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02/27/2011 - 7:44pm
Jeff Gordon snaps winless streak, wins at Phoenix
Jeff Gordon dominated the field Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway, winning the Subway Fresh Fit 500 to snap a nearly two-year streak of futility.
02/27/2011 - 1:14am
Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race, Bayne finishes 33rd
The Knoxville native was running in the top ten before blowing a tire, sending him into the wall.
02/25/2011 - 5:04pm
Trevor Bayne crashes at Phoenix
The Daytona 500 champ wrecks during practice for Sunday's Sprint Cup race
02/20/2011 - 6:46pm
Knoxville's Trevor Bayne wins the Daytona 500
The 20-year old racer who attended Central and Gibbs wins the Great American Race in just his second Sprint Cup race.
02/17/2011 - 7:41pm
Lineup set for 53rd running of the Daytona 500
The field includes Knoxville native Trevor Bayne, who wrecked on the final turn during the second dual race in Daytona.
02/16/2011 - 8:36pm
Dale Jr. wrecks car, surrenders top Daytona starting spot
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has wrecked his pole-winning Daytona 500 car.
02/13/2011 - 9:00pm
Junior! Earnhardt Jr. wins Daytona 500 pole
Knoxville's Trevor Bayne posted the third fastest time.
02/13/2011 - 8:50pm
Daytona: Lap 3 moment of silence for Earnhardt
Fans will also be asked to stand and raise three fingers on that lap.
02/12/2011 - 11:22pm
Kurt Busch wins Shootout when Hamlin disqualified
Hamlin crossed the finish line first, but NASCAR ruled his pass was illegal. He was black-flagged and dropped to 12th -- the last car on the lead lap of Saturday night's race.
01/27/2011 - 12:53am
Knoxville's Bayne thrives on track despite frequent transition
After running a full Nationwide schedule a year ago, Bayne is adding at least 17 Sprint Cup races to his resume this season, including the Daytona 500.
01/26/2011 - 9:13am
Day #2 of annual Sprint Cup Media Tour
Nascar's best join media for discussion on various topics including proposed new points system
01/25/2011 - 6:48am
Nascar preseason media tour underway in Charlotte
Sports Overtime's Daryl Hobby reports all week from North Carolina at Nascar's motor mouth event!
01/17/2011 - 10:23pm
NASCAR may scrap points system
The overhauling of the system is one of a handful of changes NASCAR is considering implementing before next month's season-opening Daytona 500.
11/24/2010 - 1:01am
Hendrick Motorsports shuffles lineup for 3 teams
The only crew chief not changing cars is Chad Knaus of the 48 team.
11/22/2010 - 8:30pm
Richard Petty Motorsports to field 2 cars in 2011
RPM was in turmoil the last two months of the season because of the financial problems plaguing majority owner George Gillett Jr.
11/21/2010 - 6:39pm
Jimmie Johnson wins record fifth straight Sprint Cup championship
Johnson started the day 15 points behind Denny Hamlin, but left Miami with a 39 point lead and his fifth consecutive title.
11/14/2010 - 9:01pm
Edwards wins in Phoenix as points race tightens
With one race left in the season, Denny Hamlin's lead over Jimmie Johnson is 15 points.
11/09/2010 - 6:36pm
NASCAR fines Kyle Busch $25K for gesture
Kyle Busch has been fined $25,000 for the obscene gesture he made toward a NASCAR official at Texas Motor Speedway.
11/08/2010 - 6:03pm
Johnson to use Gordon's crew for final 2 races
The announcement comes a day after Johnson's crew struggled through a pair of stops at Texas Motor Speedway.
11/07/2010 - 8:39pm
Hamlin wins in Texas; Bayne finishes 17th in Cup debut
With two races left in the Chase for the Championship, Denny Hamlin leads four-time defending champ Jimmie Johnson by 33 points.
11/01/2010 - 12:27am
Bowyer edges Harvick under caution at Talladega
Jimmie Johnson finished seventh. He now leads Denny Hamlin by 14 points with three races left in the season.
10/30/2010 - 5:00pm
Montoya takes Talladega pole
Juan Pablo Montoya has won the pole for Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway.
10/24/2010 - 5:20pm
Hamlin wins in Martinsville, closes in on Johnson
With four races left in the Chase for the Championship, Jimmie Johnson's lead over Hamlin is just six points.
10/22/2010 - 5:17pm
Hamlin wins pole for Sunday at Martinsville
Denny Hamlin has won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.
10/16/2010 - 11:53pm
McMurray wins at Charlotte
McMurray blew past title contender Kyle Busch on a restart with 21 laps to go in Saturday night's race to earn his third win of the year.