The first race of NASCAR's Sprint Cup Chase is in the books as Martin Truex Jr. took home the checkered flag in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 from Chicagoland.   With two more races left in the round of 16, here are the updated Chase standings: Here is the remaining schedule for the Sprint Cup's 2016 season, as only nine more races remain: Despite him failing post-race inspection, Truex's win ensures that he will be moving on to the round of 12 that begins after the next two races.  It took until overtime, but a well-timed pit stop saw Truex get four fresh tires that would carry him to victory. On the restart, he ran down Ryan Blaney on the outside and shot by him for the lead and the win.  NASCAR showed his finish, ...

Sunday marked the final day of the NHRA Carolina Nationals, which was the first event of the Countdown to the Championship in drag racing.  With a number different events being played out from the zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North Carolina, here are the day's biggest results: With the Pro Stock division as the headliner of the day, there was a noticeable absence on Sunday.  Two-time defending Pro Stock champion Erica Enders, who also won the NHRA Carolina Nationals last year, failed to qualify for the elimination rounds since 2010, per Autoweek.com.   It left the door open for Jason Line and Greg Anderson, who were the top two qualifiers and teammates for KB Racing to get to the finals, where Line would reign supreme. zMax Ra...

Martin Truex Jr. was mired by bad luck in 2016, often losing races he dominated. Of late, Truex has driven that No. 78 car through the field, and he did that with aplomb Sunday to win the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 on a titanic overtime restart to snatch the race and advance to the Round of 12. The Chase for the Sprint Cup began and was most certainly unkind to many of the Chasers, most notably Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson, but it also served as a boon to Truex, Chase Elliott and the two-headed monster of Team Penske. The TMNT 400 saw many ups and downs and was by and large a solid start to the playoffs. The pressure only increases from here, but first we need to make sense of what happened in Joliet, Illinois. Read on for this we...

Martin Truex Jr. kicked off his championship run strong with a win at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 on Sunday. The event at Chicagoland Speedway was the first competition in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and with the victory, Truex clinched the first spot in the Round of 12.  NASCAR provided a look at the No. 78 car winning with ease: Joey Logano benefited from a late caution, ending up in second place, while rookie Chase Elliott finished in third after leading for 75 laps, including most of the second half of the race.  Here is a look at the top finishers from Sunday's race: After the race, Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson both failed the Laser Inspection Station twice, according to Dustin Long of NBC Sports, adding both dri...

Nico Rosberg claimed his eighth victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The Mercedes driver produced a stunning lap in qualifying to secure a comfortable pole position and was flawless at the front during the race, withstanding a late charge from Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo to retake the lead of the drivers' championship. Joining Rosberg and Ricciardo on the podium was Lewis Hamilton, who—with the help of the Mercedes pit wall—salvaged a third-place finish from a frustrating weekend when the three-time world champion was unable to come close to his team-mate. With a look at the tales of the two Ferrari drivers, the trials and tribulations of Haas' Romain Grosjean ...

Martin Truex Jr. took advantage of a late-race caution to overcome a blown tire that forced him a lap down and win the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 on Sunday afternoon at Chicagoland Speedway in the opening race of the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Truex led 32 laps on the day, most of them early in the race when he looked like the dominant car in the field, to capture his third checkered flag of the season. He automatically clinches a spot in the second round of the Chase with the win. Joey Logano finished second. Chase Elliott, who led 75 laps down the stretch and appeared heading to victory so long as the race remained under green, settled for a disappointing third-place finish after dropping a spot to Truex on pit road. Ryan Blaney...

Nico Rosberg sailed to the top of the Formula One drivers' standings on Sunday after he held off a late assault from Red Bull star Daniel Ricciardo to win the 2016 Singapore Grand Prix.   The Mercedes driver topped the podium to take the overall standings lead from team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who could only manage a third-place finish behind Rosberg and Ricciardo. The Singapore night sky lit up for Rosberg following the win, and the German could only express his satisfaction following a hard-fought triumph: Sebastian Vettel started last on the grid after suffering a penalty in qualifying but recovered to take fifth behind Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who was unfortunate to miss out on the top three. Nico Hulkenberg lasted just four...

Kyle Busch's late miscue opened the door for Erik Jones to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for Safety 300 Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway.  Busch led 154 of 200 laps and seemed well on his way to victory, but after he spun out with 19 laps to go, Jones took advantage by holding off the hard-charging Kyle Larson for his fourth win of the season. Here is a look at how the rest of the top 10 sorted out, courtesy of NASCAR.com: While Busch's slip-up dominated headlines, Saturday's race also represented the final event prior to the inaugural Chase for the NASCAR Xfinity Series title. The 12-driver field is officially set with Jones, Elliott Sadler and Daniel Suarez entering in the top three positions, respecti...

Nico Rosberg claimed his seventh pole position of the season at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, as he set an impressive lap time of one minute, 40.245 seconds in qualifying. Rosberg’s Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton looked like taking second place after his first run in Q3, but Daniel Ricciardo came out of nowhere to pip him right at the death, per Formula 1: As always on street circuits, overtaking opportunities are hard to come by at Marina Bay, which explains why six of the last eight winners in Singapore have started from pole. In Q1, Ferrari’s chances of catching Mercedes at the top of the constructors’ standings suffered a big blow, as Sebastian Vettel was forced to retire. The German was experiencing mechan...

A 26-week long journey has culminated in this, the beginning of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup at Sunday's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Joining the familiar names such as Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski are notable newcomers such as Chase Elliott, Chris Buescher and Tony Stewart. Fresh blood is never a bad thing for a rebranded playoff format, in which the Challenger Round has morphed into the Round of 16 and the Contender Round has become the Round of 12. Simpler title, same nail-biting action, with every tweak, pit strategy and second counting. Here's a look at everything to know about the start of the Chase.          Viewing Details Where: Chicagoland Speedway When: Sunday, Sept. 18...