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Qualifying Fast Facts – Martinsville:

Jamie McMurray won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 66th Annual Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 with a lap of 18.954 seconds, 99.905 mph. This is his 11th pole in 435 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his second pole and 13th top-10 start in 2014. His first...

Newman’s car fails post-race inspection UPDATE:

#31-Ryan Newman's great Sunday has apparently hit a bit of a snag. Newman picked up a fifth-place finish in the Contender Round elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway to make the Eliminator Round of the Chase with a 27-point cushion over the ninth-place cutoff...

Newman’s car fails post-race inspection:

#31-Ryan Newman's great Sunday has apparently hit a bit of a snag. Newman picked up a fifth-place finish in the Contender Round elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway to make the Eliminator Round of the Chase with a 27-point cushion over the ninth-place cutoff...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Talladega:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #22-Joey Logano, 11th (40) 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 40th (41) 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 9th (39) 4) #31-Ryan Newman, 5th (11) 5) #99-Carl Edwards, 21st (15) 6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 26th (43) 7) #11-Denny Hamlin, ...

Race Fast Facts – Talladega:

Brad Keselowski won the 46th Annual GEICO 500 , his 16th victory in 193 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his sixth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2014. This is his third victory and seventh top-10 finish in 12 races at Talladega Superspeedway. Matt Kenseth...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Talladega, race 32 of 36] drivers who won in round 2, automatically advanced to the Eliminator round 1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3121 2) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3117, -4 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 3117, -4 4) #11-Denny Hamlin [...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings – Eliminator Round Reset:

1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins], 4000 points 2) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 4000 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 4000 4) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 4000 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 4000 6) #99-Carl Edwards [2 wins], 4000 7) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins], 4000 8) #2-Brad Keselowski [6 wins], 4000...

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

[after Talladega, race 32 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(C8), 1115 2) #22-Joey Logano(C1), 1077, -38 3) #2-Brad Keselowski(C3), 1043, -72 4) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1023, -92 5) #4-Kevin Harvick(C2), 1022...

Confusion reigns about Talladega qualifying:

NASCAR's new qualifying format put Brian Vickers on the pole at Talladega Superspeedway but left many drivers angry and confused, and three full-time teams failed to make Sunday's race. Kevin Harvick called the format 'the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life,' ...

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

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #22-Joey Logano, 40th 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 41st 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 39th 4) #31-Ryan Newman, 11th 5) #99-Carl Edwards, 15th 6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 43rd 7) #11-Denny Hamlin, 38th 8) #5-Kasey Kahne, 8th 9) #20-Matt Kenseth...

2015 team sponsorships coming together:

Some top NASCAR Sprint Cup teams have sold their primary sponsorships for all of next season, but space remains on the cars of #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #5-Kasey Kahne, Carl Edwards and #15-Clint Bowyer four months before the 2015 season begins. Among the teams that ...

Special scheme for Kenseth:

This weekend at Talladega' Matt Kenseth will have a special Home Depot paint scheme aboard his #20 Toyota in recognition of The Home Depot's 15 years of partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing.(JGR)' see an image of the car on the #20 team paint schemes page)(10-16-2014...

Nemechek to make second attempt with RAB:

RAB Racing will attempt to make their first Sprint Cup Series race this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. In six NASCAR Nationwide Series starts here, RAB Racing entries have earned one top-10 finish and four top-20 finishes. Joe Nemechek will pilot the RAB Racing...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Talladega:

#42-Kyle Larson 94.8 #20-Matt Kenseth 90.9 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 90.3 Jeff Burton 89.1 #41-Kurt Busch 87.1 #55-Brian Vickers 86.9 #48-Jimmie Johnson 85.9 #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 85.0 #11-Denny Hamlin 83.1 #34-David Ragan 82.1 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005...

Tempers flare after race UPDATE:

After the race, #2-Brad Keselowski and ninth-place finisher #11-Denny Hamlin traded insults on pit road, as NASCAR officials and their crews kept them apart in the wake of a late race incident between their two cars. Keselowski clipped Hamlin's rear bumper on the cool...

Clinch scenarios at Talladega:

The restrictor-plate madness of Talladega Superspeedway could easily deliver multiple championship twists and turns before the end of next Sunday's GEICO 500. And the only two drivers that are immune to such chaos are Kansas winner #22-Joey Logano and Saturday night...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Charlotte:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #22-Joey Logano, 4th (13) 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 5th (1) 3) #99-Carl Edwards, 8th (10) 4) #31-Ryan Newman, 7th (5) 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 9th (3) 6) #4-Kevin Harvick, WON (7) 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd (2) ...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Charlotte, race 31 of 36] drivers who have won in round 2, automatically advances to round 3 after Talladega 1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3088 2) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win] 3082, -6 [26] 3) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3081, -7 [25...

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

[after Charlotte, race 31 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(C6), 1096 2) #22-Joey Logano(C1), 1044, -52 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(C12), 1009, -87 4) #2-Brad Keselowski(C10), 996, -100 5) #4-Kevin Harvick(C3...

Several teams to test at Phoenix:

Nearly a dozen NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, including seven of the 12 drivers who advanced to the Contender round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, will conduct a private testing session at Phoenix International Raceway on Tuesday, Oct. 14 and Wednesday, Oct. 15...