An impressive night for Kyle Busch at Richmond Speedway who started 32nd and weaved his way to the front, then survived a series of late restarts and overtime to win his third straight race.
Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott were the winners of Thursday night's Twin Can-Am Duel 150-mile qualifying races. That means that Blaney and Elliott will line up in the second row for Sunday's Daytona 500 behind pole winner Alex Bowman and Denny Hamlin.
Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway needed overtime to decide. It went five extra laps and on the final lap Kyle Busch held off Martin Truex, Jr. to win for the second time, fifth time this season and his 43rd career win. It guarantees him a spot among four drivers in the championship race at Homestead-Miami on November 19th.
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs is down to the Round of 12 after Sunday's race at Dover. For the second week in a row Kyle Busch was the winner, this time at Dover International Speedway.
The first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship at Chicagoland Speedway goes to Martin Truex, Jr. Using a late pit stop for new tires, Truex caught and passed rookie Chase Elliott in the final restart of the race and held on for the victory. Elliott had led 75 laps until that last caution flag came out.
Two drivers looking for their first career Sprint Cup victory battled to reach their goal in Sunday's race at Michigan Speedway. Chase Elliott had a big lead until a caution for debris on the track set up the final restart with nine laps left. But on the restart Kyle Larson got a solid push from Brad Keselowski giving him just enough of an edge to take the lead and held off Elliott the rest of t