Stewart wins Homestead to win NASCAR championship

By Jenna Fryer
November 22, 2011


HOMESTEAD, FL — Stewart seized his third championship Sunday night with a powerful and relentless drive that will go down with the greatest in NASCAR history.

It was nothing like the driver who nearly wrote off his season during a summer slump, then dismissed his chances at the beginning of NASCAR's championship chase.

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NASCAR Chase officially down to Stewart and Edwards

By Todd Jacobs
November 15, 2011


Phoenix is over and now the NASCAR Sprint Cup series is down to one race in Homestead/Miami. The battle is now officially down to Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart and the only way for either to clinch the title is an outright win. If the two end up tied, Stewart will win the tiebreaker based on winning more races.

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Stewart wins at Texas to cut gap to 3 on Edwards

By Stephen Hawkins
November 7, 2011


FORT WORTH, TX — While the "Texas Title Fight" fully lived up to its billing with the top two contenders finishing 1-2 and Carl Edwards having his points lead trimmed to three, there are still two rounds left in what has become quite a fight for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.

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Stewart wins at Martinsville; closes in on Edwards

By Hank Kurz Jr.
November 2, 2011


MARTINSVILLE, VA — Tony Stewart hadn't won a race all season and didn't list himself as a championship contender when asked to handicap the field before NASCAR's 10-race playoffs got going.

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Bowyer beats Burton to give RCR 100th victory

By Jenna Fryer
October 25, 2011


TALLADEGA, AL — Clint Bowyer bailed on teammate Jeff Burton on the last lap of Sunday's race, pulling around him when the checkered flag was in sight to pick up his first win of the season and the 100th in the Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing.

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Kenseth grabs win at Charlotte to move up in Chase

By Jenna Fryer, AP
October 18, 2011


CONCORD, NC — Matt Kenseth won Saturday night's race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, passing Kyle Busch on a restart with 25 laps remaining, to grab his first victory of this Chase.

It moved him two spots in the standings to third, and he's only seven points behind leader Carl Edwards at the halfway point of the Chase.

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Kurt Busch wins at Dover

By Dan Gelston
October 4, 2011


DOVER, DE — Kurt Busch left a rocky start to the Chase and his fiercest rival behind him.

Busch stormed into contention for a second Cup championship, holding off fellow Chase drivers Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards to win Sunday at Dover International Speedway, tightening the leaderboard in a playoff where no driver has emerged as a clear-cut favorite.

Busch, though, is in the mix.

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Stewart opens Chase with 1st victory of season

By Jenna Fryer
September 20, 2011


JOLIET, IL — Tony Stewart took himself out of title contention before the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

A topsy-turvy season led the two-time NASCAR champion to cross his name off the list of drivers he believes are legitimate title contenders, and nothing he did on track at Chicagoland Speedway changed his mind.

That includes winning.

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Harvick wins Richmond, now tops Chase standings

By Jenna Fryer
September 11, 2011


RICHMOND, VA — Tension was high even before the final race to set the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field.

That didn't change even after the champagne-fueled celebration for the 12 drivers in this year's title hunt.

Kevin Harvick was all smiles after his Saturday night win at Richmond International Raceway moved him into a tie with rival Kyle Busch atop the Chase standings. And Dale Earnhardt Jr. was thrilled to be back in the Chase for the first time since 2008.

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Edwards recovers to win Nationwide race in Atlanta

By Charles Odum, AP
Septembr 6, 2011


HAMPTON, GA — Carl Edwards looked dominant when he led the first 43 laps from the pole.

He looked even stronger when he came back to win from the back of the lead lap.

Edwards recovered after a pit-stop penalty early in the race and held off Kyle Busch to win the Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Keselowski grabs 3rd win of season at Bristol

By Jenna Fryer
August 29, 2011


BRISTOL, TN — Brad Keselowski was a long shot, at best, to race for the NASCAR championship this season.

Then he turned it up a notch and became a legitimate contender to make the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field.

Now, he's the hottest driver in NASCAR and is forcing everyone to consider him a serious threat to unseat five-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson.

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Ambrose survives collision to win Nationwide at Montreal

By The Associated Press
August 22, 2011


MONTREAL — Circuit Gilles Villeneuve owed Marcos Ambrose a victory and finally paid up.

The Australian had led more laps than any other driver in the first four editions of Montreal's NASCAR Nationwide event and he finally cashed in Saturday, taking the lead on a restart with nine laps to go and holding off crowd favorite Alex Tagliani to take the checkered flag in the NAPA Auto Parts 200.

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Marcos Ambrose wins at Watkins Glen

By John Kekis
August 16, 2011


WATKINS GLEN, NY — Marcos Ambrose missed his daughter's first day of school. She probably won't mind.

