There were hugs, pictures, and beer toasts. Cheers were abundant.Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't leave pit road at Homestead-Miami Speedway until almost an hour after the checkered flag had fallen. Completing his final race as a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver, Earnhardt soaked in the moment with his Hendrick Motorsports...

At the end of a riveting, breathtaking battle that had fans in the grandstands on their feet long after the checkered flag, Martin Truex Jr. held off Kyle Busch by .681 seconds at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 and his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series title.In...

Erik Jones put the finishing touches on an impressive season with Sunoco Rookie of the Year of honors.The Furniture Row Racing driver earned 14 top-10 finishes, one pole and led 310 laps in 36 races. He ended the year 19th in the point standings after finishing 21st in the Ford...

NASCAR will crown a new Monster Energy Series champion today but the sport is also saying goodbye to a few of its stars.Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth will run their final laps in the premier series after starting their careers together in 2000. The two have been longtime friends...

Martin Truex Jr. didn't let a wall scrape in the first Saturday practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway slow him down.ResultsAfter repairs, the No. 78 Toyota rocketed to the top of the speed charts early in the final 50-minute session and stayed there. Truex's best lap was 171.195 mph. The Furniture Row...

At the buzzer, Denny Hamlin stole the Coors Light Pole Award for the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.The No. 11 jumped to the top of the leaderboard with a lap of 173.980 mph. He bumped championship contender Martin Truex Jr. from the top spot and what would have been...

For Jimmie Johnson, the most dominant driver of NASCAR's current era, a seventh championship wasn't an "if," it was a "when." It duly came in the 2016 finale. Kyle Busch, the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, stood on pit road at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his visage a mixture of shock and...

NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup has been criticized for creating "artificial and manufactured" competition, because it resets the point standings four times during the season's final 10 races and bunches the title contenders to force crowded racing for the big prize. That harsh judgment can be supported.It should be...

After starting at the rear of the field Jimmie Johnson goes on to win the Ford EcoBoost 400 to claim his 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

Call him Seven-Time.Jimmie Johnson joined NASCAR's most exclusive club on Sunday, winning the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to claim his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, putting the driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on par with icons Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt."You're a good man,...