NASCAR Race Reports

Matt Kenseth won the final race of the regular season, as the full 2015 Chase line-up for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title play-offs is decided at Richmond.

A late tactical call put Jimmie Johnson in charge late in the day at Dover International Speedway on Sunday, and he held on for a famous victory.

Kevin Harvick sealed the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship after winning a thrilling, hard-fought race over his Chase rivals at Homestead.

It was a long day at the office for everyone involved in the storm-hit Daytona 500, but the race finally ended under the floodlights with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in victory lane.

Matt Kenseth won the Southern 500 at Darlington Speedway with his team mate Denny Hamlin completing the race in second, on a night dominated by Joe Gibbs Racing.

Jimmie Johnson lay down the championship gauntlet early, declaring his intentions to win a sixth 2013 Sprint Cup title by clinching his second Daytona 500.

Jeff Gordon saw off a strong challenge from Kurt Busch to win the 5-Hour Energy 500 Pocono Cup race, after Juan Montoya, Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin all hit problems.

In an afternoon of drafting tactics, all three Chase contenders had a chance of the lead and even the win - but finally a late yellow gave the victory to Clint Bowyer over Kevin Harvick.

Jimmie Johnson secures another Chase win as he targets further success in the NASCAR Sprint Cup

Having said on Friday that he expected to win the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway, it turned out that Denny Hamlin was right, but not without a struggle - and not without a heavy heart.

Body-slamming and bump-drafting were the order of the day at Chicagoland Speedway and 50-year old Mark Martin was the last man standing in a wild LifeLock.com 400.

Tony Stewart said he didn't want to win Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup race the way he won it. Kyle Busch certainly didn't want to lose the race the way he lost it.

In a race where numerous drivers were nabbed for speeding on pit road, Joe Gibbs Racing's Joey Logano sped on the racetrack, winning the Meijer 300 Nationwide Series race for the second year in a row at Kentucky Speedway.

The yellow line at Talladega might as well have been a brick wall - that was the mind-set of occasional Sprint Cup competitor Brad Keselowski, who pulled off a Sunday surprise in the Aaron's 499.

Jeff Gordon finally broke his 47-race drought, and filled another page in his personal log, by winning for the first time in 17 starts at Texas Motor Speedway and picking up the unique 'cowboy boot' trophy at the Samsung 500.

Tony Stewart finally caught a break - because his #80 Chevrolet didn't break loose on the last lap of Saturday's season-opening Camping World 300 Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

When Bruton Smith decided to completely remodel the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway two years ago he did it with a view to improving the somewhat insipid racing that had generally been the norm since NASCAR made its first trip to Sin City in 1998.

Carl Edwards booked his place in the 2007 Nextel Cup 'Chase for the Championship' with his second win of the season in Saturday's Sharpie 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

Current Nextel Cup points leader Jeff Gordon earned his fourth win of the 2007 season in rather fortuitous fashion in a delayed, shortened Pocono 500 on Sunday.

The first appearance of the 'old' Nextel Cup cars in nearly a month resulted in yet another exciting finish as Jeff Burton passed Matt Kenseth on the final lap to win Sunday's Samsung 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson overcame a poor day on pit road and the tricky track surface of the re-profiled Las Vegas Motor Speedway to take his third consecutive victory in the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.

Kevin Harvick pulled off one of the most dramatic Daytona 500 victories in the 49-year history of NASCAR's biggest race, passing sentimental favourite Mark Martin just yards from the flag as everyone else crashed behind them.

Brian Vickers claimed his long awaited first Nextel Cup victory in Sunday's UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega but only after a last lap collision with his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson.

Matt Kenseth sealed his place in this year's Chase for the Championship with victory in Saturday night's Sharpie 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway.