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Normally a ninth-place result isn't much to celebrate, but after a disappointing 23rd in qualifying and overcoming several hurdles in the race, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was proud of his finish in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Joe Gibbs Racing's three cars finished second, third and fourth at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.

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.

Drivers test at Watkins Glen with Chase on their minds Six NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers testing at road course over two days Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://stargaz.tt/1mW3R9o Marcos Ambrose runs out of turn 11 onto the front straight Monday morning during a testing session at Watkins Glen International.

After winning his second race of the season on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and presently holding the points lead in the Sprint Cup Series, Gordon is very confident that 2014 will finally be the year he does the "drive for five."

Race Highlights: a Richard Childress Racing teammates Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman and Paul Menard finished 10th, 11th and 34th, respectively.

Race Team Alliance says the rest of NASCAR's full-time teams should soon be added to the group that is working on issues facing the sport.

In his second-career NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kyle Larson and his Turner Scott Motorsports team battled track position and fuel strategy, which ultimately left them with an eighth-place finish at the Brickyard.

A Joe Gibbs Racing plane hit a Stewart Haas Racing plane Sunday at Concord Regional Airport, a SHR spokesman said.

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.

Jeff Gordon became the first NASCAR driver to capture five checkered flags at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after winning the Brickyard 400 on Sunday afternoon.

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500, an incredible moment was made more special because it in his last attempt with crew chief Steve Letarte.

Ty Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Camaro, captured his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win Saturday, July 26, 2014, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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

Twenty years ago, no one really knew what to expect at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when NASCAR first raced at the historic oval.

So much so, in fact, when NASCAR first entertained thoughts of racing at the 2.5-mile track in the mid-1990s, Stewart was adamantly against it.

Harvick posted the fastest average speed in all three rounds of Saturday's Sprint Cup Series qualifying session to earn the pole for Sunday's Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers Kevin Harvick and his No. 4 Jimmy John's Chevrolet won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 21st Annual Crown Royal presents The John Wayne Walding 400 at The Brickyard Powered by BigMachineRecords.com with a lap of 47.753 seconds, 188.470 mph.

Kyle Busch continues to be the "Ultimate Interloper" in the NASCAR Nationwide Series after the Sprint Cup driver won the 40th pole of his career in that division for Saturday's Lilly Diabetes 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.