By Jared Turner Job Security Is A Precious Commodity When Michael Waltrip Racing announced in August that it would suspend operations of its Sprint Cup Series teams at the end of the season, the decision meant more than 200 employees would be out of jobs and forced to find work for 2016. It also meant that MWR’s two drivers – Clint Bowyer and David Ragan – would have to move on. While Bowyer has landed with HScott Motorsports for 2016 and will replace Tony Stewart at Stewart-Haas Racing in 2017, Ragan’s plans had yet to be announced as of press time. Others…

By Jared Turner Matt Kenseth felt he was justified in wrecking Joey Logano on Nov. 1 at Martinsville Speedway. In Kenseth’s mind, there wasn’t a lot of difference in what he did to Logano and what Logano had done to him while the two battled for the lead two weeks earlier at Kansas Speedway. Of course, NASCAR rightfully disagreed and issued Kenseth a two-race suspension for his Martinsville actions – which were deliberate, premeditated and, frankly, just wrong. So has Kenseth, who returns to the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for this weekend’s season finale, come to see the error of…

By Aaron Burns After having not finished better than 17th since Pocono in August, Danica Patrick is becoming acquainted with 16th place. Sunday’s Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 saw Patrick make up considerable ground when a well-timed caution moved her from outside the top 20 to 16th, and when rain shortened the race, Patrick had her second consecutive 16th-place result. It was one of those nights where 16th was better than Patrick could’ve hoped. She moved into the top 20 early on after qualifying 21st, but a penalty for crewmen going over the wall too soon knocked her outside the top…