Jeff Gordon saw off a strong challenge from Kurt Busch to win the 5-Hour Energy 500 Pocono Cup race, after Juan Montoya, Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin all hit problems.
Hopes that Juan Montoya and Ryan Newman might be able to bury the hatchet after their on-track spat last week at Richmond were dashed after an attempted peace summit ended in acrimony.
Kyle Busch just seems made for Richmond, and for the third year in succession he won the Crown Royal Presents 400 event after holding off his team mate Denny Hamlin to the flag.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start from pole for this year's Daytona 500, on the 10th anniversary of his father's death in a crash during the event in 2001.
In an afternoon of drafting tactics, all three Chase contenders had a chance of the lead and even the win - but finally a late yellow gave the victory to Clint Bowyer over Kevin Harvick.
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Sprint Cup star Juan-Pablo Montoya insists he was unconcerned by a quip made by ESPN football analyst Bob Griese that backfired spectacularly at the weekend...
Having said on Friday that he expected to win the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway, it turned out that Denny Hamlin was right, but not without a struggle - and not without a heavy heart.