Heading into Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400, Brad Keselowski has a 20 point lead over Jimmie Johnson with just 400 miles left in the 2012 season. However look at the points if the chase didn't exist Keselowski's lead over Johnson would be a mere 8 points.
With a last lap pass and some fender rubbing with Kyle Busch, Cale Gale was able to become the ninth first-time winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Meanwhile, Buescher would finish 13th to win his first ever championship.
Tony Stewart hasn’t been a man of many words lately. His season, since his last win to date at Daytona in July, hasn’t given the defending champion much to talk about.
With six top-five finishes and 17 top-10 finishes in his first season with Richard Petty Motorsports, driver Michael Annett has had one heck of a year. In fact, in 32 races, Annett has only had five where he finished outside the top-15.
"For us it’s about focusing on getting the job done and trying not to think about all those other things, whether it’s what it means or what obstacles lie ahead. It’s about just focusing on what we need to do, and the history books and the life lessons and so forth, those things will work their way out in the end if you just get the job done, and I think that’s where our focus is."
To say the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season has been a roller coaster ride for Kyle Busch is a massive understatement. Heading into the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, Kyle Busch was expected to compete for his first NSCS championship and after a dramatic victory in the Bud Shootout at Daytona many believed that it would be a catapult of things to come for the Las Vegas native.
Earlier this month, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Joey Coulter would drive for them full-time in 2013 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. When the announcement was made, Coulter spoke of making the move to become a champion.
In the next to the last race on the one miler in the Valley of the Sun, here is what was surprising and not surprising in the 25th annual Advocare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
It seems only fitting that when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship is decided this Sunday night, bringing down the curtain on the a season full of memories, it will be between two drivers who started the season in Florida by grabbing all the mainstream media attention.
Corey Heim passed Ross Chastain on the final lap at Darlington Raceway in double overtime to capture the checkered flag in Friday night’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200.
Corey Heim made a last-lap pass on Ross Chastain to capture his second-straight victory at Darlington Raceway in Friday night’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Buckle Up South Carolina 200.
After making some adjustments on pit road, the No. 45 came to life and finished second in stage two. In a thrilling final stage, Chastain swapped the lead back and forth several times.
Connor Mosack, driver of the No. 7 Friends of Jaclyn Chevrolet Silverado RST, showed resilience after battling adversity throughout Friday’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200
TRICON Garage driver and reigning Truck Series champion Corey Heim drove a masterful final restart to deliver his first win in his second Truck Series start this season.