Matt Kenseth won a caution-free first Duel on Thursday night, while Denny Hamlin won the second after escaping a major multi-car wreck on the final lap.
Matt Kenseth won the Southern 500 at Darlington Speedway with his team mate Denny Hamlin completing the race in second, on a night dominated by Joe Gibbs Racing.
Kurt Busch will start from pole position for this weekend's Southern 500 Cup race at Darlington Speedway after setting a new track record in qualifying.
Jimmie Johnson lay down the championship gauntlet early, declaring his intentions to win a sixth 2013 Sprint Cup title by clinching his second Daytona 500.
Kevin Harvick won the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway in bizarre and controversial circumstances, after a race that may have decided the 2012 Sprint Cup championship.
Rick Hendrick is recovering from a broken rib and clavicle following a plane crash on Monday evening that saw his jet run off the end of the runway at Key West International Airport.
Two of the leading NASCAR Sprint Cup teams, Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, found themselves caught up in controversies this week after events at Talladega.
Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch are both in the Chase, but after their on- and off-track clashes at Richmond it's starting to look as if it may not be big enough for the both of them.
Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch had a furious row in pit road after the race at Pocono, with the five-time champion taking exception to the Penske driver's tactics
Penske Racing's Brad Keselowski wrote off his #2 Blue Deuce car in a major accident in testing at Road Atlanta on Wednesday, and was taken to hospital for evaluation.
Two dozen NASCAR stars descend on Eldora Speedway's dirt track in Ohio tonight for Tony Stewart's Prelude to the Dream charity fundraiser, with IndyCar's Tony Kanaan joining the fun.
Drivers are starting to go a little stir crazy with the inactivity - leading to several of them taking up "planking" as they waited out another rain-hit day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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.
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.
Greg Biffle revived his Chase hopes with a win, while Jimmie Johnson moved to the top of the Sprint Cup points standings with second as Chase contenders took the top seven positions.