Matt Kenseth picked up his second win in four weeks his third overall this season, which should be good enough to keep him atop the Magic Mile Power Rankings for a second straight week. ... Right?

As the trip through the South continues and the Sprint Cup Series unloads in Darlington, S.C., is there any reason to think that a track nicknamed "Too Tough To Tame" will be the one that provides a rare dull race?  I doubt it.

Low and behold, when the race ended, it was the No. 34 that crossed the line first and brought owner Bob Jenkins and his Front Row Motorsports outfit to victory lane for the first time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Restrictor plate races at Talladega Superspeedway are great to watch if you're a fan.  However, if you're a driver, a car owner, or even a fantasy owner, it's a whole different story.

This past weekend's race at Richmond International Raceway was a weird event.  Few of the favorites were anywhere to be found at the end of the race, and the cars that looked the strongest came out of nowhere.

Kevin Harvick picked up his first win of the season, but was it enough for him to climb into the Magic Mile Power Rankings? And will Jimmie Johnson maintain the top spot for a second straight week?

Seven of the last eight races at Richmond International Speedway (RIR) have been won by a driver in a Toyota, which makes me wonder if it's more than just coincidence that this weekend's race is called the Toyota Owners 400.

The power of expectations have shaped which of the drivers fighting for a Wild Card is considered to being doing well and which ones are considered to be struggling, even if they're all running in the same pack.

Matt Kenseth (20) won for the second time this season, but was it enough for him to move up into the top spot in the Magic Mile Power Rankings? And how far did last week's leader Kyle Busch fall?

The crew chief and the teams need to start stepping it up.  There is enough data out there on this track type that the responsibility falls on the teams to roll a fast Gen-6 car off the hauler.