9:18 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports MARTINSVILLE, Va. — As disappointing as it felt to hear in March that Jimmie Johnson would lose his longtime sponsor, Lowe’s, the announcement of Ally Financial taking its place at least gives those

2:06 PM ET The short-track racing at Martinsville Speedway has been known to create some fireworks, and Sunday’s NASCAR Cup series race did not disappoint. Joey Logano used a bump-and-run on Martin Truex Jr. on the final lap to take the checkered flag and advance to the championship round. Truex slid across the finish line

10:12 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Joey Logano punched his ticket to Homestead by roughing up Martin Truex Jr. in the final turns Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Can he win the championship, though, if he races

8:19 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. called Joey Logano‘s move in the final turn Sunday at Martinsville Speedway a “cheap shot” and threatened to retaliate against Logano when he gets the chance. “He

6:38 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Joey Logano has snagged one of the four spots in NASCAR’s title race by holding off reigning champion Martin Truex Jr. in a sideways slide across the Martinsville Speedway finish line. Logano led 309 of the 500 laps Sunday in the opening race of the third round

1:34 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Hendrick Motorsports has landed Ally Financial as a full-season sponsor for seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in 2019 and 2020. Ally Financial will replace Lowe’s, which has sponsored Johnson since

5:54 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Stewart-Haas Racing has all four of its drivers among the eight finalists. It was just two years ago when Joe Gibbs Racing accomplished the same feat with Kyle Busch, Matt

11:42 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kyle Busch‘s road to the championship round was made a little bit easier when he won the pole at Martinsville Speedway. Kyle Busch will start on the pole for the fourth time this season. See how the field will take the green flag on Sunday. Johnny Sauter

4:34 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Johnny Sauter will again race for the Truck series championship, getting an automatic berth into the finals by winning Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. Sauter won for the fourth time in a truck at Martinsville. This win, in the opening race of the series’ round of six, was

5:23 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart is reconsidering a return to the Indianapolis 500 in part because of injuries Robert Wickens suffered in an IndyCar crash. Stewart has been consistent in his desire to run at least one IndyCar race on an oval, preferably at Pocono Raceway, to acclimate himself to