Sprint Cup | Jimmie Johnson Wins Sixth Championship

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Denny Hamlin found redemption for a lost season, as Jimmie Johnson advanced to the threshold of legend. Sidelined for four races with a broken back earlier in the season, Hamlin took the checkered flag in Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as Johnson claimed his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with a ninth-place finish. Johnson finished the season 19 points ahead of polesitter and race runner-up Matt Kenseth, who held off a furious charge by third-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the closing laps. With six NASCAR Sprint Cup titles, Johnson is…

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Nationwide | Austin Dillon Claims Title

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- It was all in the restarts in Saturday's Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as both race winner Brad Keselowski and NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Austin Dillon accomplished their respective goals thanks to late-race charges. After a restart with five laps left, Keselowski surged from 10th to the lead by Lap 198 of 200, passing both Kyle Busch and race runner-up Kyle Larson to take over the top spot. "That late-race restart was key," Keselowski said in Victory Lane. "We came in and put tires on with 20 to go, and that yellow…

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Camping World | Crafton Clinches Truck Series Title

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- It took Kyle Busch three attempts at a green-white-checkered flag finish to win Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but the overtime laps gave him an unexpected bonus: an owners' championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports. First things first. Matt Crafton qualified eighth, cranked his engine for the start of the race and won his first series championship in his 13th full year in the trucks, closing out Ty Dillon simply by starting the race. "It’s an honor," an emotional Crafton said after the race. "To be able…

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Available Now! Miami Edition

NASCAR Pole Position Miami edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. Magazines were shipped to area Walmarts that feature Tire & Lube Express departments. Be sure to tell them NASCAR Pole Position sent you! And remember the magazine is free for all race fans! If you are not in the race market, you can get a subscription to NASCAR Pole Position here right now. Have you signed up for your free subscription to ROAR? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews the week that was, and provides fans with a…

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Sprint Cup | Kevin Harvick Wins Keeps Faint Title Hopes Alive

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Jimmie Johnson survived a close call and a succession of less-than-stellar restarts. Matt Kenseth couldn't overcome handling problems that kept his car mired in traffic. And Kevin Harvick, meanwhile, took advantage of Carl Edwards' fuel shortage to win his fourth race of the season in Sunday's AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, keeping alive his faint hopes of winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in his final season with Richard Childress Racing. The net result? Johnson, who finished third, widened his lead over the struggling Kenseth, who ran 23rd, and took a…

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