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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.

It was a wild and wooly day at California Speedway.

When it comes to winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship, or the Daytona 500, it just does not seem meant to be for 48-year old veteran driver Mark Martin.

Was Gordon going to catch Kenseth? If Gordon did pass Kenseth, would he render retribution?

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.

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 week in a row, the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series will race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

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

Several storylines materialized from Pocono 500 weekend. First and foremost, rookie sensation Denny Hamlin has separated himself from the rest of the freshmen class.

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.

Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt's careers have been compared profusely over the past several weeks.

Jeremy Mayfield and Brian Vickers were expected to be two of Toyota's top guns in 2007, but neither driver will lineup on Sunday's Daytona 500 starting grid.

First and foremost, I must say that I really hope that an equitable deal is worked out between Dale Earnhardt Jr and Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

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

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

Kasey Kahne didn’t entertain us with a rain dance, but it did rain at the perfect time for the Enumclaw, Washington native.

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

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.

The latest unsettling trend in NASCAR is the hiring of open wheel veterans.

This is not what Toyota had envisioned when the foreign manufacturer decided to join the NASCAR ranks.

Each 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.

As he coasted across the finish line at Kansas Speedway, Tony Stewart would record his third victory of the 2006 season and the 27th of his career.

Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to end their 16-year relationship with General Motors after the 2007 season and join Toyota.

Clint Bowyer's championship run was surprising to many.

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 performance and results.

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

Jimmie Johnson entered the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2002.

Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr were the top two disappointments of 2007.