NASCAR Cup Series

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO.48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, FINISHED 11TH: DID KEVIN (HARVICK) TRY TO BLOCK YOU OUT THERE? DID HE INITIATE THAT? “He didn’t leave me any space. He was pinning me down, and I had to get back up on the track.

Camry driver Denny Hamlin claimed the first Chase race victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Chicagoland Speedway. The top four spots in the NSCS driver standings are held by the four Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota drivers. Toyota driver Kyle Busch won Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Chicagoland while Tundra driver Timothy Peters earned a third-place finish in Saturday’s rain-postponed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race.

Toyota driver Denny Hamlin was victorious in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Chicagoland Speedway.

BRAD KESELOWSKi, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion - Qualified 3rd / Finished 8th “It looked like we were going to steal something that final restart. We gained quite a few spots and probably weren’t quite a top-five car but almost stole a top-five."

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion - Qualified 2nd / Finished 6th “I felt like we were in the cat-bird seat on that restart starting sixth with new tires. I had a good start and got three-wide. The 18 got tight and fenced us."

A total of 23 Team Chevy drivers will start the myAFibRisk.com 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Chicagoland Speedway. The 267-lap/400.5-mile race is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon September 20. Live coverage will be available on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), MRN, Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 90 and NASCAR.com.

Dave Pericak, Global Director, Ford Performance, was part of a OEM panel discussion put on by NASCAR at Chicagoland Speedway Sunday morning.

BRP, the manufacturer of world renowned motorized recreational vehicles and engines, will serve as the title sponsor for the 150-mile qualifying races for the DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), part of Speedweeks 2016. The races will be known as the Can-Am Duel At Daytona.

Jeffrey Earnhardt signed a multi-year deal starting with the 2016 season to drive in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Go FAS Racing.

On September 8 while playing basketball, Denny Hamlin suffered a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his right knee. Despite the injury, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has committed to running the rest of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series schedule as he is one of the 16 drivers that will be chasing after the championship.