Kevin Harvick cruised away from Joey Logano in an eight-lap shootout to take the victory in the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer secured the final spots into the playoffs.
As Kyle Larson celebrated his victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR All Star Race, fist to cuffs broke out on pit road between Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer. Newman rear ended Bowyer on the cool-down and sent him head on into the Turn 4 SAFER Barrier.
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.
Tony Stewart made his first media appearance since his season-ending accident last month in Iowa and spoke about his recovery and the signing of Kurt Busch by co-owner Gene Haas.
Danica Patrick is the first female driver to ever win a pole position in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, after taking the top spot for the start of next week's 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.
Tony Stewart has lost the primary sponsor on the #14 Stewart/Haas Racing car after the end of the current season, with retail chain Office Depot deciding to "significantly curtail" its role.
NASCAR has fined Kurt Busch and issued a number of post-race penalties following an altercation between pit lane crews at the end of last weekend's Southern 500 at Darlington.
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.
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.