sprint cup

We can all pretty much agree that football, baseball, soccer, basketball and hockey are "sports" and those who play those sports are athletes. But for many years some people have refused to accept that car racing is a sport and that drivers are athletes...

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Joey Logano completed a sweep of the second round of NASCAR's playoffs by winning in a controversial finish Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. NASCAR said earlier this week it would make just one attempt to finish the race under green-flag conditions, and Logano was the leader on what was supposed to be the final restart...

Matt Kenseth led 146 of 200 laps on his way to an easy victory at NASCAR’s Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday afternoon at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Matt Kenseth stretched his fuel and zipped past the fading leaders in the final thrilling laps Sunday to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway. The 400-mile race came down to fuel and which cars had it — and which ones didn't...

Kyle Busch sped past Joey Logano late and won NASCAR’s Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. withstood rain delays and avoided crashes to win NASCAR’s Coke Zero 400 in an exciting green-white-checkered finish at Daytona International Speedway in Florida on Sunday night / early Monday.

Jimmie Johnson held off Kevin Harvick and won the weather-delayed SpongeBob SquarePants 400 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday night.