Casey Mears

CONCORD, N.C. -- For most of the night, Jimmie Johnson had to watch brothers Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch steal the spotlight.    But when it came time to earn the $1 million prize for winning the race, it was Johnson who was at his best as he captured his...

Jamie McMurray took most of the excitement out of the Showdown which sent the top two finishers to the All-Star race Saturday night. McMurray led every lap, his domination interrupted by a break after the first 20 laps of the 40-lap event in which all...

Jamie McMurray didn't want to leave Charlotte Motor Speedway early Saturday. So McMurray felt a huge sense of relief when he won the Sprint Showdown and qualified for the Sprint All-Star Race that would follow later that night. "If you're a Sprint Cup...

CONCORDJUTTER@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM -- jutter@charlotteobserver.com Last was best for Martin Truex Jr. Truex was the last of 23 cars to qualify Friday night for the Sprint Showdown and easily bested Jamie McMurray to win the pole for the prelude to...

Qualifying for NASCAR's All-Star race, already unique with its three laps with a pit stop format, was more unusual on Friday night. Just for this event, NASCAR allowed drivers to come in for their stops as fast as possible without a pit road speed...

Kyle Busch said he was a little jealous that his brother Kurt got to drive an Indy car at The Brickyard on Thursday. Kurt competed in the Rookie Orientation Program and topped out at 218 mph in defending IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay's car. "I...

DARLINGTON, S.C. -- This is the Matt Kenseth to which most NASCAR fans have become accustomed. While Kenseth has run up front all season in his first year with Joe Gibbs Racing, Kenseth's late-in-the-race pass for the lead which sealed a victory in...

Unsinkable. Unsinkable Matt Kenseth capped a banner week for unsinkable Joe Gibbs Racing with a victory in Saturday night's Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with a substitute crew chief on his pit box—the unsinkable Wally Brown....

|TODAY| |HOCKEY| |North American Hockey League| |Robertson Cup Tournament| |Dr. Pepper Arena| |At Frisco, Texas| Amarillo vs. Wenatchee (Wash.)/Fairbanks, 4:30 p.m. Bismarck vs. Jamestown, 7:30 p.m. |HORSE RACES| Brown County...

The Sports Xchange Kenseth relieved at outcome of JGR's appeal By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Matt Kenseth was grateful for the appeals process that restored him to the top 10 in NASCAR...

|TODAY| |JUNIOR HOCKEY| |NAHL Central Division Finals| |Best-of-5 Series| Game 5 if needed, Bismarck at Austin, 7:05 p.m.   |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ GOLF| Aberdeen Central at Eastern South Dakota Conference Meet at Fox Run Golf Course in...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, IndyCar Sao Paulo Indy 300, 10 a.m. (NBCSN); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Aaron’s 499, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); Drag Racing, NHRA Southern Nationals, same-day tape, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) NHL Hockey--Playoffs,...