cup title qualify in top 10; Gordon on Homestead pole
3 of 4 drivers eligible for Cup title qualify in top 10; Gordon on Homestead pole HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Jeff Gordon won the pole for Sunday's final race of the Sprint Cup Series season at Homestead and Kevin Harvick was the fastest qualifier of the four drivers racing for the Cup title. Harvick qualified fifth, ahead of Denny Hamlin, who was eighth and Joey Logano, who qualified ninth. All three … [Read more...]
Brian France considers new Chase format a success
Brian France considers new Chase format a success HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Unsurprisingly, NASCAR chairman Brian France said Friday that he's happy with the new Chase format in the Sprint Cup Series and that if any changes are going to be made to the Chase for 2015, they will be modest. "I would say very modest, modest to zero," France said. "We reserve the right if there's a modest thing that we … [Read more...]