NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

[BLU DUCE]

Well Watkins Glen Track is finally going to be repaved next year.

[Ragnar]

I'm pulling for Ryan Newman and RCR racing. Gordon missing the cut by 1 point, dang....

[FlowmasterMufflers]

Phoenix, Ariz. – Phoenix International Raceway has always been a good track for Team Flowmaster Driver Kevin Harvick. A dominant victory Sunday in the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race put Harvick into the Championship Round in the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

“I don’t think we ever talked about anything but trying to come here and win the race,” said Harvick, who entered last among the eight drivers in the Championship hunt. “You never know how the circumstances are going to play out. Somebody can just make a goofy mistake, and you would be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

The place Harvick was at on Sunday was at the front of the field. He led 264 of the 312 laps, including all but one of the final 224.

“It was a fun week,” said Harvick of his fourth win of the season and 27th of his career. “But these moments are what you live for when you’re racing as a professional athlete. You want these moments. You want to capitalize and get that feeling of gratification, of being able to do things that other people can’t do.”

Team Flowmaster drivers Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth finished second and third. Brad Keselowski was fourth with Denny Hamlin fifth.

Harvick, Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman advance to the Championship Round this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. For Newman, it was a dramatic paint-swapping last turn pass that gave him the final point needed to run for the Championship.

Three of the four Championship contenders (Harvick, Hamlin and Newman) are Team Flowmaster Drivers.

Flowmaster is the Exclusive Performance Exhaust of NASCAR and many of the top teams in the sport have the company’s decal on the side of their cars. Team Flowmaster Drivers have won 24 of the 35 races this season as well as the Sprint Unlimited and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Top-10 Finishers:
1. Kevin Harvick**
2. Jeff Gordon**
3. Matt Kenseth**
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Denny Hamlin**
6. Joey Logano
7. Kurt Busch**
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr.**
9. Greg Biffle**
10. Marcos Ambrose**
**Indicates Team Flowmaster Driver

Next Race: Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway
Sunday, November 16, 2014

[AZCamaroFan]

so they changed the points to make WINS more valuable.

and Ryan Newman is in it with no wins this year.

[ZED SLED]

Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan

so they changed the points to make WINS more valuable.

and Ryan Newman is in it with no wins this year.

The only Chase that belongs in NASCAR is Chase Elliott.
A driver could potentially lead every lap of the season, thus winning every race coming into Homestead, lead every lap at Homestead except the last one finishing 2nd behind another Chase car, and lose the championship. I hope Newman steals the championship without winning just to make NASCAR look like bigger idiots than they already are.

[BLU DUCE]

Originally Posted by ZED SLED

The only Chase that belongs in NASCAR is Chase Elliott.
A driver could potentially lead every lap of the season, thus winning every race coming into Homestead, lead every lap at Homestead except the last one finishing 2nd behind another Chase car, and lose the championship. I hope Newman steals the championship without winning just to make NASCAR look like bigger idiots than they already are.

Matt Kensseth won his championship with only one win. And correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Kurt Bush In the 97 car driving for Jack Rousch win his championship with out a win?

I just plain want Ryan to win the championship.

[Muscle Car Lover]

GO HARVICK!!!

[BLU DUCE]

[QUOTE=Matt@Flowmaster;8056143]

Phoenix, Ariz. – Phoenix International Raceway has always been a good track for Team Flowmaster Driver Kevin Harvick. A dominant victory Sunday in the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race put Harvick into the Championship Round in the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

“I don’t think we ever talked about anything but trying to come here and win the race,” said Harvick, who entered last among the eight drivers in the Championship hunt. “You never know how the circumstances are going to play out. Somebody can just make a goofy mistake, and you would be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

The place Harvick was at on Sunday was at the front of the field. He led 264 of the 312 laps, including all but one of the final 224.

“It was a fun week,” said Harvick of his fourth win of the season and 27th of his career. “But these moments are what you live for when you’re racing as a professional athlete. You want these moments. You want to capitalize and get that feeling of gratification, of being able to do things that other people can’t do.”

Team Flowmaster drivers Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth finished second and third. Brad Keselowski was fourth with Denny Hamlin fifth.

Harvick, Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman advance to the Championship Round this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. For Newman, it was a dramatic paint-swapping last turn pass that gave him the final point needed to run for the Championship.

Three of the four Championship contenders (Harvick, Hamlin and Newman) are Team Flowmaster Drivers.

