 
		
	Danica Patrick could be Austin Dillon’s thorn
One of most widely-quoted clichés from mob movies is “Keep your friends close; but keep your enemies closer.”
 
		
	One of most widely-quoted clichés from mob movies is “Keep your friends close; but keep your enemies closer.”
 
		
	In his final 10 races in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Chase Elliott doesn’t feel he can afford to look beyond his own efforts.
 
		
	Martin Truex Jr. says it’s hard to pick a favorite in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff.
 
		
	No one knows precisely how the current Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff format will unfold this season.
 
		
	When Kyle Busch starts this year’s playoff, he won’t have the same pit crew.
 
		
	Martin Truex Jr. cradled the trophy he earned as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular-season champion, but his mind was elsewhere.
 
		
	Unless he comes out of retirement, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will not add a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup championship to his resume.
 
		
	Perhaps no one was as disappointed Saturday night at Richmond as Joey Logano.
 
		
	Matt Kenseth almost didn’t make the field for the 2017 NASCAR Cup playoffs.
 
		
	Kyle Larson scored his first short track win Saturday night.