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In fact, not only does the race for the championship and the 15 playoff points that come with it have no clear favorite, but the driver best positioned to win is somewhat of a surprise.

Gordon, now vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, gave owner Rick Hendrick is his first victory at the iconic track in 1994 and also four more before his driving career came to a close.

Hand, 45, has both a class victory and an overall victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race. Although an experienced road racer, NASCAR is still fairly new to him. On Sunday, he was making just his eighth career Cup Series start. He was driving a part-time entry for…

With a nearly two-hour rain delay in the second stage, NASCAR had set 8:20 p.m. Local time hard end to Sunday’s originally scheduled 75-lap race.

The driver of Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 5 Chevrolet squeezed in a final hot lap just before the conclusion of the 10-minute final round of qualifying and topped Ty Gibbs with an average lap speed of 90.168 mph to win the pole.

Denny Hamlin was able to get around Ross Chastain for the lead with six laps to go at Nashville, but the race completely changed after a late caution threw the event into chaos.

Byron has already won three times this yer and is well-positioned for the playoffs, but his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team has had difficulty producing top 10 finishes on a week-to-week basis of late.

Christopher Bell and Joe Gibbs Racing won a wild Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which was halted with 82 laps to go when severe weather hit the track. Tyler Reddick was in the lead, but NASCAR waited out the storm.

Persistent rain around the 1.058-mile track in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday forced the cancelation of Saturday’s qualifying session. The field for Sunday’s race was set by the NASCAR performance metric, which is based in large part on the driver’s most recent finishing position and his team’s rank in owner points.…