The latest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race recaps and stories. http://americaneg.vo.llnwd.net/o16/nascar/NASCARWIRE/nascarwire.xml When Jimmie Johnson hit the wall in the closing laps of Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway, he also took a serious hit in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. The five-time champion blew a tire, smacked the wall, finished 28th and lost roughly 40 percent of the advantage he held entering the race, as his lead over second-place Carl Edwards (eighth Sunday) dwindled to 31 points. http://bit.ly/20130617cdl Sunday was Father's Day, but it also turned into a sweet birthday celebration for Ford Motor Co. Greg Biffle drove his No. 16 Ford Fusion to victory in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway on the same day Ford Motor Co. marked the 110th anniversary of its founding. http://bit.ly/20130616notebook Greg Biffle feels right at home at Michigan International Speedway. He took the lead for good on a late restart and ran away from the field to win Sunday's Quicken Loans 400. http://bit.ly/20130616nscsrace Regan Smith beat Kyle Larson and Mother Nature on Saturday for his second Nationwide Series victory of the season. http://bit.ly/20130615nnsrace Kurt Busch was fastest in both of Saturday's practice sessions for Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 and got the added bonus of different weather conditions during each warm-up. http://bit.ly/20130615notebook A day after he drove one of the first American race cars, Carl Edwards captured the pole for Sunday's Quicken Loans 400. Edwards, the sixth driver on the track Friday afternoon, recorded the fastest lap of the day at 202.452 mph to win the Coors Light Pole Award. http://bit.ly/20130614nscsqualifying The death of Jason Leffler was on the minds of several Sprint Cup drivers when they arrived at Michigan International Speedway on Friday. http://bit.ly/20130614notebook Last year it was Batman. This year it's Superman. Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/Dark Knight Rises Chevrolet, promoting last summer's Batman blockbuster, in the 2012 Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. http://bit.ly/20130613weekendpreview Fellow competitors and race fans alike will remember Jason Leffler as a fierce competitor and as one of the most versatile talents in the garage, any garage. http://bit.ly/20130613jasonleffler It took former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown and seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Richard Petty all of five minutes to begin talking like old friends. Brown helicoptered to Pocono Raceway last Sunday with Andy Murstein, co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports. http://bit.ly/20130612jimbrown If I were Jimmie Johnson, I'd be worried. If I were Jimmie Johnson, I'd be concerned that the take-'em-out-behind-the-woodshed sorts of whippings I've been laying on my NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitors can't continue unabated. If I were Jimmie Johnson, I'd be concerned about peaking too early in the season. If I were Jimmie Johnson, I'd be concerned that, in dominating the series the way I have been recently, I might now have enough left for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. http://bit.ly/20130610cdl For Dale Earnhardt Jr., it was refreshing to feel some speed in his No. 88 Chevrolet. http://bit.ly/060913-Pocono1-SunNotebook It's not a good idea to rile up Jimmie Johnson. http://bit.ly/060913-Pocono1-JohnsonWins Marriage hasn't slowed down Trevor Bayne. http://bit.ly/060913-Iowa1-BayneWinsNNS When Denny Hamlin cut a right front tire late in last Sunday's FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway, the mishap sent his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota hard into the outside wall in Turn 1. http://bit.ly/060813-Pocono1-SatNotebook Rookie Jeb Burton added another chapter to his family's racing history Friday when he won the 17th annual WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. http://bit.ly/060713-TexasBurtonWins For decades, NASCAR's success has been linked to the number and talent level of its drivers. With the arrival of so many talented, young competitors among NASCAR's different series in recent years, it is evident that the sport's future will continue to be bright. http://bit.ly/060713-NASCARNextAnnounced Five days after the fact, drivers are still talking about the fateful restart at Dover that earned Jimmie Johnson a race-killing penalty. http://bit.ly/Pocono1-CupFriNotebook-060713 With practice and time trials at Pocono Raceway rained out on Friday, Jimmie Johnson will start on the pole for Sunday's Party in the Poconos 400. http://bit.ly/Pocono1-JohnsonPole-060713 For the first time in Denny Hamlin's career, is he in real danger of missing the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup? After a flat tire in Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway caused an accident that left him with a 34th-place finish, Hamlin is hoping to rebound this Sunday in the Party in the Poconos 400 (1 p.m. ET, TNT) at Pocono Raceway, a track at which he's won four times. http://bit.ly/20130606preview It might seem unusual for a magazine to use a NASCAR Sprint Cup car as part of a rebranding effort, but that's exactly what "Parade" did. http://bit.ly/20130605qandamurphy Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski was docked six championship points, and crew chief Paul Wolfe was fined $25,000 after the front end of the No. 2 Ford was deemed too low following Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway. http://bit.ly/20130604keselowskipenalty With Sunday's victory in the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway, Tony Stewart improved his chances of qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup exponentially. Stewart jumped from a struggling 20th place in the standings without a win to 16th with a victory in hand. http://bit.ly/20130603cdl Matt Kenseth was the class of the field in Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway -- but only for 159 laps. http://bit.ly/20130602notebook A penalty to Jimmie Johnson was all Tony Stewart needed to break out of a four-month slump. http://bit.ly/20130602nscsrace In a race that was won by a choice on pit road, rather than by speed on the race track, Joey Logano parlayed a strategic late-race call into victory in Saturday's 5-Hour Energy 