This week NASCAR officials announced a new championship format for the 2014 Sprint Cup series that puts greater emphasis on winning and sets up a playoff elimination system at season's end similar to other major league sports.
Barring major disaster on Sunday, Jimmie Johnson will pick up his 6th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. But there is much more to this final weekend of the season.
Brad Keselowski has said that when he was growing up he didn't just want to be a race car driver - he wanted to be a great race car driver. Now he is officially a NASCAR champion race car driver.
This weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway presents both risk and opportunity. The risk relates to being caught up in the "big one" crash which could possibly eliminate some of the top drivers from being able to contend for the championship title. The opportunity might be for some of the drivers who find themselves further back in the point standings going
It's tight on the top of the leader board in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series "Race For The Chase". The second of 10 races that will crown this year's champion is in New Hampshire this weekend.
Kurt Busch and his little brother Kyle grew up racing each other as kids and both drove for their father's race team. That was the last time they were teammates. Until this year.