Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon avoided suspension Monday when NASCAR instead fined him $100,000 and docked him 25 points for intentionally wrecking Clint Bowyer at Phoenix International Raceway.
When the fighting stopped, the oil had dried and the last of the wrecked cars had been towed away, Brad Keselowski found himself on the brink of a first Sprint Cup title for himself and team owner Roger Penske.
Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski are in quite a fight for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Johnson has a bigger edge after a slugfest in Texas that included some hard banging late.Jimmie Johnson has a bigger edge in the Chase for the Sprint Cup after a slugfest in Texas that included some hard banging late.
Five-time series champion Jimmie Johnson raced to his seventh career victory on NASCAR's trickiest oval Sunday, and the triumph helped him erase a seven-point deficit and supplant Brad Keselowski as the points leader with three events remaining.
Championship contender Kasey Kahne shattered the track record at repaved Kansas Speedway on Friday, turning a lap of 191.360 mph to take the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
Brad Keselowski took the lead with 26 laps remaining to claim victory in the opening race of NASCAR's Chase to the Sprint Cup Championship. Keselowski also took over the lead in the points standings for the first time.