NASCAR Cup Series

Chicagoland Recap: Denny Hamlin was victorious in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase playoff opener at Chicagoland Speedway, making the decisive pass on a restart with five laps to go to take the checkered flag in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota. Hamlin lined up third behind leader Jeff Gordon and second place Kurt Busch after the race's final caution on the 1.5-mile oval, and dove to the inside in Turn 1 to make it three-wide, clearing both cars by the exit of Turn 2.

On Monday morning following a race, most of NASCAR's media is talking- good or bad- about the winner on Sunday. Not so much this week. Why...

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (SEPT. 21, 2015) - Northeast standout Ryan Preece will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut this week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway....

Chicago. The opening race of the Chase. Sixteen drivers would continue the quest, one very likely locking his way into the next round, some setting themselves up with fine starts while others...not so much.

With the first race of The Chase for the Sprint Cup complete, Richard Petty Motorsports is the team playing spoiler. With Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Ford team collecting their second consecutive Top-10 finish Sunday at the Chicagoland Speedway, the team finished higher than six others competing for the championship. The No. 43 team has momentum going into New Hampshire and is focused on a win before the season ends.

In an effort to give fans even more flexibility when it comes purchasing tickets for the Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500, the Martinsville Speedway ticket office is open on weekends.

When a right rear tire went down early in the 267-lap MYAFIBRISK.COM400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race, Kurt Busch battled back in his No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS to score a third place finish at Chicagoland Speedway. It marked his ninth top-10 in 15 races at the 1.5-mile speedway, and was the first of 10 rounds in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Richard Childress Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Paul Menard and Austin Dillon finished fourth, 17th and 43rd, respectively, in the MyAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Lowes Foods, a Carolinas-based grocer with locations in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, will serve as the primary sponsor for Sam Hornish Jr. and the No. 9 Ford team at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in October.

When Denny Hamlin spun on lap two, it seemed as though his day was over. However, a timely question mid-race to get him back on the lead lap and a strategy play at the end would result in the driver of the No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota making it to victory lane.