Entering Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway, every driver had one goal: Win the last scheduled NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the 1.25-mile track. With that goal in mind, Mike Bliss and the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Mad Croc Energy team ran in the top three for both practice sessions, qualified fourth, led 10 laps and came up one spot short to finish second in the 200-lap race. "I had... more.

After demonstrating his truck's strength in practice and qualifying and leading 35 laps, brake issues and subsequent contact led to a disappointing 15th place finish for Kevin Harvick at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Harvick experienced brake issues while leading early in the race, then made contact with multiple trucks, which ruined his chances of winning his fourth Truck Series race of the season... more.

Jason Leffler (fourth) was the highest finishing Camry driver in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Gateway International Raceway. Reed Sorenson (sixth) and Brad Coleman (eighth) also earned top-10 finishes at the 1.25-mile track located outside of St. Louis. St. Louis-native Kenny Wallace finished 13th in a Toyota race car prepared for his Jay Robinson Racing team by his b... more.

Camry driver Denny Hamlin earned his seventh victory of the season in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Martinsville Speedway. The win marks the third consecutive victory for the Chesterfield, Va.-native (Oct. 2009 and March 2010) and fourth of his career at the half-mile Virginia oval. Hamlin started from the pole and led twice for 40 (of 500) laps in the race. The win m... more.

Tony Stewart rallied back from two pit-road miscues but could not overcome a flat right-front tire with less than 10 laps remaining and finished a disappointing 24th in Sunday’s TUMS Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.  The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) was 13th on lap 490 of the 500-lap ev... more.

CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion (Finished 8th) – “Our Aflac crew didn’t give up. We dropped like we had an anchor in the beginning and went to the back. Bob did a great job with pit strategy. That was pretty cool and then the guys did a good job on pit road. On that last run people were just falling left and right, so I started going easier because I figured they were melting ... more.

Ron Hornaday Jr., got past Kyle Busch late in Saturday’s Kroger 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, forcing Busch to settle for a disappointing second-place finish at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Busch, who led twice for 28 laps, appeared on his way to victory, but Hornaday slipped past the Z-Line Designs driver just prior to the final caution of the day on lap 198. The race, which w... more.

Car#/Dr/Pit stops/Laps/Time/Ttl secs/Avg. secs 18 6 Kyle Busch 500 00:04:40.163 280.163 46.694 11 7 Denny Hamlin 500 00:05:15.955 315.955 45.136 29 7 Kevin Harvick 500 00:05:20.305 320.305 45.758 99 7 Carl Edwards 500 00:05:21.689 321.689 45.956 31 7 Jeff Burton 500 00:05:23.832 323.832 46.262 48 7 Jimmie Johnson 500 00:05:25.959 325.959 46.566 20 7 Joey Logano 500 00:05:31.75... more.

7 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail End Driver Change 1 50 Excessive speed ENTERING pits Y Tail End 53 6 50 Excessive speed EXITING the pits y Tail End 53 38 50 Pitting before pit road is open Y Tail End 53 19 110 Pitting before pit road is open Y Tail End 116 19 110 Intentionally causing a caution Y Held 2 Laps 12 112 Excessive speed EXITING the pits y Tail End 116 47 120 Pitting b... more.

Pos/Owner/Car#/Pts/Ldr/Nxt/Ppos/G or L 1 Jeff Gordon 48 5,998 0 3769 1 0 2 J D Gibbs 11 5,992 -6 -6 3763 2 0 3 Richard Childress 29 5,936 -62 -56 3707 3 0 4 Joe Gibbs 18 5,826 -172 -110 3597 5 1 5 Rick Hendrick 24 5,795 -203 -31 3566 4 -1 6 Jack Roush 99 5,785 -213 -10 3556 7 1 7 Margaret Haas 14 5,762 -236 -23 3533 6 -1 8 Richard Childress 31 5,752 -246 -10 3523 10 2 9 ... more.

Pos/Dr/Bpts/Pts/Ldr/Nxt/S/P/W/T5/T10/DNF/$/Ppos/G or L 1 Jimmie Johnson 140 5998 0 0 32 2 6 15 19 4 $6,508,854 1 0 2 Denny Hamlin 105 5992 -6 -6 32 2 7 13 16 2 $5,108,353 2 0 3 Kevin Harvick 80 5936 -62 -56 32 0 3 14 22 1 $6,048,657 3 0 4 Kyle Busch 105 5826 -172 -110 32 2 3 10 18 2 $5,791,714 5 1 5 Jeff Gordon 110 5795 -203 -31 32 1 0 11 16 2 $5,195,354 4 -1 6 Carl Edwards 50 57... more.

1 1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 500 190 5 122.7 $177,375 Running 2 40 2 21 5 Mark Martin ebay Motors / GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 500 170 95.5 $125,825 Running 3 36 29 Kevin Harvick Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet 500 170 5 119.7 $147,951 Running 6 97 4 26 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 500 160 103.6 $140,531 Running 5 19 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 155 108.9 $135,303 Running... more.

Dead heat. Well, almost. Denny Hamlin won Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville and trimmed fifth-place finisher Jimmie Johnson’s lead in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup to six points with four races left in the season. The closest Chase ever through six races is on a collision course toward next Sunday’s AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, the most dangerou... more.

Ron Hornaday Jr. powered away from Kyle Busch on a green-white-checkered-flag restart and claimed his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Martinsville Speedway in Saturday’s Kroger 200. The win was the four-time truck series champion’s second of the year and the 47th of his career. Busch ran second, followed by series points leader Todd Bodine, Jason White and Aric Almirola.... more.

Car#/Stops/Dr/Laps/Time/Ttl sec/Avg secs 22 4 Brad Keselowski 200 00:02:45.178 165.178 41.295 38 4 Jason Leffler 200 00:02:47.855 167.855 41.964 60 4 Carl Edwards 200 00:02:50.317 170.317 42.579 33 4 Mike Bliss 200 00:02:52.506 172.506 43.127 16 4 Trevor Bayne 200 00:02:58.595 178.595 44.649 12 4 Justin Allgaier 200 00:03:00.107 180.107 45.027 18 4 Brad Coleman 200 00:03:04.06... more.