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Spotter's Stand: At Slumping Hendrick Motorsports, Last Top Five Was July 10

Jimmie Johnson took home top honors for the Hendrick Motorsports camp in Sunday's Carfax 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. That's not surprising, Johnson being a four-time defending champion of the series and all. What is surprising, though, is that Johnson took best-of-Hendrick honors at...

Spotter's Stand: What's the Perfect Race Length?

How did you fancy the length of Sunday's race? After two weeks of races lasting nearly four hours or more -- the 600 in Charlotte went just over four hours and last week's race at Pocono timed in at three hours, 44 minutes -- the Sprint Cup race at Michigan finished up much, much quicker. It took just two hours, 33...

Sprint Cup N's & Q's: CARFAX 400

There's no car foxes -- see the commercial -- around this Michigan edition of Sprint Cup Notes & Quotes.Brian Vickers seems to be a polar opposite of Kyle Busch in that he doesn't let things stick to him. He said as much during his post-race press conference Sunday night when asked about his run-in during Saturday's...

Bet on Fuel Pays Big for Brian Vickers

The tone in Brian Vickers' voice over the in-car radio was all crew chief Ryan Pemberton needed to know."I think he yelled at me, told me not to give him lap times any more," said Pemberton of the closing laps in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway while Vickers stalked leader Jimmie Johnson....

FanHouse Warmup: Carfax 400

The Essentials Race: CARFAX 400 Where: Michigan Int'l SpeedwayTime: Sunday 2PM ETTV/Radio: ESPN, MRN RadioTwitter: Updates @ FanHouseRacingForecast: Sunny, 91 degrees, 30% rainDistance: 200 laps (400 miles)Pole Winner: Brian Vickers2008 Winner: Carl Edwards The Storylines 'Hot! Hot! Hot!' has long been the opener to a...