Matt Kenseth roared to victory Sunday afternoon at Dover International Speedway

holding off a hard-charging Kyle Larson to score his first win of the season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Kenseth led 48 of 400 laps in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota. His triumph in the AAA 400 Drive for Autism was his third at the 1-mile track and the 37th of his Sprint Cup career. But the victory also helped stem a rough start to the 2016 season as he virtually clinched a berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup playoffs. (Photo Getty Images for Nascar).

Kyle Busch win Kansas for the first time

Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’S Red Nose Day Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), won Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City.

X-finty Series et Sprint Cup: Les possibles sanctions du week-end dernier

Le mercredi est le jour de pénalité en NASCAR et tard ce mercredi après-midi le corps de sanction devrait annoncer des infractions, punitions et avertissements pour certains des pilotes engagés dans les courses du week-end dernier à l' Auto Club Speedway en Californie du Sud.

" NSCS Race Recap: Harvick holds off Edwards at Phoenix "

" In recent years, Kevin Harvick has exercised his dominance at Phoenix International Raceway by crushing the competition.

In Sunday’s Good Sam 500 at the one-mile track in the Sonoran Desert, he maintained his mastery by a matter of inches, banging fenders with Carl Edwards in a side-by side overtime battle on the way to the finish line. "

 

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

LVMS / Xfinity series: When Kyle Busch finally broke his home-court jinx at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he did it in style.

Leading 199 of 200 laps, Busch won Saturday's Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series at the 1.5-mile track, pacing a 1-2-3 finish by Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas. The Las Vegas native ended an 0-for-11 drought at his home track, beating teammate Daniel Suárez to the finish line by .817 seconds, with Erik Jones rolling across the stripe in third.

(By spencer reid, nascar wire service)

JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS AT ATLANTA

With wrecks erupting behind him, Jimmie Johnson took the checkered flag in overtime under caution in Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway -- and then he remembered. (By Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service )

Statistical Advance: Analyzing The Daytona 500

Below is a statistical look at some of the top performers at Daytona International Speedway, including both the Daytona 500 (Feb. 21, 1 p.m. ET on FOX) and the annual July race:

Jimmie Johnson Sweeps Texas Races, Denies Keselowski

By Reid Spencer ; an official NASCAR Release

FORT WORTH, Texas—For Jimmie Johnson, it was business as usual in Cowtown.

On Sunday, the six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion completed a sweep of this year’s Texas Motor Speedway races, powering past hapless Brad Keselowski with three laps left to win the AAA Texas 500 for the fourth straight year.

Martinsville II: Enfin une punition pour Kenseth (Et accessoirement, aussi, pour Danica)

Martinsville 2, en plein coeur du chase, fût le théâtre d'un grand n'importe quoi, avec des éléments qui commençaient à mettre en porte-à-faux la NASCAR, Henton et O' Donnell en particulier. Ces évènements mirent à mal la crédibilité de la NASCAR, celle c- se devant d'intervenir. Résumé des sanctions (Encore un peu légère nous trouvons, ici, à la rédac pour Kenseth):

NSCS Race Recap: Gordon Celebrates Martinsville Win

By Reid Spencer (An official Nascarmedia release)

Yes, Jeff Gordon celebrated his 93rd career victory in the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Yes, Gordon will compete for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Yes, there were tears of joy in Victory Lane for Gordon, who's at the tail end of his final season in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

But Sunday’s race at Martinsville had so much more -- most notably, "Matt Kenseth’s Revenge."