Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FORT WORTH, Texas — When NASCAR introduced the new aero packages for 2019, the expected benefits were many. Closer competition topped the list. The sanctioning body hoped for side-by-side racing, passing among drivers and closer finishes.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FORT WORTH, Texas — Greg Biffle has been waiting for the right ride to come along. He found it with Kyle Busch Motorsports.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - Tanner Thorson faces a long road back to racing. While the path might be daunting to some, the 22-year-old Minden, Nevada, racer feels grateful to be alive.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - NASCAR drivers will duel in the desert to decide the 2020 championships. When the sanctioning body released next year’s schedule on Tuesday, the most significant change was moving the season finale to Phoenix Raceway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE -- The days of playing chicken in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup qualifying are over. That’s what NASCAR hopes to achieve new rules regulating qualifying procedures.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.—What happened during Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying on March 15 at Auto Club Speedway won’t happen again.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.— Brad Keselowski collected his second Martinsville clock on Sunday. The driver of the Team Penske No. 2 Mustang dominated the STP 500, leading twice for a total of 446 laps en route to his second win in five races at the half-mile track.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Joey Logano picked up where he left off last fall—atop the pylon at Martinsville Speedway. After his breakthrough win at the half-mile paper clip-shaped track in October, Logano picked up his fifth pole at NASCAR’s oldest track with a lap of 97.830 mph (19.356-seconds).

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, VA - Kyle Busch exacted the perfect strategy in Saturday’s TruNorth Global 250—stay out front. Without points on the line, Busch used a conservative approach behind the wheel of the No. 51 Cessna Toyota.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - MARTINSVILLE, Va.—This time last year, Denny Hamlin boasted a career-best 4.8 average finish after the first five races. With a new contract, the driver of the No. 11 Fed Ex Toyota had plenty of incentive to make a statement run in 2018.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - Clint Bowyer’s season turned around with his win in the 2018 STP 500. Following a six-year drought, the driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford didn’t mind racing on Monday when snow delayed the rac e at Martinsville Speedway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - Kyle Busch will make his best attempt at stealing the lunch money and trophies from the Gander Outdoors Truck Series drivers this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE -- LOS ANGELES — Eighteen years ago, Kurt Busch was as much a prognosticator as he was a marketer when he promised his younger brother would be a better racer than he is.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FONTANA, Calif.—“All we do is win, win, win…,” exclaimed Kyle Busch as he celebrated his 200th-career NASCAR victory on Sunday. Despite a speeding penalty after the second stage of the Auto Club 400, Busch recovered from 18th-place midway through the event to win his fourth Cup race at Auto Club Speedway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FONTANA, Calif.—Chevrolet is still searching for its first win in 2019. Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Larson have won two of the last three races at Auto Club Speedway and had won seven of the previous 10 Cup contests entering last year.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FONTANA, Calif.—The California Kid pulled off the upset to win at Auto Club Speedway. Cole Custer, 21, who grew up 60 miles south in Ladera Ranch, said on Friday he’d be disappointed if he didn’t leave the track with the trophy.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FONTANA, Calif.— One year ago, Kevin Harvick was going for his fourth consecutive win entering Auto Club Speedway.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE - FONTANA, Calif.— What if NASCAR held qualifying and no one showed up? That’s not exactly how time trials evolved at Auto Club Speedway on Friday, but with just a minute remaining in the Round 2 only Kurt Busch had completed a lap.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE -- Richard Petty doesn’t have to defend his credentials The King’s accomplishments stand alone. Petty accumulated seven Cup championships and 200 wins in 1,184 starts at 51 different tracks.

Lee Spencer RACINBOYSEXCLUSIVE - PHOENIX — To say that Martin Truex Jr. has recovered nicely from a disastrous 35th-place finish in the Daytona 500 would be to understate the obvious.