By Jared Turner Is it really fair for a driver with four wins on the season to be eliminated from title contention with seven races remaining while multiple drivers with nary a win all year still remain in the hunt for the sport’s top prize? That’s the question NASCAR must answer after Sunday’s final race of the Chase Challenger Round. All we’ve heard the past few years is how NASCAR wants to put a greater emphasis on winning. And, to be fair, the sanctioning body has done that with its win-and-you’re-in pathway to earning a spot in the Chase. But what about…

By Jerry Bonkowski Cool, calm and collected, ignores pressure and does what he needs to do with a virtually effortless and surgical precision. How many times have those types of words described Jimmie Johnson? Much like we used to talk about being like Mike – NBA great Michael Jordan, of course – the only way to beat Jimmie is to be like Jimmie, and that’s exactly what Kevin Harvick did Sunday at Dover. It didn’t matter that Johnson had won a record 10 times at Dover coming into the race. It didn’t matter that he was a six-time Sprint Cup champion. Harvick…

By Aaron Burns No one knew what to expect when Tony Stewart broke into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 1999. As a rookie with Joe Gibbs Racing, Stewart was tasked with the job of chasing a Winston Cup title while driving an orange No. 20 Home Depot Pontiac. The fact that Stewart began his career driving a Pontiac in the Winston Cup Series accurately dates just how long he’s been a part of NASCAR’s highest level of competition. But he’s been more than just a part of it. He’s played a lead role for the better part of two decades. It…