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway. http://bit.ly/20130601nnsrace Denny Hamlin's quest to make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup -- despite missing four races because of a compression fracture to his first lumbar vertebra -- is one of the most compelling stories of the 2013 racing season. But is it a realistic goal? To qualify for one of the wild card spots, Hamlin must be in the top 20 in the driver standings after 26 races. He also must win at least one race, probably two. http://bit.ly/20130601notebook Pulling away from runner-up Matt Crafton during a four-lap run to the finish, Kyle Busch won Friday's Lucas Oil 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway. http://bit.ly/20130531ncwtsrace A broken back hasn't slowed Denny Hamlin down, as his competitors in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series learned once again during Friday's qualifying session for Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway. http://bit.ly/20130531dover1qualifying If Tony Stewart is tough on rookie drivers, it's only because he wants to help them, Danica Patrick says. http://bit.ly/20130531notebook Returning to the site of a past conquest is always a good feeling, especially when that site is near your old stomping grounds. Martin Truex Jr., who is in his eighth full-time season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, will compete at Dover International Speedway in Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (1 p.m. ET, FOX), a little more than two hours away from his hometown. http://bit.ly/20130530preview The return of crew chief Paul Wolfe can't come soon enough for Brad Keselowski, who finds himself in the danger zone after an unfortunate outing in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. http://bit.ly/CDLCMS113 After 389 laps in NASCAR's motorsports marathon, the 54th running of the Coca-Cola 600 Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway came down to an 11-lap shootout, and Kevin Harvick won it. http://bit.ly/Char1-600HarvickWins-052613 Of the 1,399 starts made by Wood Brothers Racing, 106 have come at Charlotte Motor Speedway. http://bit.ly/Charl1-SuNotebook-052613 Another race. Another record. Kyle Busch held off Kasey Kahne during a closing, 13-lap green-flag run to win Saturday's History 300 Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and continue his wholesale revision of NASCAR's record books. http://bit.ly/Charl1BuschNNSWinner-32513 With the tightest competition possible the overriding goal of NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France, the sanctioning body has increased the separation between the competition side of the business and the research-and-development side. http://bit.ly/Char1-SatNotebook-052513 For Denny Hamlin, Thursday night's qualifying session at Charlotte Motor Speedway felt like a victory, and it came from pushing his car to the absolute limit. http://bit.ly/Char1-CupPole-052313 With three victories to his credit so far this season, Matt Kenseth has to be considered a serious threat in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. http://bit.ly/Char1-ThuNotebook-052313 Long distances don't scare Jimmie Johnson. It doesn't matter whether he's running a triathlon or driving a 3,300-lb. stock car at upwards of 200 mph, he enjoys both, and is pretty good at both. http://bit.ly/20130523preview Any trip to the NASCAR Hall of Fame puts fans face-to-face with some of the sport's most remarkable artifacts, stories and legends. Today, five more of those all-timers will live on forever, as NASCAR announced the inductees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2014. The five newest members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame that will be inducted on January 29, 2014, are Tim Flock, Maurice Petty, Dale Jarrett, Jack Ingram and Fireball Roberts. http://bit.ly/20130522nhofannouncement Twenty of the most hallowed individuals in NASCAR history have already been enshrined in the NASCAR Hall of Fame with their spires displayed permanently in the museum's Hall of Honor. Their names are a Who's Who List of NASCAR Legends -- names even the most casual of fans get nostalgic for. http://bit.ly/20130521nhofadvance A cursory glance at Jimmie Johnson's racing resume will tell you that the driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet is a lock to make the NASCAR Hall of Fame. http://bit.ly/CDLAllStar The Brothers Busch won the first four segments of Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but Jimmie Johnson took the one that counted-the 10-lap dash to the finish. http://bit.ly/AllStarRecap Kevin Manion, 40, has suffered from gout for the past 10 years, and lately he's also been fighting the mistaken perception that gout afflicts elderly persons who drink too much alcohol. At age 30, Manion began to suffer the symptoms of gout, a severe form of arthritis caused by high uric acid levels. At times, the pain was unbearable. http://bit.ly/SatAllStarNtbk Winless in his last seven starts in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series, Kyle Busch broke what was for him a major drought with a victory in Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. http://bit.ly/TrucksCLT Benefiting from a high-speed trip down pit road and a quick pit stop during the unique three-lap regimen in Friday's time trials, Edwards won the pole for the 29th running of NASCAR's non-points all-star event. http://bit.ly/AllStarQuals Track owner Bruton Smith, chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc., has offered a $1-million bonus to any driver who can win all five segments of Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That's in addition to the $1-million top prize already on the line for the winner of the non-points NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. http://bit.ly/FriNotebk Former short-track ace Dick Trickle died Thursday at age 71 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Lincoln County (N.C.) Sheriff's Department. http://bit.ly/20130516trickle No matter how you slice it, this year's running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (7:30 p.m. ET, SPEED) at Charlotte Motor Speedway promises plenty of action and unbridled speed as 22 drivers vie for the checkers and a payout that could have them singing a merry tune all the way to the bank. http://bit.ly/20130516preview Download photos, audio, video and graphics for free from NASCARMedia.com (login required). https://www.nascarmedia.com/default.aspx