Denny Hamlin News

If Bruton Smith is serious about moving the fall Sprint Cup race from Charlotte to Las Vegas, he'll have a tough sell with NASCAR Chairman/CEO Brian France.

Denny Hamlin isn't ready to say he's back, even after winning the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 with a record-setting qualifying lap Thursday night.

A Missouri woman won $1 million of the Powerball jackpot this week, and she can thank NASCAR stars Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, Joey Logano and Casey Mears.

Hamlin, who has never won a Sprint Cup race at CMS, was one of eight drivers to top the previous record of 193.708 set last October by Greg Biffle.

Denny Hamlin demolished the track record at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday during qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600, scoring his second pole of the season in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition in the process.

EXPRESS NOTES: All-Star Race Recap: Denny Hamlin finished sixth in last Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, learning valuable information for this Sunday's longest race of the season -- the Coca-Cola 600 -- on the 1.5-mile oval.

Joe Gibbs Racing enters this weekend's Sprint All-Star Race with one surprising fact weighing on its collective shoulders: the team has never won an All-Star Race.

The Frontstretch: NASCAR Mailbox: Missing Fans, Employees, And Ghosts Of All-Stars Past by Summer Bedgood -- Thursday May 16, 2013 Kyle Busch appeared to be headed for another weekend sweep after winning the Nationwide race at Darlington on Friday night.

EXPRESS NOTES: All-Star Race Preview: Denny Hamlin will climb into the #11 FedEx Express Toyota in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the seventh start for Hamlin in the non-points exhibition event.

Fresh off his first full race since returning from a back injury, Denny Hamlin says he doesn't plan to alter how he approaches this week's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race .

Kyle Busch appeared to be headed for another weekend sweep after winning the Nationwide race at Darlington on Friday night.

Jimmie Johnson won the 2012 NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte, N.C., for the third time.

11 Toyota on Saturday night knowing there was no safety net for him at the Southern 500.

Busch and Kahne tangled during a fierce battle for the lead with 35 laps to go, sending Kahne into the wall.

The Southern 500 at Darlington saw a lot of caution free racing for most of the race.

Denny Hamlin doesn't have a contingency plan for Darlington Raceway. He has every intention of running the entire race.

NASCAR Racing 6 p.m. on Chs. 25 and 64. The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Jimmie Johnson prevailed last year on this venerable 63-year-old track, leading the last 44 of 368 laps.

The Ohio Attorney General's Office says the lab worked overnight, and it has preliminary results back on DNA testing of Ariel Castro.

SPEED CREW HEADS TO HISTORIC DARLINGTON Q: How realistic is it to think Denny Hamlin can climb back into Chase contention? "He is getting closer and closer, with 16 races before the Chase, to being two full races out of it.

As the 2013 NASCAR season approached the biggest news story, aside from the Danica Patrick/Ricky Stenhouse Jr.