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November 04, 2009 Crew chief Kenny Francis wins third NASCAR MOOG a Problem Solver of the Racea award Kenny Francis, crew chief of the No.

Jamie McMurray takes the chechered flag ahead of Kasey Kahne to win the AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race on Sunday.

Not since 1997 has Jeff Gordon won fewer than two poles in a Cup season. Never in 16 previous full seasons had he failed to win at least one.

Red Lion's Cody Darrah will once again be in the spotlight beginning tonight when he races in the World of Outlaws World Finals.

Veteran NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray was a surprise winner Sunday at the crash-marred Sprint Cup Amp Energy 500 at Talladega, Ala.

CAUTION 6 189 - Another big crash -- Jamie McMurray will win! GREEN FLAG - Lap 188: Jamie McMurray leads.

Crew chief Kenny Francis graduated from White High and got an engineering degree at Florida.

Behind the scenes, the team is also shoring up its lineup. Team officials familiar with RPM's personnel moves told The Associated Press on Wednesday that sponsor Best Buy will move from Sadler's car next season to Petty's famed No.

Three opinionated NASCAR broadcasters let it all hang out on some of the sport's pertinent issues.

That's a signed Kasey Kahne helmet, one of the items that will be auctioned off this Sunday to help raise money for Travis Rutz, a Canadian sprint car driver who was injured in a racing accident in Indiana.

I recently gathered Kyle Petty, Jimmy Spencer and Larry McReynolds in a room to discuss the state of NASCAR and other key areas.

ANTHONY ANDRO The Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship is showing just how overrated momentum is.Three of the hottest drivers entering the Chase were Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne and Brian Vickers.Halfway through the 10-race playoff, they are ninth , 11th and 12th and have almost no shot at winning the title.Kahne and Vickers you can almost ...

So, two weeks ago, after the Kansas race, I wrote an article about how this year's Chase may not be settled as early as last year's was.

By DREW DAVISON Kasey Kahne knows his chances of winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship are slim to none.

Welcome to SportsNation! On Monday, ESPN's NASCAR Now analyst Ray Evernham will stop by to chat about the Chase for the Cup.

In the final night race of the year, and the only night race, of the Chase the NASCAR Sprint Cup series drivers and crews got to play in their own backyard on Saturday night.

The Frontstretch: Rookie Report: Freshmen Speed and Logano Learn the Art of Survival at Fontana by Tony Lumbis -- Monday October 12, 2009 Joey Logano: Start: 6th; Finish: 14th Summary: Joey Logano started out the Pepsi 500 weekend with a controversial Nationwide win that involved an alleged purposeful bump from Greg Biffle and a post-race ...

Michael O'Leary / The Herald Kasey Kahne, an Enumclaw native and Chase for the Cup participant, poses for a photo with students at Cascade High School on Thursday.

It was just a little more than two years ago when two-time series champion Tony Stewart accused NASCAR officials of "playing God" by manipulating races through phantom debris cautions.

For 21 minutes and 45 seconds, Auto Club Speedway stood still. A red caution flag had frozen the field with five laps left in the Pepsi 500.