By Jared Turner Ryan Newman Was Over The Line Tony Stewart admitted to deliberately trying to wreck Ryan Newman in Saturday night’s regular-season finale at Richmond, after making contact with Newman more than once earlier in the race. But Newman’s decision to verbally blast Stewart – his former boss and teammate – was wrong on many levels. Said Newman moments after being taken out by Stewart: “I guess he thought he was in a sprint car again; did not know how to control his anger.” Newman’s “sprint car” comment was a none-too-subtle reference to Stewart’s role in the tragic incident that resulted…

By Jared  Turner It’s all come down to this. With one race remaining until the 16-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is locked in, 12 drivers have already punched their respective ticket into the 10-race playoff. That leaves four spots potentially up for grabs in Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway, host of the 26th and final race of the Sprint Cup Series’ regular season. Following are the drivers locked into the Chase, all by virtue of having one or more wins so far in 2016: Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Carl Edwards, JGR’s Kyle…

By Jared Turner Appearing at a press conference Sunday afternoon at Darlington Raceway just two days after his team announced he would miss the rest of the season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. admitted to not being physically up to the task of competing in that night’s race. Junior, of course, has been out of action since mid-July due to the lingering effects of a concussion suffered at Michigan International Speedway in June and then re-aggravated at Daytona on July 4 weekend. If you listened to Junior speak on Sunday, it was obvious that NASCAR’s 13-time most popular driver wants to return to his…