KERRY THARP:  Gene Haas has joined us, along with Tony Stewart, he owns this race team, and they are the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions, and Gene, congratulations on this championship.  How do you feel? GENE HAAS:  It's an awesome day.  It's really hard to get to this point and kind of leaves you speechless. Q.  This is a team that was struggling to be in the top 35 just a... more.

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 15 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 267 47 4 126.3 $341,258 Running 4 65 2 1 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 267 44 2 141.3 $296,416 Running 6 119 3 2 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 267 42 1 121.1 $189,450 Running 1 5 4 6 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 267 41 1 114.7 $173,736 Running 2 ... more.

Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Tony Stewart went from all-time great to legend, capturing his third career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in grand fashion – a number that places him among a short list of historic NASCAR figures. With a victory in Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Stewart became the seventh champion to win the season finale in his championship season. ... more.

Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Row 1: 1 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 30.775 175.467 2 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 30.891 174.808 Row 2: 3 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 30.931 174.582 4 22 Kurt Busch Shell Pennzoil Dodge 30.942 174.520 Row 3: 5 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 30.947 174.492 6 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 30.950 174.475 Row 4: 7 24 Jeff Gord... more.

It is it's now my pleasure to bring back both of our emcees for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series segment as we set up the exciting final on Sunday in the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with the Ford 400. Let's welcome back Shannon Spake and Krista Voda.            SHANNON SPAKE: The season started back in February with the Daytona 500. After 35 races at 22 different racetracks in ... more.

An interview with: CARL EDWARDS TONY STEWART THE MODERATOR:  We are welcomed in the media center by Tony Stewart who finished third in today's race. Tony, talk a little bit about this race here today, going into Homestead next week, three points behind in the championship.  It's between you and Carl.  All other drivers were officially eliminated today.  This is the third closes... more.

THE MODERATOR:  We're joined in the media center by tonight's winning crew chief Darian Grubb.  This is four now in the Chase.  Talk about the momentum the team has going into the final two races. DARIAN GRUBB:  Momentum is huge, just knowing we can get it done.  All the guys did a great job on pit road, all the guys in the garage.  The car was fast all weekend.  Tony gave us great feedb... more.

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 5 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 334 48 5 144.0 $484,783 Running 7 173 2 7 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 334 43 1 120.9 $361,566 Running 3 14 3 9 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 334 42 1 113.5 $231,883 Running 2 5 4 3 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 334 41 1 124.1 $227,461 Running 5 87 5 1 16 G... more.

Tony Stewart backed up his smack talk with a convincing victory in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, the eighth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. With his fourth victory in the Chase and the 43rd of his career, Stewart put a dent in runner-up Carl Edwards’ series lead, scoring maximum points (48) to trim Edwards’ advantage from eight to three points with two races l... more.

KERRY THARP: Let's go ahead and hear from the crew chief from today's winning race team, Darian Grubb.            Darian is a native of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Floyd, Virginia. I'm told this is your first Sprint Cup win here in your native state. Congratulations on that. Talk about the ebb and flow of the race, some of the things maybe that y'all had to do on pit road, strateg... more.

Tony Stewart passed Jimmie Johnson on a restart with three laps left in Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway and held off Johnson’s desperate bid for the win on the final lap. The victory was Stewart’s third in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and vaulted him into second place in the standings, eight points behind leader Carl Edwards. Stewart won for the 42nd time in hi... more.

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 4 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevrolet 500 47 4 99.2 $198,983 Running 3 14 2 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Mylowes Chevrolet 500 43 1 126.1 $161,786 Running 2 61 3 10 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 500 42 1 122.5 $142,211 Running 2 113 4 5 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 500 41 1 110.9 $1... more.

Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Row 1: 1 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet 28.131 191.959 2 17 Matt Kenseth Fluidmaster Ford 28.137 191.918 Row 2: 3 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Now Hiring Ford 28.144 191.870 4 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 28.159 191.768 Row 3: 5 16 Greg Biffle 3M Give Kids A Smile Ford 28.163 191.741 6 39 Ryan Newman cookies for kid's cancer Chevrolet ... more.

KERRY THARP:  We're roll right into our post race press conference for today's race-winning team.  We're joined right now by crew chief Darian Grubb. Darian, talk about the 14 car, two for two so far in the Chase races, coming back to New Hampshire where you had your heart broken earlier, just talk about today's win and what it means. DARIAN GRUBB:  It's just a huge day for the entire ... more.

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 20 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet 300 47 4 114.6 $254,083 Running 1 2 2 16 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 300 43 1 93.8 $186,383 Running 1 1 3 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford40MPG.com Ford 300 41 115.0 $148,675 Running 4 7 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 300 42 2 131.5 $165,211 Running 3 78 5 3... more.