NASCAR penalized the Nos. 1, 3 and 23 Cup Series teams for Member Conduct violations during Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway. After an investigation of the on-track data and team scanners from the final laps of Sunday’s Round of 8 elimination ...

William Byron and Christopher Bell sat outside their cars, wrapped in suspense shortly after Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race ended at Martinsville Speedway. A full 500 laps of racing should have determined which one made the Championship 4.

There is no clear favorite among NASCAR's four championship contenders as they had to Phoenix Raceway for Sunday's winner-take-all finale

Until last year, the winner of the championship race was one of the four drivers eligible for the NASCAR Cup Series title. Last year, Ross Chastain won the season finale while not one of the Championship 4 as Ryan Blaney finished second on his way to the championship on the 1-mile Phoenix oval.