Author: Bob Pockrass, Special for USA TODAY

Denny Hamlin vies for his first NASCAR Cup Series championship, while Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. each seek their second on Sunday.

NASCAR and race tracks use driver altercations to promote sport, but officials will continue to face decisions on crew member involvement in fights.

Daniel Smith, 35, will be at Talladega Sunday changing tires for Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 SHR Ford after battling Stage 3c testicular cancer.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wouldn’t relive the plane crash he had 15 days ago but he said life is well as he prepares to get back in a race car this weekend.

Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin have combined for 9 wins in 14 races this year, but each has expressed frustration with rules package.

Since NASCAR began awarding stage points in 2017, only one driver outside the 16-driver cutoff at the midway mark has made it into the playoffs.

NASCAR drivers will argue that many 500-mile and 400-mile races should be shortened but say the 600-mile marathon on Memorial Day weekend is sacred.

Three-time NASCAR Cup champion Tony Stewart is joined in the class of 2020 by Joe Gibbs, Bobby Labonte, Buddy Baker and Waddell Wilson.

For Cup drivers who did not automatically qualify for Saturday night’s NASCAR All-Star Race, the fan vote brings positive and negative feelings.

Jimmie Johnson will drive in the NASCAR Cup race at Richmond on Saturday before heading north for Monday’s Boston Marathon.