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Autotrader renews sponsorship of Penske:

Team Penske and Autotrader, the popular online car shopping website and app, announced a multi-year extension that will see the companies build on their partnership in 2016 and beyond. As part of the new agreement, the Autotrader brand will be featured on both the #...
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Eligible Drivers and Format Announced for 2016 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona:

NASCAR announced the 25 eligible drivers and the format for the season-opening 75-lap Sprint Unlimited at the new Daytona International Speedway motorsports stadium on Saturday, Feb. 13. The event, which will be broadcast live on FOX, Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM...
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Teams to test at Vegas UPDATE:

The official start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series may be more than one month away, however four teams will be back on the track next week to take part in a two-day Goodyear tire test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. #48-Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports), #41-Kurt ...
Visit <b>Alliance Truck Parts returns to sponsor Keselowski in 2016:</b> page

Alliance Truck Parts returns to sponsor Keselowski in 2016:

Alliance Truck Parts announced that Brad Keselowski will be returning to the track in yellow and black in 2016 as they continue their sponsorship of the #2 Ford. Alliance Truck Parts is scheduled to be the primary sponsor of the #2 Team Penske Ford in eight Sprint ...
Visit <b>Harvick tops all drivers in season winnings:</b> page

Harvick tops all drivers in season winnings:

Kyle Busch capped his 2015 championship season by earning a combined $8,393,925 from race winnings, special awards and from the Sprint Cup points fund. But it was Kevin Harvick who earned the most money among Sprint Cup drivers in 2015 at $11,730,460, according to ...
Visit <b>Oddsmakers have Harvick the 2016 Championship favorite:</b> page

Oddsmakers have Harvick the 2016 Championship favorite:

#18- Kyle Busch may have just won NASCAR's Sprint Cup, but when setting odds for the 2016 season, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook went with last year's champion, #4-Kevin Harvick, as the 5-to-1 favorite, while installing Busch and two others as co-second favorites...
Visit <b>Best average finishes of 2015:</b> page

Best average finishes of 2015:

Even if you win the most races in a year, you're not guaranteed a championship or the best average finish over the season's 36 races. Just ask #22-Joey Logano, who finished 2015 with the second best avg finish after winning six times. NASCAR Talk takes a look at the...
Visit <b>Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup: Facts and Notes:</b> page

Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup: Facts and Notes:

‚· Homestead-Miami Speedway has been a part of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup since the playoff's inception in 2004. This season the track will host its 12th Chase event. ‚· The winner of the Homestead-Miami Chase race has gone on to win the championship during...
Visit <b>NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – Championship Fast Facts:</b> page

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – Championship Fast Facts:

#18-Kyle Busch has won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, becoming the 31st different series champion, and the first to win the title after missing the first 11 races of the season. Busch won the Ford EcoBoost 400 claiming the title. Busch joins Kevin...
Visit <b>Unofficial Top 25 in 2015 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):</b> page

Unofficial Top 25 in 2015 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Homestead, race 36 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #4-Kevin Harvick(C1), 1321 2) #22-Joey Logano(EC), 1299, -22 3) #2-Brad Keselowski(EC), 1217, -104 4) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (EC), 1198, -123 5) #78-Martin Truex ...
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Championship Favorite Harvick Hopes To Become Second Driver To Win Consecutive Crowns:

Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title-winner #4-Kevin Harvick enters Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 Championship Round race as the favorite to take home his second straight series crown. If he finishes ahead of fellow Championship 4 drivers Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch and...
Visit <b>Unbreakable: Kyle Busch Aims To Finish Championship Run Nine Months After Daytona Accident:</b> page

Unbreakable: Kyle Busch Aims To Finish Championship Run Nine Months After Daytona Accident:

#18- Kyle Busch's season has been so improbable, even M. Night Shyamalan couldn't make it up. A mere nine months after breaking his right leg and fracturing his left foot in an accident at Daytona, Busch will race for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship at Homestead...
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NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship Fast Facts:

Driver Champion: Chris Buescher - Team: #60 Fastenal Ford ‚· Chris Buescher won his first NASCAR XFINITY Series championship; becoming the 26th different driver to win the title. ‚· Buescher finished the season 15 points ahead of second-place Chase Elliott. ‚· ...
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Brian France defends “˜quintessential NASCAR”™ comments on controversy:

NASCAR Chairman Brian France defended his "quintessential NASCAR" comments in reference to #22-Joey Logano bumping #20-Matt Kenseth in the closing laps at Kansas Speedway during his year-end state-of-the-sport news conference Friday morning. The second year of the...
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Laps Led Leaders:

(after Phoenix, 35 of 36 races) 1. #4-Kevin Harvick, 2,248 2. #22-Joey Logano, 1,359 3. #2-Brad Keselowski, 1,098 4. #20-Matt Kenseth, 927 (33 races) 5. #41-Kurt Busch, 788 (32 races) 6. #18-Kyle Busch, 695 (24 races) 7. #78-Martin Truex Jr., 564 8. #48-Jimmie Johnson...
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Kenseth: no regrets over wrecking Logano:

Pushed to his limit after three races worth of slights, #20-Matt Kenseth firmly believed he had no choice but to retaliate against #22-Joey Logano. His deliberate wrecking of Logano drew a two-race suspension from NASCAR, and Kenseth said Friday he would have handled...
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Johnson Approaches Earnhardt On All-Time Wins List:

#48- Jimmie Johnson passed #2-Brad Keselowski with four laps remaining in Sunday's AAA Texas 500 to win his third consecutive race at Texas Motor Speedway and block an automatic qualifying berth in the Championship Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup from ...
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NASCAR warnings from Texas issued:

NASCAR issued written warnings to five teams from last weekend's Sprint Cup inspections at Texas. #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost his pit stall selection for Sunday's AAA Texas 500 because of the warning for failing the laser inspection twice in prequalifying inspection...
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Phoenix Goodyear Tire Notes:

Teams in all three NASCAR national series will run the same tire set-up at Phoenix this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that Sprint Cup and Xfinity teams ran at this track in March . . . Goodyear reconfirmed this tire set-up at...
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Phoenix Championship Clinch Scenarios:

#24-Jeff Gordon has already clinched a spot in the Championship 4. Regardless of the finish of any other driver"¦ #18-Kyle Busch will clinch with a finish of 3rd or better; 4th and at least one lap led; or 5th and most laps led. #4-Kevin Harvick will clinch with a ...