NASCAR Cup

In a race that saw a little of everything, Saturday night’s cutoff race for the Chase to the Sprint Cup ended with an overtime finish. When Martin Truex, Jr. spun his tires on that final restart, Denny Hamlin sprinted away from the pack, and drove to the victory...

Though Austin Dillon is likely to secure a career-first spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway, the list of variables that could make his life more difficult is no small matter.

Don’t tell Denny Hamlin his first pole of the season isn’t significant. In the money round of Friday’s knockout qualifying session, the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota toured .75-mile Richmond International Raceway in 22.069 seconds (122.344 mph)...

“Win and you’re in” is the name of the game in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, meaning if a driver visits Victory Lane in a race, he earns a berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup playoffs.

Count ’em. As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Richmond for the final event in the 26-race regular season, there are 19 drivers competing for the final four berths in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Kevin Harvick has shaken up his pit crew just one week before the start of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

Ryan Newman's championship hopes were dealt a blow Wednesday when NASCAR docked him 15 points before the final qualifying race for the playoffs.

Martin Truex, Jr. finally shook off the bad luck that had dogged him all summer long and broke through for one of the biggest victories of his career – winning Sunday night’s Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway...

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. quashed any talk of retirement on Sunday and promised to return to compete full time in the Sprint Cup Series in 2017.

Tropical storm Hermine made sure Chris Buescher’s path to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup would be just a bit more difficult.