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It turns out that Kyle Larson’s second NASCAR Cup Series championship is not all that surprising when looked at from a statistical standpoint. Yes, Larson had to deliver in a one-race format, but he and the No. 5 team were in that position during a season when they topped, or...

Rick Hendrick is now a 15-time championship-winning car owner in the NASCAR Cup Series, but the newest one accomplished a first.“This is definitely the most unexpected championship,” Hendrick said Tuesday. “I had conceded, and in my mind, it was over because Denny [Hamlin] had about a three-second lead and a...

Chase Elliott has been voted NASCAR’s most popular driver in the Cup Series for the eighth consecutive season. The results were announced Tuesday night during the NASCAR Awards celebration in Scottsdale, Arizona. Elliott received 56 percent of the total votes cast. The other top five drivers in the voting, in...

Denny Hamlin says he’s doing as well as one would expect two days after losing the NASCAR Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway.“There is not a whole lot of second-guessing, I would say,” Hamlin said. “From my standpoint, there is not much else you can do about it. So, there...

The agony of defeat saturated the air on pit road Sunday night at Phoenix Raceway.It battled the tire smoke and the cheers from Kyle Larson and Hendrick Motorsports as they celebrated the NASCAR Cup Series championship. It brought tears to the eyes of those wearing Joe Gibbs Racing logos, both...

Kyle Larson had a moment while celebrating his second NASCAR Cup Series championship when his mind drifted elsewhere. “Iit kind of hit me like, ‘Oh, man, I can't imagine what he's feeling right now,’” Larson said of fellow championship contender Denny Hamlin.

“It just doesn’t seem right, you know?” Byron said. “He had beaten us, and we’re running second, and it’s four laps to go, and you go into the wall and cause a caution. I don’t want to be that guy..."

When William Byron hit the Turn 3 wall with bone-jarring impact on lap 310 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, the gut punch it delivered to Denny Hamlin was exponentially more painful.The resulting caution and strategic call by crew chief Cliff Daniels allowed Kyle Larson to snatch the Cup...

Denny Hamlin admitted he didn’t feel much emotion Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway, but the post-race scene told the tale.

Denny Hamlin will begin his NASCAR Cup Series championship quest from the pole Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway. William Byron and Kyle Larson, two of the three other Cup Series title contenders, qualified second and third.