NASCAR Race Reports
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2003 Nextel Cup Champion Matt Kenseth underlined his championship credentials with a supreme display at the Michigan International Speedway on Sunday as he won the GFS Marketplace 400.
Jeff Gordon won in controversial fashion at the Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday after late race contact with Matt Kenseth.
Dale Earnhardt Jr opened his 2006 victory account at the tenth time of asking on Saturday night under the lights at Richmond International Raceway with his first on-merit win in more than a full season.
Tony Stewart dominated Saturday's rain delayed Pepsi 400, sitting through a three hour delay for moisture before leading all but a handful of laps in a race that didn't finish until nearly 2am.
Kevin Harvick won a wild Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway, driving from 43rd on the grid and passing the entire field on one of NASCAR's shortest circuits.
It was a case of nearly but not quite for Dale Jarrett, Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne who all had to give best to Jeff Gordon in the Brickyard 400, the trio finishing second, third and fourth respectively.
Out-going Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte snatched a last lap win at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, passing the luckless Jerry Nadeau as the Hendrick Chevrolet ran out of fuel on the final lap.
Dale Jarrett scored his first career NASCAR Winston Cup victory at the demanding Martinsville Speedway and his third of the 2001 season when he passed Robert Yates Racing team-mate Ricky Rudd with just six laps to go to take Sunday's Virginia 500 and gain some breathing space over Jeff Gordon in
Michael Waltrip took his first ever Winston Cup victory in what has turned out to be NASCAR's saddest day as the racing world mourns the loss of seven times Winston Cup Champion Dale Earnhardt.
Mike Skinner held off Dale Earnhardt Jr in a photo finish in a wide-open battle at the Daytona International Speedway in the final Gatorade 125 Qualifying race at the 2.5-mile Superspeedway.
Tony Stewart emerged victorious from a thrilling Bud Shootout at the Daytona International Speedway in which he survive a late race challenge from not one but two members of the Earnhardt family.
Tony Stewart claimed his second successive Homestead victory in an intense battle at the 1.5-mile track but the day belonged to Bobby Labonte who clinched his first Winston Cup title with a fine fourth place.
If NASCAR ever needed something to move conversation away from the safety issues at the New Hampshire International Speedway it was Jeff Burton's perfect display in the Dura Lube 300.
Steve Park drove a faultless race at a dry Watkins Glen to score his first ever Winston Cup victory, holding off road racing expert Mark Martin in a dramatic chase to the flag.
Sunday's MBNA Platinum 400 was dominated by Tony Stewart's Joe Gibbs run #20 Home Depot Pontiac who simply pulverised the opposition around the 'Monster Mile' beating Matt Kenseth by more than a second, a lifetime in NASCAR terms.