Race Central

Denny Hamlin held off Matt Kenseth in the final laps on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway for his first win of the season and 17th of his career.

It came down to five laps after a late caution flag brought out by Dale Earnhardt Jr. after he blew a right side tire with eight laps to go.

With great work in the pits when it counted most, opportunistic Denny Hamlin held off charging Matt Kenseth to win Sunday’s Heluva Good 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.

Carl Edwards passed teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. with less than 10 laps remaining in route to his fourth NNS victory of the season.

Jeff Gordon, sporting the familiar No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet colors, scored his second win of the 2011 season, moving ever closer to Chase contention.

Jeff Gordon captured his second win of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season at Pocono Raceway on Sunday.

After crashing his No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge in practice and having to pull out a backup car, Kurt Busch was despondent, especially thinking that if qualifying was rained out, he would start the 5-Hour Energy 500 at Pocono Raceway dead last.

In a race that had a record number of leaders and lead changes, it was Ron Hornaday winning the WinStar World Casino 400k after a controversial call on the last lap.

Brad Keselowksi conserved just enough fuel and held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Sunday to win the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Justin Allgaier walked to victory lane at the Chicagoland Speedway after winning the STP 300 by having just enough fuel to pass the slowing...