Brad Keselowski gets the pole position when the NASCAR season resumes Sunday in Darlington, South Carolina. Keselowski earned the top starting spot through a random draw.
Jimmie Johnson will follow many other NASCAR superstars into retirement as the seven-time champion announced Wednesday he will retire from full-time competition after next season.
Matt Kenseth has been eliminated from the playoffs but, his win put Brad Keselowski in the final spot in the championship and a little bad luck with tires took Jimmy Johnson out of a chance at the title.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Matt Kenseth is out at Joe Gibbs Racing, which will replace the oldest fulltime driver in NASCAR's top series with rising star Erik Jones next season.
Kenseth is 45. Jones turned 21 in May.
The Jones promotion is part of a changing of the guard in NASCAR, which is seeing middle-aged drivers being replaced by future stars...
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Matt Kenseth wants to race next year but says he has no job lined up and likely has no future at Joe Gibbs Racing.
Kenseth is the 2003 champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner. He is in his fifth season driving for Gibbs...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Daytona 500 media day:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. would consider retirement if he won his first NASCAR Cup title this season.
Earnhardt, who missed half of last year because of another concussion, says he might walk away if he won a championship in his comeback season. Ear...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — At the season-opening Daytona 500, Joe Gibbs Racing proved it was unquestionably the fastest, from Denny Hamlin taking the checkered flag to its quartet of cars leading more than three-quarters of the race. It turned out to be a harbinger of things to come...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Matt Kenseth is trying to overturn his two-race suspension, but NASCAR apparently will contend he altered the outcome of a race when he intentionally wrecked Joey Logano.
Kenseth delivered payback after being spun by Logano three races ago...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Matt Kenseth has been suspended for the next two races for intentionally wrecking Joey Logano in an act of retaliation that threatens to affect who wins the NASCAR championship.
The penalty was levied Tuesday...