Denny Hamlin went from last to first to the top seed in NASCAR's race for the Sprint Cup championship.

Tony Stewart went to Atlanta Motor Speedway mired in a 31-race winless streak and an afterthought, at best, on the list of championship contenders.

Tony Stewart raced to his first victory of the year, pulling away from Carl Edwards off the final restart at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Kyle Busch moved one step closer to sweeping the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, winning the Nationwide Series race on Friday night after intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski.

With a nondescript 19th-place finish at Michigan International Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. all but ensured he'll miss the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the third time in four years.

Juan Pablo Montoya has won the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International.

Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon will have a new spotter starting this weekend at Pocono Raceway.

Concerns about a half-empty race track dogged NASCAR long before Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the sanctioning body's top officials didn't want to discuss attendance or any other ailments plaguing the nation's No. 1 racing series.

Kyle Busch's day at the Brickyard 400 finished much better than it began.

It started with a crash right after the green flag fell. Then things really got chaotic at Sunday's Brickyard 400.

AJ Allmendinger and car owner Richard Petty had a heated exchange in the garage area at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night.

Kurt Busch tried to bump-and-run past Jimmie Johnson for a win.