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The underdog is a position that Truex is fully embracing and understands, as he understands why his fellow competitors, as well as the media and fans, have given him that label. It's also something that team General Manager Joe Garone is fully embracing right now.

When Jeff Gordon scored the victory at Martinsville Speedway a couple of weekends ago, the first words that came out of his mouth - "We're going to Homestead!"

NASCAR heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway Sunday to crown the 2015 Sprint Cup Champion. There are four contenders for the title; Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr.

As the season comes to a close this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, anticipation is high as we prepare to embrace our 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.

From a rain delayed and a rain-shortened race in the Valley of the Sun, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 28th annual Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

While Jimmie Johnson is a champion, six-times in fact, as well as the race winner from this past weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, he and his wife Chandra are also champions off the track with their foundation’s funding of local school initiatives.

Following up his top-five finish last weekend at Martinsville Speedway, Kyle Busch would post another top-five at Texas Motor Speedway, finishing fourth.

Despite having to make a second trip down pit road under yellow at lap 149 due to loose lugnuts, Kurt Busch was able to have a solid run at Texas Motor Speedway, finishing sixth in the AAA 500.

From deep in the heart of the Lone Star State, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 11th annual AAA Texas 500.

With Kyle Busch running into transmission problems, it was up to the other two drivers on the team to get the job done for Joe Gibbs Racing. Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez would do just that, finishing fourth and sixth respectively.