NASCAR Cup

Before the shadows crept over turns 1 and 2 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kevin Harvick had a car capable of challenging fellow title contenders Martin Truex, Jr., Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski.

The final race came down to the finals laps, among the top cars from the dominant manufacturer, and ultimately, the most successful driver won the championship.

The crew in black and yellow fire suits went methodically about its business, check-listing last details before the beginning of the final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

After nine months, 35 races and 237 laps, it came down to a nail biter for Martin Truex, Jr. With Kyle Busch hounding him over the closing 30 laps, Truex, Jr. stayed cool under fire to hold both Busch and Kyle Larson...

In opening Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Championship 4 driver Martin Truex, Jr. brushed the outside wall hard enough to scrape the paint off the right rear...

Joe Gibbs couldn’t stay angry at Tony Stewart forever. In fact, he couldn’t stay angry for very long at all – once he got over the shock of Stewart’s planned departure from Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the 2008 season.

With a dramatic run late in Friday’s knockout qualifying session at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Denny Hamlin knocked Championship 4 contender Martin Truex, Jr. off the pole for Sunday’s Ford Eco-Boost 400.

Danica Patrick said good-bye to racing during a tearful press conference on Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway – but it will be a long good-bye.

This Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series finale will not only be the end of the 2017 season, but will also mark the end of another legendary career – and the closing of a chapter of one of NASCAR’s most legendary racing families.

Kevin Harvick’s two wins this season are fewer than any of the other three drivers eligible to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series title on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.