Penske Championship Racing News

Denny Hamlin came through again for Mike Reed. Reed, from St. Albans, was the winner in the championship round of the Great Gazette NASCAR Race prediction contest.

FOX race analyst Jeff Hammond led Darrell Waltrip to two of DW's three Winston Cup championships as his crew chief.

CAUTION 4 - Lap 170: Another multi-car crash on the frontstretch, but this time it happened well after the restart.

It doesn't matter if you're a sports psychologist or just a sports fan, it seems the success Kurt Busch and Penske Racing crew chief Pat Tryson have had during this Chase has flown in the face of all reason.

The Frontstretch: Who's Hot / Who's Not in Sprint Cup: Chase Race #8 Edition by Doug Turnbull -- Tuesday November 10, 2009 The Texas Tea Party we all witnessed Sunday ended up tasting like fuel, as Kurt Busch claimed his second season victory in the Dickies 500.

Kurt Busch combined a fast race car with great fuel mileage to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas on Sunday.

Kurt Busch will have a new crew chief next season and, with his title hopes over, some have questioned why not make the change now.

Kurt Busch and Pat Tryson had every reason to coast through the NASCAR Sprint Cup seasona s final 10 races in a long farewell before the crew chief bolts to a new team next year.

You all know the phrase, "Everything's bigger in Texas." Well, this weekend there could not be anything truer than that.

It didn't take Dave Rogers long to face a huge decision as crew chief for the volatile Kyle Busch.

I predicted right here in my blog last week that if Jimmie Johnson was able to survive last Sundaya s race at Talladega, he was a shoo-in to win the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.

There is a spot facing the media center where TMS typically hangs a promotional banner, such as the boxing-themed "Rumble at the Speedway" banner featuring Danica Patrick and Casey Wheldon for the 2007 IRL race.

The Big One came late at Talladega on Sunday and Kurt Busch and Mark Martin got the worst of it.

Lap 188 Marcos Ambrose starts the race in P17 as due to rain canceling qualifying on Saturday and field was set by driver's points.

Kurt Busch just did a massive spin at the entrance to pit road, skidding through the trioval grass and bringing out the caution.

Tuesday morning, I got the chance to watch NASCAR inspect Denny Hamln's winning car from Martinsivlle at NASCAR's R&D Center in Concord, N.C. After a race, NASCAR does an inspection at the track but saves a more thorough inspection for its R&D Center on Tuesday mornings.

It doesn't matter if you're a redneck or not, you know Jeff Foxworthy -- from the Blue Collar Comedy shtick with Bill Engvall, Ron White and Larry the Cable Guy, or the ABC sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show , or any other glorious absence of sophistication associated with the Georgia native.

Bottom line So where did your favorite driver finish? Check out the final results .

GREEN FLAG Lap 499: Denny Hamlin leads. Lap 496: Kurt Busch, Casey Mears pit for fresh tires.

The Kurt Busch Foundation and Golden Gaming Inc. is holding the Golden Gaming Golf Tournament hosted by Kurt Busch at the DragonRidge Country Club in MacDonald Highlands Dec.