NASCAR Cup Series

After Kyle Busch lost his cool and $25,000 following his actions at Texas, his fans took to social media to show what they thought of it all.

Before today’s Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, I had just about made up my mind that Denny Hamlin was going to win the Sprint Cup championship.

During the previous NASCAR weekend at the Phoenix International Raceway we watched Sunoco Race Fuels create a new level of drama in the Chase standings.

As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to their final race at Homestead, Denny Hamlin leads the Championship points 15 points ahead of Johnson, with Harvick 3rd, 46 points behind Johnson.

In the “Valley of the Sun” the track was slick and the desire, especially among the three Chase contenders, was even thicker.

As teams and driver’s in NASCAR’s number two and three series arrive at Phoenix looking past the final two races, things are not looking rosy.

Carl Edwards captured the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway with a track-record lap of 136.389 MPH (26.395 secs).

Denny Hamlin, race car driver. A man barely cracking the top-20. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.

On Sunday, Busch stirred up controversy again, following repairs that he had to make on pit road after a wreck.

When the checkers falls on Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500, some one's going to leave the Phoenix International Raceway all smiles and full of confidence and some one's going to head home wondering if their championship run is now over.