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Jeff Gordon wins second race of season at Pocono
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Long Pond, PA, United States (AHN Sports) – Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon won the race off pit road and then held on to win Sunday’s 5-Hour Energy 500 at Pocono Raceway. With many cars equal and running out front in clean air paramount, Gordon knew [...]
Carl Edwards leads Cup points 5 straight weeks
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crowned its 10th different race winner of the season this past weekend in Brad Keselowski but Carl Edwards has held on to the points lead five straight weeks. Edwards sits atop the points standings with 485 [...]
Jimmie Johnson scores season’s first win at Talladega
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Talladega, AL, United States (AHN Sports) – Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson got a push from teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win Sunday’s Aarons 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Johnson tied a NASCAR record by edging Clint Bowyer by a .002-thousands of a second. It was the [...]
Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Talladega
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Talladega, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – It was a wild ending but Kyle Busch scored his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series win of the season by capturing the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Wallace’s Chevrolet spun upside down and landed on its roof, freezing the field on Lap [...]
Tony Stewart sits atop NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart may have come up just short for a win last weekend at Las Vegas, but he left the third race of the season with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points lead. Stewart leap-frogged [...]
Jeff Gordon snaps skid, wins Cup race at Phoenix
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Avondale, AZ, United States (AHN Sports) – Jeff Gordon snapped a long winless skid when he skirted pass Kyle Busch in the closing laps to win Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. In winning the Subway Fresh Fit 500, Gordon snapped a 66-race winless streak [...]
Carl Edwards carries Sprint Cup Series points lead into Phoenix
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Trevor Bayne may have won the season-opening Daytona 500, but former Chaser Carl Edwards carries the NASCAR Sprint Cup points lead into Phoenix. Bayne is only eligible for the NASCAR Nationwide Series points race so it is Edwards who owns the [...]
Field gets bigger for Budweiser Shootout at Daytona
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – The field for the season-opening Budweiser Shootout all-star race just got a little bit bigger with the criteria for the race being expanded. Past NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookies of the Year, among others, will be admitted into the non-points all-star [...]
The Chase: Denny Hamlin Holds 15-Point Lead Heading Into Season Finale
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN) – It’s a three-horse race in The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship heading into this weekend’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. With Phoenix out of the way, it’s a three-way battle between Denny Hamlin, four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson and [...]
Denny Hamlin Holds Ground With Win At Martinsville
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Martinsville, VA, United States (AHN) – Denny Hamlin knew one of his home-state tracks could make a difference in his Chase chances and it has for now. Hamlin started from the pole and drove home to a win in the Tums Fast Relief 500 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. It [...]
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