Busch zooms to front in qualifying
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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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With three straight wins, Jimmie Johnson has NASCAR points leader Kurt Busch looking in his rearview mirror. The consecutive victories at Charlotte, Martinsville and Atlanta have brought Johnson charging back
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LOUDON, N.H. -- In a year of sweeping changes for NASCAR, the most notable of which was the process by which its 2004 champion will be determined, Kurt Busch yesterday made it a clean sweep at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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For five drivers and a multitude of fans, NASCAR&#39;s biggest race has moved to the southern edge of this state. In the inaugural year of the Chase for the Nextel Cup - a 10-race, bunched-together-by-points playoff
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Kurt Busch has been doing everything right in his bid for his first Nextel Cup championship. He now has one big hurdle to clear entering Sunday&#39;s Ford 400.
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Jeff Gordon believes the experience that has taken him to four titles in NASCAR&#39;s top division could prove key as he seeks to overcome Kurt Busch&#39;s 41-point title lead in the two remaining races.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr goes into Sunday&#39;s NASCAR Nextel Cup finale believing he&#39;s under no pressure. The Budweiser Chevrolet sits 72 points behind title leader Kurt Busch, and while it would be easy to reflect
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Mike Bliss uses a gutsy three-wide pass to take the lead, then holds off a charging Matt Kenseth over the final few laps to win his first Busch series race Friday night.
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Although Kurt Busch&#39;s driving style fits Dover International Speedway, the co-leader of the Nextel Cup championship chase has not mastered The Monster Mile.
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Darlington, SC (Sports Network) - Kurt Busch will start on the pole for Sunday&#39;s Mountain Dew Southern 500. The event is the ninth of 10 races to determine the 2004 Nextel Cup champion.
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Kurt Busch won the pole yesterday for tomorrowâs Sharp Aquos 500 at California Speedway.
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Two Fords take on three Chevrolets in Sunday&#39;s NASCAR Nextel Cup finale at Homestead-Miami speedway, and while Kurt Busch has it all to lose, having led the final 10-race âChase for the Nextel Cup&#39; right from the start, fifth-placed Mark Martin is under
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HOMESTEAD Â· In today&#39;s climax to the most intense, tragic and captivating NASCAR autumn ever, Kurt Busch has the spoiler&#39;s role.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole position and Chevrolet cars swept the first five spots in qualifying Thursday for the NASCAR Busch Series Food City 250.
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Loudon, NH (Sports Network) - Kurt Busch led the most laps (155) and captured the Sylvania 300 Nextel Cup race at the New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Last race: Jimmie Johnson won for the fourth time in five races and moved within 18 points of standings leader Kurt Busch by taking the Mountain Dew Southern 500 in Darlington, SC Five drivers head into this weekend&#39;s finale separated by just 82 points.
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In yet another step to keep its Nextel Cup teams from getting too creative, NASCAR handed out rear springs Friday to be used in qualifying for the EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.