Flowmaster is the Exclusive Performance Exhaust of NASCAR and many of the top teams in the sport have the company’s decal on the side of their cars. Team Flowmaster Drivers have won 24 of the 35 races this season as well as the Sprint Unlimited and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Top-10 Finishers:
1. Kevin Harvick**
2. Jeff Gordon**
3. Matt Kenseth**
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Denny Hamlin**
6. Joey Logano
7. Kurt Busch**
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr.**
9. Greg Biffle**
10. Marcos Ambrose**
**Indicates Team Flowmaster Driver

Next Race: Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway
Sunday, November 16, 2014[/QUOTE/]

What the hell top 10 finishers at Phoenix are Chevy Ford Toyota 8 of them have Flowmaster. What's wrong with Penske cars they running Go-Cart exhaust?

[ZED SLED]

Originally Posted by spike III

Matt Kensseth won his championship with only one win. And correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Kurt Bush In the 97 car driving for Jack Rousch win his championship with out a win?

I just plain want Ryan to win the championship.

You're right. Search. Busch had 3 wins.

[ssrs2lt]

yeah it would be sweet if the Ryan the rocket Newman would win the championship placing no higher than 2d on sunday!

[hrpiii]

I would be in for Harvick or Newman winning it all. Not my top picks, but definitely who I like of whats left.

[BLU DUCE]

Originally Posted by ZED SLED

You're right. Search. Busch had 3 wins.

Thank You [SIR]
Not bad on my part 50% right better than usual.

[fjdyj]

It looks like the Richard Childress, Penske, and Michael Waltrip teams are the only big name teams that don't use Flowmaster. Interesting.

[FlowmasterMufflers]

Homestead, Fla. – The 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship will be decided on Sunday in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Team Flowmaster Drivers Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman, as well as Joey Logano will battle head-to-head in what is sure to be a classic.

NASCAR made drastic changes to the Chase format this season with a series of eliminations rounds cutting the field from the original 16 to the final four. On Sunday, the first one of the four to the finish line at the end of the 400-mile race will be Champion.

Harvick drives the Budweiser Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing, his first season with the team. He has four wins, including a dramatic must-win on Sunday at Phoenix assuring him a spot in the Championship Round.

“This is all about winning a championship,” said Harvick, 38, of Bakersfield, Calif. “That’s what we all show up for. I’ve been fortunate to have won all the marquee races and won at different tracks, Nationwide Championships, Truck Championships as an owner, so we’ve been able to achieve a lot of things.

“That Cup trophy is the one thing that’s eluded us up until this point. I definitely want to check that off the list and be able to experience that not only for myself, but for all the guys that work on my car and haven’t been able to win that championship either.”

Hamlin wheels the FedEx Express Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. He won at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in May. He has surged in the last few weeks scoring five top-10 finishes in the last six races. Hamlin won this race last year here at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“I feel pretty optimistic,” said Hamlin, 33, of Chesterfield, Va. “I thought we had a good test, and obviously no one saw that win coming last year. We were a lot less competitive at the end of last year, and we popped up and won that race.

“It’s just a track the suits me for some reason. It’s wide, tires wear out and if your car is working well, you can make up positions there. Love the opportunity – we’re on house money now, so let’s go have fun.”

Ryan Newman drives the Caterpillar Chevrolet SS for Richard Childress Racing. While NASCAR established a premium on winning races, Newman has yet to win this season. He has shown there is still a place for consistency in the sport scoring top-15 finishes in the last seven races.

“I’m so proud of my guys and the effort they have put into this,” said Newman, 36, of South Bend, Ind. “We’ve been fighting very hard all year long. We flew under the radar and turned in the solid performances to earn one of the four positions.

“There’s been so much on the line week in and week out during this new Chase format. We’ve been able to dig in and move on. We are going to keep digging and hope it will be good enough to win a Sprint Cup Series Championship.”

Logano drives the Shell-Pennzoil Ford for Team Penske Racing. He is a five-time winner this year, his second season for the potent team owned by Roger Penske.

“It is exactly how you would think it feels – it’s the accumulation of a whole season of hard work,” said Logano, 24, of Middletown, Ct. “This team has been strong all year and I think we deserve to be competing for this Championship.

“All of the teams are strong, but I think (our) team is just as strong if not stronger, than all of them. I think we have as good of a shot as anyone, and I’d put my money on me. It will be fun to watch as a fan for sure.”

The four teams will compete within the standard 43-car NASCAR Sprint Cup Series field.

Flowmaster is the Exclusive Performance Exhaust of NASCAR and many of the top teams in the sport have the company’s decal on the side of their cars. Team Flowmaster Drivers have won 24 of the 35 races this season as well as the Sprint Unlimited and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Ford EcoBoost 400 Race Information:

Sunday, November 16, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET
Homestead-Miami Speedway: 267 laps/400 miles

Television: ESPN
Radio: MRN and SIRIUS/XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90