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When it comes to the direction of motorsports around the world, Lesa France Kennedy is either directly involved in the decision-making process or at the very least in the backs of the minds of others charged with the task.

Christmas Abbott could become the first full-time female crew pit member for a Sprint Cup Series racing team, but she's drawn plenty of cheers and jeers for the way she's come into the sport.

On Thursday afternoon, when the press release from the Lincoln County, N.C., Sheriff's Department hit my inbox, I was devastated. Dick Trickle, one of truest throwback racers of all time, was dead. Dick was a great guy and a great racer, a Midweste...

Sprint Cup Power Rankings

Matt Kenseth is the season's first three-time winner in the Sprint Cup Series. Oh, he's also the driver to beat in Ryan McGee's weekly Power Rankings.

Sprint Cup Power Rankings

Tempers are flaring. Cars are upside down. And Five-Time is hammering out top-10 finishes like a GM assembly line. Oh, and solidifying his spot atop our Sprint Cup Power Rankings.

Crazy stuff keeps happening on and off the track in NASCAR. What has stayed tried and true? Jimmie Johnson building a points lead and staying on top of Ryan McGee's Power Rankings.

Ben Kennedy looked like any other happy winner at Pensacola's 5 Flags Speedway earlier this month. But being part of the France family -- even if he doesn't advertise it -- makes him stand out.

Power Rankings

Power Rankings

Matt Kenseth dominated Sunday's STP 400 at Kansas. But it was five-time champion Jimmie Johnson roaring to the top of Ryan McGee's Sprint Cup Power Rankings.

Each week of the Sprint Cup season, ESPN The Magazine's Ryan McGee ranks the top 20 drivers in the series. Last week's rankings are noted, as are the top-10s. Don't agree with McGee's list? Let him -- and the rest of the world -- know in the conver...

Power Rankings: Texas

Each week of the Sprint Cup season, ESPN The Magazine's Ryan McGee ranks the top 20 drivers in the series. Last week's rankings are in parentheses, as are the top-10s. Don't agree with McGee's list? Let him -- and the rest of the world -- know in t...

The insult Tony Stewart lofted at Joey Logano may have crackled across media, but calling another driver a spoiled rich kid is older than Stewart, older than NASCAR, and for some ... it gets old.