Four races left in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship and it's down to eight drivers left after Sunday's race at Talladega. One of the drivers who entered the race in jeopardy of elimination and needed to win was Brad Keselowski and that's exactly what he did.
It was a big weekend for Penske Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway. Joey Logano became the fifth driver to win three Sprint Cup races this season when he held off teammate Brad Keselowski Saturday night. Keselowski won the Truck Series race and Penske driver Ryan Blaney took the Nationwide event for a clean sweep.
Brad Keselowski became the first driver to sweep back-to-back weekend races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, dominating both the Nationwide race on Saturday and the Sprint Cup race on Sunday.
A piece of trash on his front grill cost Brad Keselowski a win at Pocono Speedway on Sunday. Keselowski had the dominant car and had the lead late in the race, but with his engine temperature on the rise because of the blocked air flow, he dipped behind the lapped car of Danica Patrick trying to blow off the debris.
After going three months before winning his first race of the season all of a sudden Jimmie Johnson has put together two in a row. Following up his Coca Cola 600 victory, Johnson dominated Dover's Monster Mile for his ninth career victory at the one mile track. He led 272 of the 400 laps and held off pole sitter Brad Keselowski on a late restart and very much looks like he could extend his string of championships to seven.
It was a crazy night at Richmond International Raceway. It began with pole sitter Kyle Larson being bumped by Clint Bowyer in the first turn of the first lap and ended with pushing and shoving and even a punch thrown in the pits after the race. In between there were flaming tires, plenty of spins and the season's second two-time winner.
It was a weekend sweep for Brad Keselowski at Las Vegas Motor Speedway taking Saturday's Nationwide race then taking the lead on the final lap in Sunday's Sprint Cup race when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. ran out of gas. Junior appeared to be on his way to his second victory of the season until he was forced into fuel-saving mode.
Entering Saturday night’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch had expected some retribution from Brad Keselowski after their run-in the week before in the Nationwide race at Kansas Speedway. After all, Keselowski had nothing to lose because he was out of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
Only five slots left and one race to go before NASCAR’s chase for the Sprint Cup Championship begins.
The Sprint Cup Series enters the second half of its 26-race regular season with the first of two visits to Pocono Raceway this Sunday. So now drivers will be keeping a close eye on the standings as the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship gets closer. The top 10 drivers in the points standings get in along with two more wild cards based on wins from among drivers ranked 11th through 20th.
NASCAR came down with some heavy penalties to the Penske Racing team for violations last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. The cars of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano were found with illegal parts in the rear housing and they had to change them before getting on the track.
Kasey Kahne took the lead on a late restart and held off pole-sitter Kyle Busch to win for the first time at Bristol Motor Speedway. Brad Keselowski came in third followed by Kurt Busch and Clint Bowyer.