Author: Bob Pockrass, Special for USA TODAY

Denny Hamlin vies for his first NASCAR Cup Series championship, while Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. each seek their second on Sunday.

Logano, the reigning Cup Series champion, knows something about making daring moves for the win at the Kansas playoff race.

Daniel Smith, 35, will be at Talladega Sunday changing tires for Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 SHR Ford after battling Stage 3c testicular cancer.

Roush Fenway Racing decided to part ways with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. after the driver made the NASCAR playoffs only once in seven full-time seasons

Blaney did finish behind his teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski in the regular-season standings but has shown his ability as a top-10 driver.

For 61 years, NASCAR has celebrated Independence Day at Daytona International Speedway, but Saturday’s night’s Coke Zero 400 marks the end of an era.

Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin have combined for 9 wins in 14 races this year, but each has expressed frustration with rules package.

Since NASCAR began awarding stage points in 2017, only one driver outside the 16-driver cutoff at the midway mark has made it into the playoffs.

NASCAR drivers will argue that many 500-mile and 400-mile races should be shortened but say the 600-mile marathon on Memorial Day weekend is sacred.

Three-time NASCAR Cup champion Tony Stewart is joined in the class of 2020 by Joe Gibbs, Bobby Labonte, Buddy Baker and Waddell Wilson.