Mayfield shakes off wreck to win pole
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Jeremy Mayfield took the pole for today&#39;s NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Dover, then couldn&#39;t wait to show off his new T-shirt.
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With five drivers compressed in the clutches of a pressure-filled Nextel Cup Championship Chase, the season finale&#39;s shaping up to be a Miami-vise.
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Ninth in the standings, Kasey Kahne boosted his chances of moving up by winning the pole at Kansas Speedway.
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Jeremy Mayfield had plenty of both, and he left Richmond International Raceway with two more feathers in his cap: his first victory in 142 races and a spot in the first edition of the &quot;Chase for
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Denny Hamlin won his first NASCAR race of the season when he held off Jeff Gordon at Loudon, New Hampshire, on Sunday.
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Joe Nemechek took his first pole in four years and the seventh of his NASCAR Nextel Cup career Friday, earning the top spot for the EA Sports 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. Ryan Newman has grabbed the pole for this weekend&#39;s NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Newman is ninth among ten drivers and 271 points behind series leader Kurt Busch halfway through NASCAR&#39;s ten-race playoff.
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CONCORD, NC - Ryan Newman shattered the track record at Lowe&#39;s Motor Speedway while winning the pole for the UAW-GM Quality 500.
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Ryan Newman ran away from the field, while four-time series champion Jeff Gordon took the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead yesterday at the MBNA America 400 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
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The weather could play a factor today in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. Cooler temperatures, something drivers arenât accustomed to at Darlington Raceway for the Southern 500, has changed the way drivers attack the track.
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Rain wiped out qualifying Friday for NASCAR&#39;s Sylvania 300, leaving points leader Jeff Gordon on the pole for Sunday&#39;s race.
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Ryan Newman earned the pole Friday for Saturday night&#39;s Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400, the last race of what has become NASCAR&#39;s regular season.
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Jeremy Mayfield had one very big incentive for winning Saturday&#39;s Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway.
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&quot;Man, I love your new points system,&quot; Mayfield gushed. &quot;You couldn&#39;t have come up with anything better than this.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th place to victory and the series points lead in the last five laps of yesterday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Sometimes things are not as they seem, and on those days, stock-car events are impossible to predict. The driver who won the pole for Sundayâs Ford 400 had qualified 22nd, 21st, seventh
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There&#39;s an important qualifying race today at Darlington Raceway for Sunday&#39;s Southern 500 that might go a long way in deciding this year&#39;s NEXTEL Cup series winner.