Like any major sporting event, the NASCAR Chase for the Championship will be largely decided by a series of probable outcomes. After 26 regular season races, teams are what their statistics say they are, and it's a great predictor of success for the final 10.These odds will be the subject...

It's a small sample size but Kevin Harvick was pleased with the early returns from his new-look pit crew on Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.Harvick had lost several races on pit road during the course of the summer and it boiled over at Darlington Raceway (pictured) when the 2014...

Ryan Blaney needed to complete a Hail Mary on Saturday night in order to make the Chase for the Championship. Instead, he crashed 11 laps in at Richmond International Raceway: a far cry from the victory he needed to make the playoffs in his rookie season.The 22-year-old made contact with...

Ryan Newman's race to the Chase just got a little more challenging.NASCAR gave the Richard Childress Racing veteran a 15-point penalty for his car's failure of post-race laser inspection on Sunday night following the Southern 500. The penalty drops the 38-year-old from seven points to 22 points behind Jamie McMurray...

Dover International Speedway officials announced on Friday the addition of over 500 feet of SAFER barrier that will be in place for the fall race weekend during the Chase for the Championship.The soft walls will be added alongside the outside retaining wall in Turn 4 and Turn 2 leading into...

AJ Allmendinger was fastest in final Sprint Cup practice on Friday at Watkins Glen International, as he looks to win this race for the second time and first since 2014. As was the case two years ago, such a victory would propel Allmendinger into the Chase for the Championship, not...

Chris Buescher's weather-aided upset victory has created a fascinating ripple effect in the battle to make the Chase for the Championship.More specifically, the results of the Pennsylvania 400 on Monday have created two separate scenarios to follow over the final five races of the Sprint Cup regular season – one...

Despite numerous changes to NASCAR in the Brian France era, there has remained an oddly outdated constant in regards to its unwillingness to strip victories after a failed post-race inspection.The reasons have been understood since what feels like the beginning of time. But for the unaware, NASCAR has always wanted...

Kevin Harvick finished fourth on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway but was once again left disappointed with the performance of his pit crew after several subpar stops during the middle stages of the race.This has been a disturbing trend for the 2014 championship-winning team, and Harvick feels additional changes...

If the Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway a year ago felt like a monumental turning point in the history of NASCAR, then Saturday night felt like an obscure blip on an otherwise forgettable weekend.This was supposed to be the weekend the NASCAR front office reached a near-conclusion on the...