...at 1:05.8950 and Pagenaud, making only his second appearance at the track, clocked 1:05.9038.Scott Dixon, who has won three of the past five years at Mid-Ohio, qualified fifth. Series leader Ryan Hunter-Reay was eighth.

...half of practice we got better, and the second half of the race, we turned it around, too," said Buescher, the series leader with four victories this season. "This team knows never to give up. We came from two laps down to win a race this...

...Jeff Gordon in 34th.What complicates Johnson's situation is NASCAR's new point system. He is 29 points behind series leader Stewart, which translates to 29 finishing positions. Making it even tougher is the fact there are nine other drivers...

...priority," Earnhardt said. "If you win races, the points take care of themselves."Earnhardt is 43 points behind series leader Kevin Harvick. Gordon trails by 47, Newman is down by 54, and Hamlin trails by 79.The top eight drivers in the...

...left the Martinsville Speedway Sunday in sixth place in the Chase for the Championship standings, 43 points behind series leader Carl Edwards. Although his chances to win a sixth consecutive championship seems remote with just three races to go...

...however.Middlebrook didn't offer any explanation as to why he reversed the decision.Johnson is 36 points behind series leader Greg Biffle.Hendrick Motorsports lost its appeal last week of sanctions placed against them after NASCAR found altered...

...Takuma Sato will start from the pole at today's Edmonton Indy, and Will Power, who served notice his feud with series leader Dario Franchitti is not over, earned the other spot in the front row.MARK HUMPHREY/ASSOCIATED PRESSCarl Edwards...

...combined seven victories through 15 Cup races this season and are second and third in the standings. Busch trails series leader Kevin Harvick by 22 points, while Hamlin is 47 back.Meanwhile, third JGR driver Joey Logano is showing steady improvement...

...Hunter-Reay, the fourth-place qualifier at 103.847. "We couldn't beat him after that."Penske's Will Power, the series leader and a three-time winner this season on street and road courses, qualified second at 104.505."We definitely...

...practice session at 98.850 mph, and Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay topped the chart in the second at 101.668.Series leader Will Power was fourth at 101.341. TRUCKS SERIES: A NASCAR trucks race scheduled for Friday night was postponed...