NASCAR Cup Series

FIRST TO FOUR: After a dominant performance at Richmond last Saturday night, Keselowski became the first and only four-time winner in 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition. The win represented Keselowski’s 14th career victory and it marked the 400th all-time race win for Team Penske.

Although Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 STANLEY Racing team will not compete for the championship, they will not change their approach to the final 10 races. The goal will be to win and celebrate an oval win for Ambrose in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Their next opportunity comes this weekend at the mile-and-a-half track, Chicagoland Speedway.

Aric Almirola will kick off the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with double duty, running the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at Chicagoland Speedway. Saturday, Almirola will make his first start in the Nationwide Series since 2013 with a goal of getting race practice before Sunday's Sprint Cup race.

“We’re not in the Chase and that’s disappointing,” said Truex. “But that doesn’t mean we’re throwing away the next 10 races. We have our own Chase and that’s to improve and get our Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet running better and having it be a contender week in and week out.

“Our focus is to run well and get a win. We had a good night in Richmond but just came up a little bit short. It’s the way our season has been. We have a strong run like last weekend but before that we had what happened in Atlanta, where our shifter broke. It just put us too far back, points wise, with only one race left. I know we are capable of winning.

No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brian Vickers has a lot to race for in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season’s final 10 races. Although, the Michael Waltrip Racing team won’t be in the Chase, the No. 55 crew has its sights set on a return trip to victory lane and preparation for its second season together in 2015. The No. 55 will carry a special paint scheme this weekend honoring Samsung as Aaron’s vendor partner of the year. In addition to the paint scheme, Aaron’s will host Samsung executives at-track in appreciation of their long standing partnership.

Stenhouse made his first career Sprint Cup start at Chicagoland one year ago where he had a solid qualifying effort of fifth and went on to earn a top-10 finish.

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup begins on the track this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, but Ford Nation can experience all of the intensity and drama of what lies ahead through a series of videos that highlights key elements for winning this year’s championship.

Biffle started the race seventh after the five hour red flag for rain, but a miscue in the pits cost him valuable track position. The pit road incident resulted in Biffle being on a different pit cycle and ultimately crossing the finish line 16th.

Richmond Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 21st in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway, battling an ill-handling #11 FedEx Express Toyota throughout the 400-lap event on the three-quarter-mile track won by Brad Keselowski.