NASCAR Cup Series

The final race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular season will take place for the first time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which also hosts the NASCAR XFINITY event this weekend. Ford is coming off a weekend sweep at Darlington Raceway after Brad Keselowski drove Team Penske to victory in both series. Here’s a look at how things stack up among Ford’s Playoff contenders and hopefuls going into this weekend's action.

Darlington was a day all about time. A time when in 1950 the first Southern 500 was run. A time when some of the great names from the past were brought back to be saluted by their sport in the present. A time when 0.6 seconds can mean everything.

5. Kyle Larson: Larson easily won the first two stages at Darlington and finished third, after Brad Keselowski beat him out of the pits on their final pit stop. "I led 284 of 367 laps," Larson said, "but we faltered in the pits when it counted. We should have taken first place; instead, it was the 'won' that got away." Note: The quotes in this article are fictional.

After one of his best qualifying efforts on the season on Saturday, Matt Kenseth drove his Oscar Mayer Ford Fusion to a 25th-place finish Sunday night at Darlington where the 2003 Cup Champion and Oscar Mayer teamed up to replicate one of his early 2000s schemes to celebrate NASCAR’s Throwback weekend.

Honoring former Roush Fenway Racing driver, Chad Little’s 1997 John Deere Paint scheme during Darlington Raceway’s Throwback weekend, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earned a career best scoring a 12th-place finish in his John Deere Ford during Sunday night’s Southern 500.

Paul Menard and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team came away with a 17th-place finish after a long, hard night in the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

JOEY LOGANO PRESS CONFERENCE: Q. Joey, I know obviously first off, for Penske, just to get back to Victory Lane at Darlington after 33 years is a big deal. It's not your car in Victory Lane, but is it sweet to be part of this one‑two finish tonight?

Brad Keselowski’s first win of the 2018 season is one he won’t soon forget. Keselowski grabbed the lead from Kyle Larson with 22 laps to go and never looked back to win the Bojangles’ Southern 500 Sunday night at Darlington Raceway. The win was Keselowski’s first in 10 races at Darlington and his 25th in 330 MENCS starts. The victory was the first for Team Penske at Darlington since Bobby Allison swept both races at the 1.366-mile speedway in 1975. This also marked the 498th win for the organization.

Though Martin Truex Jr. rebounded to finish 11th in Sunday night’s Southern 500, the Furniture Row Racing driver didn’t exit Darlington Raceway with much happiness.

Austin Dillon and No. 3 American Ethanol Team Fight Their Way to 16th-Place Finish "First, I'd just like to say it was a privilege to drive the 'Silver Secret' and honor Dale Earnhardt for NASCAR Throwback weekend at Darlington. The No. 3 American Ethanol e15 Camaro ZL1 showed solid speed today even though we finished 16th."