Last race: Kyle Busch won the battle of attrition, overcoming a pit-road penalty and several scrapes with the wall to win at Darlington Raceway. The third Cup victory of the season for NASCAR’s least popular driver hardly thrilled the crowd, which booed him lustily in prerace introductions and hadn’t softened by the time he took [...]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.%26When Tony Stewart checked his rearview mirror in the final laps of the Budweiser Shootout last weekend, he knew he was in trouble. The Hendrick Motorsports cars were lined up and ready to take charge. And they did. Unfortunately for Stewart [...]