The snakebitten Ambrose, deprived more than once of a NASCAR victory, beat Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch on a two-lap dash to the checkered flag Monday to win the rain-delayed Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International.

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Edwards pushes Stenhouse Jr. to Nationwide win

By Luke Meredith
August 8, 2011


NEWTON, IA — This was one time Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn't mind being wrecked by a teammate.

The smoke billowing from Stenhouse's blown engine as he approached the checkered flag blinded Carl Edwards and his Roush Fenway Racing teammate rammed into him, inadvertently sending Stenhouse to victory in a wild finish to the NASCAR Nationwide race Saturday night.

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Paul Menard pulls off upset win at Indianapolis

By Jenna Fryer
August 1, 2011


INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Daddy's Boy. Silver spoon with secure sponsorship. Talentless hack.

Paul Menard has heard all the jealous jeering throughout his unremarkable racing career.

On Sunday, he added a new name to that list: Brickyard 400 winner.

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Edwards dominates Nationwide for victory at Nashville

By The Associated Press
July 24, 2011


GLADEVILLE, TN — Carl Edwards dominated the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday night at Nashville Superspeedway.

The Sprint Cup star was so overpowering that not even a penalty, an upset stomach or fellow Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski could stop him.

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Newman takes N.H. Cup race for first win of 2011

By The Associated Press
July 17, 2011


LOUDON, NH — The owner-employee dynamic was simply teammate-teammate for 301 laps at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Newman held off Stewart, his boss and teammate, to win his first race of the season Sunday and make it a 1-2 start and finish for Stewart-Haas Racing.

“This is huge for our team, even bigger for our organization,'' Newman said.

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Stewart vows to keep wrecking drivers who block

By Jenna Fryer
July 2, 2011


DAYTONA BEACH, FL — Tony Stewart vowed Friday to wreck any driver who blocks him on the track, even if that policing costs him a spot in NASCAR's championship race.

Stewart intentionally spun Brian Vickers last week at Sonoma because he felt Vickers was blocking him during the race. Vickers retaliated later by wrecking Stewart, who had a car capable of contending for the win but wound up 39th.

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Keselowski wins STP 400 at Kansas Speedway

By Jay Hart
June 5, 2011


KANSAS CITY, KS — Throw Brad Keselowski into the Chase mix after he grabbed the win in the STP 400. But is that a good thing?

Sunday saw yet another Hail Mary thrown, this time to completion when Keselowski stretched his final tank of fuel long enough to win a race in which he clearly didn’t have the dominant car, something that’s become a full-blown trend.

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Wheldon wins stunning Indy 500 as leader crashes

By The Assocciated Press
May 29, 2011


INDIANAPOLIS — JR Hildebrand was one turn away from winning the Indianapolis 500 and within sight of the checkered flag when the 23-year-old rookie made the ultimate mistake.

Leading by almost 4 seconds with a lap to go, Hildebrand skidded high into the wall on the final turn, and Dan Wheldon drove past to claim an improbable second Indy 500 win Sunday in his first race of the year.

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All-Star win drives up Carl Edwards' value

By Jenna Fryer
May 22, 2011


CONCORD, NC — Carl Edwards' victory in the Sprint All-Star Race was a very, very expensive win.

Not for Edwards, who claimed the $1 million prize with his first win in NASCAR's annual showcase event. But his celebratory drive through the infield grass at Charlotte Motor Speedway tore up the front of his Ford, and rebuilding that car will be costly for Roush-Fenway Racing.

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Kyle Busch denies Hamlin weekend sweep at Richmond

By Jenna Fryer
May 2, 2011


RICHMOND, VA — If there's one thing Denny Hamlin could change, he maybe wouldn't have been so forthcoming about Richmond International Racing in all those Joe Gibbs Racing team meetings.

But holding out information about his home track would make Hamlin a bad teammate, so he shared everything he knew.

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Edwards holds off Kyle Busch to win Nashville 300

By The Associased Press
April 23, 2011


GLADEVILLE, TN — Carl Edwards was coming in for his postrace news conference when a race official remarked that he now has enough guitars to start a band.

Edwards certainly hit all the right notes Saturday to capture his fifth career victory at Nashville Superspeedway, holding off Kyle Busch to win the Nashville 300 and receive another of the guitars given to winners at the track.

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Expect the 2-car tandem at Talladega Superspeedway

By Jenna Fryer, AP
April 11, 2011


Charlotte, NC — Talladega Superspeedway has long been celebrated for it's 500 miles of white-knuckle racing, the kind of bumper-to-bumper action that keeps fans on their feet from flag to flag.

Those in attendance used to fret that the briefest bathroom break could cause them to miss something monumental.

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Harvick claims Martinsville thriller

By The Associated Press
March 4, 2011


Martinsville VA — It was supposed to be a showdown between Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson, the only two drivers able to win at tricky Martinsville Speedway of late.

