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To show he is a true championship contender, Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs to start winning races. Michigan, site of his past two Cup victories, is a good place to start.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Greg Biffle's paint scheme for an upcoming Sprint Cup race at Michigan may be about smiles, but the Roush Fenway Racing driver isn't smiling much these days. Ranked 13th in points, the perennial Chase contender says RFR and Ford ...

Let's not underplay the importance of Sunday's victory at Dover for Tony Stewart. The three-time Sprint Cup champion was in a veritable free fall. Now he's a Chase contender.

Mental toughness counts in the Coca-Cola 600, and Brad Keselowski has plenty. A look at his first 100 days as defending series champion shows you that.

Will Power has dominated the streets of Sao Paulo in the IndyCar Series, but he's off to a slow start in 2013. Brazil might be the cure, but there are plenty of other contenders.

Fernando Alonso's win at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday set the Ferrari driver up as a strong contender for the Formula One championship after a comfortable victory in which he claimed to have plenty to spare.

The road to the Final Four is filled with potholes for the remaining teams in the NCAAs. Just imagine what that road looks like for the championship contenders in the Sprint Cup Series.

The IndyCar Series is showing signs of life (Yaaawn!) after a months-long slumber. Our guy John Oreovicz breaks down the 2013 championship contenders.

The Nationwide Series hits its stride Saturday at Las Vegas as contenders such as Elliott Sadler run a 1.5-mile track for the first time this season and Cup drivers try to swoop in to steal the glory.

Time to put all the off-the-track drama in the rearview. We've got a Cup race to run Sunday on the tricky 1-mile oval in the desert that separates the pretenders from the contenders.

Joey Logano won the pole Friday for NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with championship contenders Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson not far behind.

Danica Patrick makes up six spots in the final three-lap segment of the race and finishes 10th at Phoenix, her fourth top 10 of the year.

Jeff Gordon would be "Six-Time" if there was never a Chase. Or would he? There's no way to know, but if you ask drivers what they want, the Chase is here to stay.

Three drivers -- Danica Patrick, Regan Smith and Carl Edwards -- have something to prove at Kansas on Sunday.

Championship contender Kasey Kahne shattered the track record at repaved Kansas Speedway on Friday, turning a lap of 191.360 mph to take the pole for Sunday's race.

Chase contender Denny Hamlin crashed during testing Thursday at Kansas Speedway and remains under observation after visiting the infield care center.