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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...

SHR announces new crew chiefs for Stewart, Patrick:

Stewart- Haas Racing has made new appointments within its competition department as the championship-winning race team wastes no time preparing for the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Michael Bugarewicz has been promoted from race engineer on the #4 team to crew...

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...

2015 Pit Road Penalties:

Who was caught speeding on pit road the most this season? Who's pit crew jumped over the wall too soon the most? Who drove through three or more pit boxes most often? With the season complete, the numbers can be tallied. With NASCAR's new camera monitoring system of...

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 ...

Ancient Chaseology, seasons before 2004 and the Chase REPOST:

Way back in 1975, NASCAR decided to change its points system, using an idea jotted down on a cocktail napkin at the Boot Hill Saloon in Daytona Beach, Fla. Pretty humble beginnings, no? What if the Chase had become a part of NASCAR back in 1975? How would history have...

Homestead Pole Notes & Facts – Friday:

Ã· David Green won the first Coors Light pole at Homestead in 1999 at a speed of 155.759 mph (34.669 sec.). Ã· There have been 12 different Coors Light pole winners at Homestead, led by Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne with two each. Ã· ...

Mechanix Wear names their pit crew of the year:

Mechanix Wear has named their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pit crew of the year. This year the award goes to the #41 of Stewart Haas Racing for driver Kurt Busch. Each quarter the crew chiefs voted on their pick of the best pit crew. At the end of the year the four pit...

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...

NASCAR drivers join in Paris attacks reaction:

They are a world away from Paris, but NASCAR drivers and their teams are standing in support of France in the wake of Friday's terrorist attacks. #41-Kurt Busch, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #10-Danica Patrick, #15-Clint Bowyer #22-Joey Logano were among stockcar ...

Phoenix Driver Notes & Facts – Saturday:

Ã· 200 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix; 144 in more than one. Ã· Mark Martin leads series in starts at Phoenix with 34; Jeff Gordon (second all-time) leads all active drivers with 33. Ã· Jeff Gordon leads all active...

Kurt Busch: Pit selection penalties “make no sense”

#41-Kurt Busch, met with members of the media at Phoenix and was asked about pit stall penalties...

Phoenix Track Notes & History – Thursday:

Ã· Construction was completed in January 1964. The facility consisted of a one-mile oval and a 2.5-mile road course. Ã· Alan Kulwicki won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix on Nov. 6, 1988. Ã· The first spring race was held on April 23, 2005 and...

Regan Smith looking for a ride:

At 32, Regan Smith feels like he's just entering his prime as a race car driver. He's won at least one NASCAR national series race in each of the last five seasons, including two victories this season in the Xfinity Series. He's been regarded highly enough to substitute...

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...

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 ...

NASCAR Sprint Cup Laps Led Leaders:

(after Texas, 34 of 36 races) 1. #4-Kevin Harvick, 2,105 2. #22-Joey Logano, 1,359 3. #2-Brad Keselowski, 1,094 4. #20-Matt Kenseth, 927 5. #41-Kurt Busch, 788 (31 races) 6. #18-Kyle Busch, 694 (22 races) 7. #78-Martin Truex Jr., 564 8. #11-Denny Hamlin, 529 9. #48...

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

[after Texas, race 34 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #4-Kevin Harvick (C3), 1234 2) #22-Joey Logano (C8), 1217 -17 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (EC), 1147 -87 4) #2-Brad Keselowski (C6), 1138 -96 5) #78-Martin Truex Jr. (C4...

Three Chase teams with three warnings before Texas UPDATE:

In the wake of #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team losing its pit stall selection because of a fourth warning for inspection failures, three championship contenders are facing the same fate. The teams of #4-Kevin Harvick, #2-Brad Keselowski and #22-Joey Logano each have ...

NASCAR Sprint Cup Laps Led Leaders:

(after Martinsville, 33 of 36 races) 1. #4-Kevin Harvick, 2,094 2. #22-Joey Logano, 1,359 3. #20-Matt Kenseth, 927 4. #41-Kurt Busch, 788 (30 races) 5. #2-Brad Keselowski, 782 6. #18-Kyle Busch, 693 (22 races) 7. #78-Martin Truex Jr., 563 8. #11-Denny Hamlin, 529 9...