Instead, the end of Sunday's race became a battle among the unexpected.

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Harvick wins at Fontana on final turn pass

By John Marshall
March 28, 2011


Fontana, CA — Growing up as a driver, Kevin Harvick wasn't taught to stomp the gas as hard as he could all the time. Sit back, let the others bang into each other, then make your move was the way he was told to do it.

It seems to be working out quite well for him.

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Kyle Busch sweeps Bristol again

By Jenna Fryer
March 21, 2010


Bristol, TN — The situation was perfect for Carl Edwards to issue some payback on Kyle Busch.

Instead, Edwards passed on a chance to knock Busch out of the lead over the closing laps at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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Trouble brewing at JGR

By Jenna Fryer, AP
March 15, 2011


It’s doubtful it was much of an off weekend at Joe Gibbs Racing, where tempers were running hot after three weeks’ worth of engine issues.

The three JGR drivers want answers about their suddenly unreliable engines, telling team owner Joe Gibbs as much in their weekly debriefing after Kyle Busch’s race ended early in Las Vegas because his engine, he said, went “kablooey. It just broke.”

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Tire gamble helps Edwards win in Las Vegas

By Jenna Fryer, AP
March 7, 2011


Las Vegas, NV — With three strong runs to open this season, including Sunday's victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards can't really dodge the championship talk. Team owner Jack Roush did it for him.

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Gordon ends winless streak at 66 races

By John Marshall
February 28, 2011


Avondale, AZ — Just before peeling off what he called a lame burnout near the finish line, Jeff Gordon screamed into his radio, the emotion pouring out with his voice.

"We just beat Kyle Busch!" he yelled.

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NASCAR's new scoring system proves not so simple

By Jenner Fryer
February 23, 2011


Charlotte, NC — NASCAR's simplified new points system turned out not to be so simple after the first full weekend of racing.

Carl Edwards left Daytona International Speedway as the Sprint Cup Series points leader. Landon Cassill heads the Nationwide Series standings, and Clay Rogers is atop the Trucks Series standings.

None of them won a single race last weekend.

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Kurt Busch wins Shootout after Hamlin disqualified

By Jenna Fryer, AP
February 15, 2011


Daytona Beach, FL — It was a two-car tango at Daytona International Speedway, where the wild, pack racing was replaced Saturday night by sizzling fast speeds and a strange ending that gave Kurt Busch the win in the Budweiser Shootout.

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Glance at drivers in the 2011 Sprint Cup Series

By Sports Illustrated
February 9, 2011


A glance at the drivers competing in the 2011 Sprint Cup Series:

No. 00 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing

DRIVER: David Reutimann

BORN: March 2, 1970

HOMETOWN: Zephyrhills, Fla.

CREW CHIEF: Rodney Childers

SPONSOR: Aaron’s Dream Machine

NOTES: Finished 18th in the points last season with a win at Chicago. Although he was two spots lower in the final standings than he was in 2009, Reutimann remains a viable contender to creep into the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

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Ganassi sweeps top spots in Rolex 24 at Daytona

By Mark Long
February 2, 2011


Daytona Beach, FL — Chip Ganassi stood to the side and watched his drivers douse each other with champagne, kiss the Rolex 24 at Daytona trophy and parade around Victory Lane with flags draped on their backs.

Ganassi's celebration was much more subdued.

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NASCAR set for important test at repaved Daytona

By Paul Newberry
January 19, 2011


Atlanta, GA — Jamie McMurray likes the idea of switching to a new points system to determine the NASCAR champion.

Specifically, one he actually understands.

"The points system we have right now is really confusing," McMurray said Wednesday during a promotional stop in downtown Atlanta, where he posed with the 2011 version of the trophy he won at last year's Daytona 500. "And not just for the average fan who watches the race. Everyone in our sport is confused by the way our points system is right now."

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The 2011 Budweiser Shootout field is set

By Jay Hart
January 10, 2011


The lineup for the 2011 Budweiser Shootout has been announced, and in case you were wondering, yes, Kevin Conway is in the field of 30 drivers.

Qualifications for the event, to be held on Feb. 12, are based on the following:

• The 12 2010 Chase drivers
• Past Cup champions
• Past Budweiser Shootout winners
• Past winners of the Daytona 500 or Coke 400
• Rookie of the Year drivers from 2001-2010

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Johnson edges Bowyer by a whisker to win Talladega

By Paul Newberry, AP
April 17, 2011


Talladega, AL — Jimmie Johnson won the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. got the checkered flag.

Maybe they should go in the NASCAR record books as co-winners.

In a finish that matched the closest in Sprint Cup history, Johnson edged Clint Bowyer by about a foot to win a Talladega two-step Sunday - a victory that wouldn't have been possible without a big push from Earnhardt.

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