The Hardee’s Rattler 250 weekend was a notch in Chase Purdy’s super late model cap as the youngster started the event from the pole position as fast qualifier for the first time in his career. A slipping clutch foiled his chances at victory, however, forcing the No. 97 Bama Buggies Toyota to the pits before halfway.
Seven-time NASCAR champion and two-time Talladega Superspeedway winner, Jimmie Johnson, is set to again host an exclusive Kids Question & Answer Session as part of the incredible Jimmie Johnson Family Ticket Package at NASCAR’s Most Competitive track on the morning of the GEICO 500 on Sunday, May 7.
Michael McDowell and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) outlasted the Arizona heat during the Camping World 500 to earn their third Top-25 finish of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season.
Blaney started a Cup-career-best second and ran in the top 10 through the first two 75-lap stages of the race, earning seven championship points between the two stages.
Erik Jones saw a potential top-10 finish nearly disappear in the waning laps of the Camping World 500 but used four fresh tires on the No. 77 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry to pick up six spots over the final three laps to finish a NASCAR Cup Series career-best eighth at Phoenix Raceway.
In only his fourth race with Furniture Row Racing Erik Jones scored a career best NASCAR Cup Series finish of eighth while Martin Truex Jr. drove a tenacious race, overcoming multiple issues to post a respectable 11th-place result.
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 31 Grainger Chevrolet, snapped a 127-race winless streak on Sunday by taking the checkered flag at the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Camping World 500 at Phoenix Raceway. Although Newman led just six laps of the 314-lap race, a late-race pit strategy by crew chief Luke Lambert led to Newman’s overtime victory, and his second Cup win at Phoenix Raceway.
When the final yellow flag was displayed sending the Camping World 500 into overtime, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. used pit strategy in the final laps to score his first top-five of the 2017 season in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Phoenix Raceway.
When Ryan Newman and the No. 31 Grainger Chevrolet SS team made a gutsy call to stay out on old tires while the leaders pitted during the final caution in the Camping World 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENSC) race at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR), it netted winning results.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, improved three positions in the closing laps of Sunday afternoon’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event at Phoenix International Raceway to record a 19th-place finish.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing concluded the 2026 season with determined effort on Sunday. Chris Buescher, led the way for RFK Sunday as he recorded a 24th place finish.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, clinched his third title at the conclusion of the first stage period and officially celebrated it at the finale's conclusion while Ryan Blaney outdueled Tyler Reddick for his fourth Cup victory of 2026 in Miami.
