NASCAR fans have seen strange things happen before – animals on the track, a rolling plastic inflated orange – but after this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, it certainly takes the cake.
Tony Stewart, the three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion picked up his 17 victory at Daytona International Speedway with a win in the Gatorade Duel No. 1 under cation flag conditions.
Tony Stewart continued his relentless drive on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and did exactly what it took to win his third Championship title, win!
Kasey Kahne claimed his first victory of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season while Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart spent the afternoon in such close proximity at Phoenix International Raceway that they maintained the same three-point margin of their thrilling battle in the tightest Chase in history.
Qualifying for the Kobalt Tools 500 in Phoenix was everything but smooth for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers as the new configuration frustrated many drivers including Jeff Gordon and Jamie McMurray.
Tony Stewart led seven times for a race-high 173 laps in route to his second straight victory and the fourth out of the eight Chase races on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
Tony Stewart won the Tums Fast Relief 500 at the Martinsville Speedway by getting past the leader, Jimmie Johnson on a late restart and leading the final 3 laps. At one point Stewart was about to go a lap down to the leader but fought him off and remained on the lead lap. Johnson finished second and Jeff Gordon followed in third.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 277 of 300-scheduled laps en route to the first Xfinity victory for himself and Hendrick Motorsports at the Last Great Colosseum.
Brandon Jones followed his Darlington win with a fifth-place run to lead Toyota in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday evening.
The three-time Daytona 500 pole winner from Tucson, Arizona, posted a pole-winning lap at 128.675 mph in 14.912 seconds, which was enough to claim his second Cup Series pole position of the 2025 season and his second in a row at Thunder Valley.