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Ever since 1985, the NASCAR circuit has thrilled fans with a race that features its biggest stars in a non-points paying event.

Clint Bowyer will compete in the Chase for the Championship in only his second full season in Nextel Cup racing.

The 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup All-Star Challenge was considered humdrum by most fans, however, two drivers gave us all something to talk about.

Jeff Gordon leads the list of favorites to win the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta this weekend.

Here is a list of the full-time NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers for the 2007 racing season.

'A bridesmaid no more!'

With two races under their belts, the Cup positions are full of the usual suspects. But what about Clint Bowyer, Joe Nemechek, JJ Yeley and other underdogs?

Tony Stewart's recent surge has him already listed as one of the early championship favorites heading into 2007. Yeah, people are already thinking about 2007.

Team Penske driver Sam Hornish Jr clinched his third Indy Car Series championship last Sunday with his third place finish in the Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland.

Hendrick Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, and Roush Racing are the class of the field in NASCAR Nextel Cup.

Kasey Kahne won the Busch Series race at California by virtue of fuel mileage on Saturday, and nearly got beat by fuel mileage on Sunday.

For Tony Stewart, the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began at Infineon.

Clint Bowyer's championship run was surprising to many.

Kevin Harvick may have won the war of words against Kurt Busch with his little comedy routine he put on in a Friday morning press conference, but Busch has continued to spank Harvick on the race track.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced Wednesday he'll join Hendrick Motorsports for the 2008 Nextel Cup season. Owner Rick Hendrick said driver Kyle Busch will leave HMS.

If there is one track that truly defines stock car racing, it would have to be Darlington Raceway.

After an abysmal 2005 campaign. Dale Earnhardt Jr, NASCAR's most popular driver, looks to return to championship contention. After finishing 11th at California, Earnhardt Jr sits fifth in the Nextel Cup standings.

The debate of the week will be whether the bump was intentional or not.

I must come clean on something; I was not sold on Kasey Kahne before the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began. I felt as if he was another young hard charger that was put in superlative equipment. The #9 Evernham Motorsports Dodge was an already established front-runner with long-time veteran Bill Elliott behind the wheel. If you recall, no team was better than Elliott and the #9 team throughout the final ten or twelve races of 2003.

Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, and Ryan Newman may be down, but I wouldn’t count them out quite yet.

Earlier this week, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France officially proclaimed the amendments to the Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship format.

For the second consecutive weekend, NASCAR Nextel Cup teams will unload the Car of Tomorrow off of their haulers.

After an eventful week following the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover, the NASCAR Nextel Cup circuit heads to Pocono Raceway, the only triangular-shaped track on the schedule.

After a brief respite, the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series heads to the Texas Motor Speedway this weekend for the Samsung 500.

Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick were the best drivers in NASCAR in 2006.

Every week, Suite 101 ranks the top 16 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers based on results and performance.

Every week, Suite 101 ranks the top 16 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers based on results and performance.

Every week, Suite 101 ranks the top 16 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers based on results and performance.

Greg Biffle’s breakthrough win at Darlington took a backseat to the announcement of Dale Jarrett’s new coalition with Michael Waltrip and Toyota.

Earnhardt nation is smiling wide after watching their beloved wheelman hold off rookie Denny Hamlin for the Crown Royal 400 victory at Richmond.

The Aaron’s 499 at Talladega resulted in another ‘where did he come from win’ for Jimmie Johnson.

It was a wild and wooly day at California Speedway.

Earnhardt the Younger must still sort out many things before settling in with HMS -- his crew chief, his Budweiser sponsorship and the very number his car will sport.

Every week, Suite 101 ranks the top16 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers based on results and performance.

For the second successive season, Jeff Burton will compete in NASCAR's Chase for the Championship.

Four years, and nearly 11 months, and 175 NASCAR Nextel Cup races ago, Jeff Burton won the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix.

Isn’t it funny how things can change so vividly in a year’s time?

For much of the night, Kevin Harvick chased 21-year old Kyle Busch around the .75-mile oval at Richmond.

In true championship form, Matt Kenseth made a statement this weekend in Bristol.

The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series heads to the desert this weekend for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway.

The end of the year 2006 is on the brink; therefore we have already encountered all of the top stories for the year.

Each week, Suite 101 ranks the top 16 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers based on results and performance.

The 2007 Formula One season is just around the corner, as the series begins a new era without two of their most renowned stars.

If only Tony Stewart was in the Nextel Cup Chase For The Championship.

Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, and Jeff Burton rounded out the top three at Lowe's on Saturday night.

Jeff Gordon is 'Wonderboy', Tony Stewart is 'Smoke', Dale Earnhardt Jr is 'Little E', Ryan Newman is 'Rocketman', and Jimmie Johnson is 'Houdini'!

Matt Kenseth has still got it! He led a race-high 133 laps en route to his second consecutive victory in the February event held at the 2-mile oval.

Waltrip's notorious debut season as a car owner and spokesperson for Toyota began with the thwarting cheating scandal at Daytona.

Rule breakages have not been lacking in the first week of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season.

Kyle Busch impressively and meticulously worked his way to the front to win the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at Loudon, New Hampshire.