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Need some quick notes on the weekend's past races? Here's a quick summary of who won some stuff, who crashed out and, as a bonus, a brief explanation of a racing topic that, once you've read it, will make you the most exciting person at very boring parties.

He was the "Wonder Boy" who racked up wins at a record place. He brought the southern sport to Madison Ave. and became such a household name that even rapper Nelly name-dropped Gordon in a song.

Brad Keselowski will run the NASCAR Nationwide race in Iowa on Saturday, just a day before the Sprint Cup event at Pocono.

Rain at WGI as NASCAR drivers try to test Some NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are testing today at Watkins Glen International, if the weather cooperates.

Montoya - making his second NASCAR start of the year - dropped nine spots in the first 10 laps, Keselowski's hopes were dashed by a string of bad luck and Joey Logano's fifth-place finish wasn't good enough to give their team owner the one major trophy missing from his mantle, the Brickyard 400.

JULY 27: Leo Benjamin and Ella Sophia, children of Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet, celebrate by kissing the bricks after their father's victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Crown Royal Presents The John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Finishing second behind repeat winner Scott Steckly, this was the second podium for Alex this season, in addition to repeating his second-place result at this event last year.

NASCAR confiscated parts from Denny Hamlin's third-place car Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and warned of possible penalties following further inspection.

With a fifth Brickyard 400 victory on the line Sunday, Jeff Gordon looked like the driver he was 20 years ago.

He plays an Indiana resident on TV, and he's fit right in as an honorary Hoosier at a trifecta of must-see landmarks in Indianapolis.

The RTA formed this month as an alliance of nine of NASCAR's top teams. Kauffman met with other owners this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and says they are on board.

Excise officers arrest 18 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indiana State Excise Police says officers have arrested 18 people on 20 charges outside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The announcement Sunday was not unexpected. There has been talk for months that Edwards would be moving to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2015 to drive a new fourth car for the Toyota team.

She hoped it would help build relationships with others in the business community.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has struggled at the Brickyard 400 but enters it this year second in points, 12 behind Jeff Gordon.

Winless in his first five starts of the 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 season, Steckly returned to a track where he's won three of the previous five series events.

Huge banners cover several sections of seats at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. To see it at other NASCAR racetracks is disappointing.

Dillon parked his car on the famed yard of bricks and raised his arms toward the sky in triumph.

Harvick was fastest in all three sessions of NASCAR's knockout qualifying, and bested Sprint Cup Series points leader Jeff Gordon for the top starting spot in Sunday's race.

There's a massive banner that drapes the grandstand containing Gordon's image with the years of his four Brickyard 400 victories listed.