Paul Menard will end his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career at season's end, and Matt DiBenedetto will assume driving duties of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford Mustang for the 2020 season.
A spectacularly dominant display by Kevin Harvick keeps the reigning champion in the Chase against the odds - but six-time champ Jimmie Johnson is out.
Matt Kenseth won the final race of the regular season, as the full 2015 Chase line-up for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title play-offs is decided at Richmond.
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.
No one had any answer for Brad Keselowski at Kansas Speedway in Saturday's Nationwide Series race, and the Chase contender will be hoping his form transfers over to Sunday's Cup event.
Matt Kenseth will start from pole for the first race in the 2011 Sprint Cup Chase, the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday afternoon, with Paul Menard alongside him.
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.
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.
It was a combination of experience and no experience that won Saturday afternoon's Food World 300 ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway for youngster Paul Menard and team boss Andy Petree.