NASCAR Cup Series

The Sun is setting on the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. The championship will be decided on Sunday. But for the third time in four years, NASCAR demonstrated inconsistent officiating in a pivotal playoff race at ISM Raceway.

Kyle Busch wins at ISM Raceway in Can-Am 500 as the Championship 4 is set for the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series. It was his eighth of the season, and the 51st of his Cup career.

It was a roller coaster day at ISM Raceway for many of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs contenders, with the highest of highs and lowest of lows. But it was Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota, who celebrated in the new Gatorade Victory Lane following Sunday’s Can-Am 500.

Brad Keselowski had one of his best-career runs at Phoenix International Raceway, finishing second in Sunday’s Can-Am 500, the penultimate race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season.

For the third time in the past four years Martin Truex Jr. will be going to NASCAR’s Big Dance at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

After entering the weekend with optimism, Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Cardell team experienced disappointment from the start to the finish of Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway near Phoenix, ending the race with a 29th-place finish.

"I'm really proud of this No. 3 team. This was one of the best Chevrolet Camaros we have brought to the racetrack all season long. We had solid practices, a strong qualifying effort and a good start to the race. We were able to earn points in both stages, but we made one adjustment that hurt the handling of the car and then we're caught on pit road right as a caution came out. These guys never gave up, though."

Kyle Busch won the Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway in Phoenix clinching his spot in the Championship 4 at Homestead next week.  Busch led 117 laps in route to his eighth win of the 2018 season.

Camry driver Kyle Busch won Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Playoffs race at ISM Raceway in Phoenix and automatically advanced to the Champion 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway next week.

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – YOU HAD FOUR TIRES AND A CHANCE. YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW THE END PLAYED OUT. “We definitely made the right call. It just didn’t quite work out. Man, it was close. I needed to pass the 10 like a lap earlier and we were all racing for all we’ve got. It was close.”