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Matt Kenseth won his fifth race of the season by holding off Kasey Kahne at the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee on Saturday.

Ryan Newman has won the Daytona 500, but Sunday the Indiana native kissed the bricks at his home track, winning the Samuel Deeds 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A late race pit blunder by Jimmie Johnson’s crew cost the #48 a chance at another Brickyard title and opened the door for Newman, who held off Johnson during the closing laps to score the victory...

Sprint Cup part-timer Brian Vickers scored his third career victory in the Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, breaking a nearly four year winless drought by holding off Kyle Busch and Jeff Burton during a green-white-checkered finish...

There’s a saying in racing: the last lap is the only lap that counts. Tony Stewart lived by that saying Sunday, leading only the last 3 laps of the 400 lap FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway en route to his first victory of the season...

The David vs. Goliath metaphor is one we use a lot in sports, but when trying to describe the final results of this week’s Sprint Cup Series race, nothing else seems appropriate. David Ragan won the seven-hour, rain-delayed, Aaron’s 499 Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway after a green-white-checkered dash to the finish...

Who’s going to get lucky in Vegas?  If you want Lady Luck to smile on your car, they’ve got to be willing to roll the dice with a late race gamble, but even then, they might just crap out.  One thing is for sure: if you want to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, you’ve got to go all-in...

Denny Hamlin took the Checkered Flag at the Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday.

It was Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway and it all came down to either Carl Edwards or Tony Stewart to take the trophy. A win for either would guarantee the championship and that's exactly what Tony  Stewart did.

Clint Bowyer was able to edge teammate Jeff Burton for the win at Talladega.  That's Bowyer's first win of the season and the 100th Sprint Cup victory for Richard Childress Racing.

We all checked out the Daytona 500 yesterday, didn't we? If so or if not, here's a gallery of the race.

The Daytona 500 is always full of surprises and 2011 was no exception as Trevor Bayne wins the cup one day after his 20th birthday, making him the youngest winner ever of the race.