Sentences with phrase «won the cup series»

You don't need to be a bully to win Cup Series races, but you certainly can not be timid when a situation warrants, and questions about Elliott's aggressiveness would've persisted.

Martin Truex Jr. is the favorite to win the Cup Series championship, a status earned by winning a NASCAR Cup Series - best seven races and leading in every major statistical category.

Not exact matches

As an owner, Gibbs» teams have won three NASCAR Cup Series Championships.

And on Sunday, he fulfilled his wish to get another win before he makes what is probably his final Cup Series start next weekend at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

Johnson is coming off his big win at the Daytona 500 just six days earlier, but his success in the Sprint Cup Series — to the tune of five - consecutive Cup championships — has not translated to the Nationwide cars.

«It's his first win as a crew chief in the Cup Series.

Because of the heightened stakes, this triumph was more comparable to winning the season - end Cup Series championship finale.

Kyle Busch finds himself in a familiar position entering the Monster Energy Cup Series race Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway: A win in the Bass Pro Shops / NRA Night Race would give him his second three - race NASCAR national touring sweep on the Tennessee half - mile track.

Harvick has won three of the first seven races and entered the weekend as one of the favorite to win Sunday's Cup Series race at the half - mile track.

And in this World Series, no one really cares that the Blackhawks just won a Stanley Cup.

Kyle Larson was one of the best drivers throughout the 2017 Monster Energy Cup Series season, winning four races, leading the third-most laps and entering the playoffs as a title favorite.

This exact phenomenon may have cost the 2016 - 17 Senators the series against the would - be Cup - winning Penguins.

24 - year - old Kyle Larson has a win and three second - place finishes in five races this season and is atop the Monster Energy Cup Series standings.

Johnson passed Kevin Harvick with 21 laps remaining, then drove away for his second Monster Energy Cup Series win in a row and his second at the half - mile Tennessee track.

Last time: One year ago, Juan Pablo Montoya won his second career Sprint Cup Series race, completing the career sweep of NASCAR's Cup road courses.

Ever since he arrived as a full - time driver in the Cup series in 2001, he has been something of a short - track specialist: 11 of his 22 career wins have been at tracks that are 1.1 miles or shorter.

And Jimmie Johnson doesn't at all resemble the driver who's won a record - tying seven Monster Energy Cup Series championships.

Kevin Harvick ran down then passed Martin Truex Jr. to win the AAA Texas 500 Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, locking himself in the championship playoff round of NASCAR's Cup Series playoffs.

Kyle Busch would win the First Data 500 and with it earn a pass to race for the Cup Series title Nov. 19 at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

He is now won at all but two tracks (Kentucky Speedway and Pocono Raceway) of the 23 on the Cup Series schedule.

And amidst a week chockfull of controversy where the validity of his Las Vegas win was called into question, the 2014 Cup Series champion isn't lacking motivation.

Harvick will still receive credit for the Cup Series win, however he will lose the seven playoff points he earned — five for the overall victory and two for each stage win — along with 20 additional driver points.

The way Brad Keselowski sees it, there is more on the line Sunday than just the opportunity to win a second NASCAR Cup Series title.

9 - 1 all - time series, more importantly 3 - 0 with Sid and Geno, and an amazing 5 for 5 winning the Cup including vanquishing the Crapitals.

Kyle Busch has heard the talk, the whispers that the Cup Series championship he won in 2015 should come with an asterisk.

You don't need to post a 60 percent Corsi in every series to win a Stanley Cup.

But as the 2016 edition of the Chase for the Sprint Cup commences this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, there is little talk of Johnson winning a seventh championship and tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the all - time Cup Series mark.

The Pens have never won the cup without beating the caps... so kinda ironic he would be a CBJ fan for this series.

The Kings grabbed a 1 - 0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final with a 3 - 2 overtime win last night against the Rangers.

Sixteen active drivers have earned All - Star Race eligibility by either having won a race in 2017 or 2018, being a former All - Star Race winner or Cup Series champion.

Making the situation unique is that DiBenedetto, Hamlin and Harvick, who's won the past two Cup Series races, will be racing against one another Sunday on the one - mile track located in the Phoenix area.

We still have no idea who is going to win the Stanley Cup in a series that has defied expectation so far, but this might be the weirdest thing yet.

After qualifying third, and on a track where he's won previously, Keselowski was expected to be a contender in the fifth Monster Energy Cup Series race of the season.

Although they were ultimately able to win four straight games to take the series, Los Angeles was a massive long - shot to hoist the Stanley Cup:

Los Angeles is the most recent team to come back from a 3 - 0 series deficit, doing so in 2014 against the San Jose Sharks on the way to winning the Stanley Cup.

We're seeking to put that right in the new series which we hope will explore every detail of the man who delivered two championship wins and an FA Cup in his time at the helm.

She scored four in the Spring Series campaign — including a hat - trick at Bristol — and created an assist in the FA Cup final win over Birmingham at Wembley.

The Reds then won the season series - and the Trillium Cup - by registering a 5 - 0 thrashing at BMO Field.

The series of annual awards — named in honour of West Germany's 1954 World Cup winning captain Fritz Walter — are handed out to finest youth footballers in Deutschland.

The IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup returns on April 24 and there are also points to be won as the London Marathon races become part of the first ever Abbott World Marathon Majors Wheelchair Series.

Bayern had the better of the opening stages, winning a series of corners and forcing Real onto the back foot, but it was the cup holders who came closest to opening the scoring when Karim Benzema's header came back off the bar.

The six - game Stanley Cup conference semi-final series between the Minnesota Wild and the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks was really exciting, no matter how disappointed fans in Minnesota were at the outcome (the Blackhawks won the series, 4 games to 2).

Enter the Race To Win Camaro Sweepstakes by December 31, 2017, for your chance to win a 2018 Chevy Camaro Coupe and a trip for two to the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All - Star Race.

All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup, Season 1, Episode 1: Sneak peek into All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup - a real - time documentary series takes you onto the ice, into the locker room, and inside the minds of the players and coaches as they chase what is called by many the hardest trophy to win.

The tour, which took 18 months to plan, started at home with a series of fundraising activities, including a Sports Tours dinner attended by Rugby World Cup winning coach, Clive Woodward, and a marathon 24 - hour touch rugby event.

But for all the talk about sports heroes and athletic competitions, one thing Littlefield isn't likely to include on his show is who he thinks will win the Stanley Cup or the World Series or the next Super Bowl.

Even if it didn't cause showroom stampedes, during its six - year existence, the three - door racked up an impressive string of accomplishments in the Swedish Touring Cup series, winning both the 2009 and 2010 title, and over the course of its racing career, getting 20 overall victories, 42 podium finishes, 34 pole positions, and 22 fastest laps.

The road - racing specialist has five combined wins in NASCAR's Truck and Busch series, but so far a Nextel Cup race win has eluded him.

We've been fortunate enough to win in the Truck Series and the Busch Series, but I really want to get a win in Nextel Cup.

The chock - full event will also feature 38 Porsches on the grid for the Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA one - make series with races on Friday and Saturday, and the $ 75,000 - to - win Mazda MX - 5 Cup Global Challenge will close Saturday activity from 5 - 5:45 p.m. Gates open at 7 a.m. each day.