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Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Phoenix, race 35 of 36] driver that finishes highest at Homestead will win the Sprint Cup Championship at Homestead 1) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win] 5000 2) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins] 5000 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 5000 4) #4-Kevin Harvick [4 wins] 5000 drivers below eliminated...

Unofficial Chase Standings using 2013 Sprint Cup Chase rules:

[after Phoenix, race 35 of 36] 1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins] 2368 2) #4-Kevin Harvick [4 wins] 2342, -29 3) #2-Brad Keselowski [6 wins], 2320, -48 4) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins] 2312, -56 5) #31-Ryan Newman, 2311, -57 6) #20-Matt Kenseth, 2296, -72 7) #99-Carl Edwards [...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Phoenix, race 35 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(EC), 1217 2) #22-Joey Logano(C2), 1188, -29 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(EC), 1145, -72 4) #2-Brad Keselowski(EC), 1138, -79 5) #4-Kevin Harvick(C4), 1124...

Phoenix Notes & Facts – Sunday – race:

- There have been 36 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Phoenix International Raceway, one per season from 1988-2004 and two each season since. - There have been 23 different NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winners at Phoenix, eight have won more than once, led by Eliminator...

Special Axalta scheme for Gordon at Phoenix UPDATE:

Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon will be behind the wheel of the fiery #24 Axalta Radiant Red Chevy this week at Phoenix. See images of the scheme/car on the #24 Team Schemes page.(11-6-2014) UPDATE: The original Brilliant Flames design, created by Sam Bass...

Phoenix Notes & Facts – Saturday – drivers:

- 194 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix; 139 in more than one. - Mark Martin leads series in starts at Phoenix with 34; followed by Jeff Gordon with 31. - Mark Martin leads the series in runner-up finishes at Phoenix with...

Gordon comments about Keselowski:

#24-Jeff Gordon met with members of the media at Phoenix and discussed last week's post-race incident with Brad Keselowski, the transcript in part: Q) LOOKING BACK TO LAST WEEK THE AFTER THE RACE INCIDENT. DOES THAT ESCALATE THE WAY IT DOES IF (KEVIN) HARVICK DOESN...

Jon Edwards wins Jim Chapman Award:

Jon Edwards, who has been media representative for four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon for almost 15 years, was announced as winner of the 2014 Jim Chapman Award for excellence in motorsports public relations. The Chapman Award is considered by many in the industry...

JR Motorsports Championship Notes Package:

Chase Elliott, the driver of the #9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevy, clinched the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship after scoring a fifth-place finish today at Phoenix International Raceway. The rookie driver from Dawsonville, Ga., will carry an insurmountable 52-...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Phoenix:

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #22-Joey Logano, 4th 2) #11-Denny Hamlin, POLE 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 20th 4) #24-Jeff Gordon, 7th 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 5th 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 13th 7) #2-Brad Keselowski, 2nd 8) #4-Kevin Harvick, 3rd...

Phoenix Notes & Facts – Friday – poles:

- Geoffrey Bodine won the first pole in 1988 at a speed of 123.203 mph (29.220 sec.). - There have been 20 different Coors Light pole winners, led by Ryan Newman with four. - Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards are the only drivers to win consecutive poles. Newman...

Gordon one top-five from tying Martin for 2nd all-time:

During his 22-year Sprint Cup career, #24-Jeff Gordon has collected 452 top-10s. Gordon is third all-time in that statistical category, one behind Mark Martin (453) and 260 behind Richard Petty (712). Gordon has collected 21 this season, which is tied for the series...

Special Axalta scheme for Gordon at Phoenix:

Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon will be behind the wheel of the fiery #24 Axalta Radiant Red Chevy this week at Phoenix. See images of the scheme/car on the #24 Team Schemes page....

HMS will pay fines for crew members:

Hendrick Motorsports will pay the $185,000 in fines levied against six crew members for their role in a post-race fight at Texas between #24-Jeff Gordon and #2-Brad Keselowski. NASCAR fined and suspended four Hendrick team members, while the crew chiefs for Gordon ...

Hamlin talks about Texas fight and Keselowski:

from the NASCAR Teleconference With #11-Denny Hamlin, the transcript, in part: Q). Did you have any strong feelings, thoughts about what penalty should be for the fight last week and what are they? DENNY HAMLIN: Not really. I don't really have any strong feelings ...

Clinch Scenarios For Phoenix International Raceway:

Below are the finishes each driver needs in Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway to guarantee a spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway, regardless of the finish of any other driver: #22-Joey Logano and #11-Denny Hamlin...

NASCAR to review the Brawl:

NASCAR will study film of the post-race fight [at Texas Motor Speedway at the end of the race] involving #24-Jeff Gordon, #2-Brad Keselowski and a host of crew members, but according to Robin Pemberton, the sanctioning body's senior vice president of competition and...

Gordon, Keselowski and Harvick comment on the ‘brawl’:

#2- Brad Keselowski made a move on 1st the green-white-checkered finish at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday night, moving past #24-Jeff Gordon. Keselowski's move resulted in contact with Gordon causing a tire to go down, sending the #24 scraping the wall and to the pits...

Elenz to be named crew chief for JR Motorsports UPDATE:

The trend is continuing at JR Motorsports for promoting Hendrick Motorsports' engineers as crew chiefs. Dave Elenz will be the new crew chief for the #5 JRM Chevy in 2015. He is replacing Ernie Cope, who is taking the place of Greg Ives on the #9 crew with driver Chase...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Texas:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon, 29th(2) 2) #31-Ryan Newman, 15th (7) 3) #22-Joey Logano, 12th (10) 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 25th (1) 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 10th (20) 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 9th (11) 7) #2-Brad Keselowski...