May 17, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—Streaking away from an intense battle with polesitter Carl Edwards to open the final 10-lap segment Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Jamie McMurray won the Sprint All-Star Race—and the million-dollar-plus prize that goes with the victory—for the first time in his career. McMurray held off fast-closing Kevin Harvick, who crossed the finish line .696 seconds behind the race winner. Matt Kenseth ran third, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Edwards and four-time Sprint All-Star Race winner Jimmie Johnson. Earlier in the day, McMurray’s son carter had asked the driver what his…

  The NASCAR Pole Position and ROAR! editorial, design and operation teams take a swipe at predicting this weekend's Sprint Cup Series winner. Share your thoughts on Twitter @nppmag   All-Star Race Predictions Division Entry Winner SAGES Jared Turner Dale Jr. Jordan Dodson JJ Aaaron Burns Harvick Jerry Bonkowski Kyle Busch Ben White Kasey Kahne BIG TIMERS Alex Wong Kenseth Dayne Maasdorp Dale Jr. Chris Vita Brad K. David Watson JJ CREATIVES Jason Tedeschi JJ Stacey Foster Kyle Busch Nicole Cooper JJ Dan Guttenplan JJ Craig Baroncelli Brad K YOUNG GUNS Maxine Rice Logano Heather Allman Harvick Zach Harbold Jeff Gordon

May 10, 2014 By Jim Pedley NASCAR News Wire KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Jeff Gordon held off Kevin Harvick over the final laps and went on to win the 5-Hour Energy 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday night. The victory was by .112 seconds and was the first of the year for the four-time champion and his third at Kansas Speedway. The win for Gordon was his first since Martinsville Speedway last fall and it earned him a place in the record book as the first winner of a night race at the track. Make that "another place"…

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va.— Joey Logano was penciled into a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Now you can write his name in indelible ink. Capitalizing on beating and banging among competitors in front of him during the final nine-lap run, Logano surged from the fifth starting spot on the final restart to his second victory of the season in Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Logano’s victory was his first at Richmond and the fifth of his career. Jeff Gordon came home second and retained the series lead by five points…