Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson was a long shot coming into the Brickyard hoping to make the NASCAR Playoffs. And the No. 48 crew was below the cut line most of the race.

Just 31 points separate six drivers for the last four Playoff spots. Justin Schuoler dives in with his expertise to share who has the best shot of getting in, and who will fall short.

Harvick had to hold off Denny Hamlin to win his first race of the season, and the first win for his team, Stewart-Haas Racing.

For the third time this season, NASCAR presented a race worth watching. I am talking about those who demand an entertaining three-hour experience if they are going to spend the time to take it all in. Talladega delivered.

Kevin Harvick earned the pole for the Toyota Owners 400 in Friday night’s Busch Pole Qualifying at Richmond Raceway, and he gets to keep it.

Maybe it was my low expectations for races at Texas, but Sunday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was good. The field didn't get exponentially stretched out as the race progressed, and the leader didn't simply pull away from the car in second.

Kyle Busch is now one win away from 200 victories across all of NASCAR’s top touring series as we head to Auto Club Speedway.

The Monster Energy Cup Series started the 2019 season with the 61st annual Daytona 500 and while the Great American race has come and gone, the series doesn’t sleep, and the true test begins in Atlanta this weekend.

The Daytona 500 is coming up this Sunday, a time for new beginnings and a time for bringing things to an end. After 15 years and over a thousand columns of various incarnations, this edition represents my final regular contribution to this site.

Following his elimination in a big crash at the end of Sunday's Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona, Paul Menard's comments seemed to sum up the most common criticism of Jimmie Johnson's NASCAR career: "Jimmie does that a lot."