SM Staff

When the season started and Jason Hathaway took a look at the situation before him, the plan didn't include running the full NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule.

Following a season that has been highlighted by three trips to victory lane - including a sweep of both east coast events - Scott Steckly now heads into the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season finale, the Pinty's 250 at Kawartha Speedway, with a nine point advantage over Jason Hathaway and Andrew Ranger.

In the last race of the regular season and the one to set the Chase contenders here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 48th annual Federated Auto Parts 500 at Richmond International Raceway.

Matt Kenseth won the Federated Auto Parts 400 in a dominant fashion on Saturday night. Kenseth led 352 laps and skated to a clean victory ahead of Kyle Busch in second and pole-sitter Joey Logano.

Last weekend's race at Darlington used the low downforce package used at Kentucky in July, along with a softer tire compound. On Friday at Richmond, many in the NASCAR community, from the drivers to fans, seemed to be in support of the program.

Chase Elliott won the 2015 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 after holding off pole sitter Kyle Busch in the final 20 laps.

Joey Logano took the pole for the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway with a time of 21.349 seconds and a speed of 126.470 mph.

The Southern 500’s return to Labor Day lived up to the hype and then some. With the Sprint Cup series cars running the low downforce...

With retro paint schemes, throwback uniforms and the low downforce package all the rage, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 66th annual Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Going into this past weekend’s event at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Tyler Reddick was in the catbird’s seat for the championship. Though following some contact late in the race and a 19th place finish, he has fallen from first to third in points.