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    • Denny Hamlin not returning to car at Richmond

      Denny Hamlin (R) confers with Brian Vickers. (Getty)

      Denny Hamlin will not make his return to the No. 11 at Richmond on Saturday night.

      Hamlin had expressed optimism at Kansas that he could be cleared to drive at his hometown track, but after conferring with doctors, the decision was made for Hamlin to wait at least another week before coming back.

      "Unfortunately I won't be racing this weekend at Richmond. It kills me to not be in the car for my team and sponsors but after long discussions with the doctors we have decided to wait on my return back to racing. Thanks to all of my fans who have sent encouraging messages over the last month. I'll be back in no time," Hamlin tweeted.

      After sustaining a compression fracture to his L1 vertebra in a last lap crash March 24 at California, Hamlin was initially diagnosed to be out of the car five races, a six-week span that penciled his return in at Darlington on May 11. However, Hamlin has said that the healing process is going well and has talked about his desire to at least start the May 5 race at

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    • Matt Kenseth (R) could be losing points and the services of Jason Ratcliff (L) for a while. (Getty)

      This is a big one. Matt Kenseth was penalized 50 points and crew chief Jason Ratcliff was fined $200,000 and suspended six races, among other penalties, after Kenseth's engine failed inspection after his win Sunday at Kansas Speedway

      "It is our understanding that one of the eight connecting rods on the engine was ruled too light," Joe Gibbs Racing said in a statement. The team will appeal the penalty.

      "The No. 20 car was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-5.5.3 (E) (Only magnetic steel connecting rods with a minimum weight of 525.0 grams will be permitted; connecting rod failed to meet the minimum connecting rod weight) of the 2013 rule book," NASCAR said in a statement.

      In addition to losing 50 points, Kenseth will not receive the three bonus points for the win at the time of the Chase points reset if he makes the

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    • The Chrome Horn Episode 9: Kansas I

      We went to Kansas City! Or, well, Miller did. I'm there all the time. Join yours truly and Geoffrey Miller for another edition of the Chrome Horn Podcast. We talk Matty Ice Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Danica and take your questions!

      Speaking of questions, you want to be in the mailbag? Hit us up at HappyHourMailbag@Yahoo.com.

      Click here to download the podcast or here to listen to in your browser. And we're now on iTunes! Find us in the Podcast section right here and subscribe. Listen!

    • What message would you write to your favorite driver? Volume II

      At Daytona, we brought you some of the best messages on the driver stall windows in the Sprint Cup Series garage. Sunday, after the race at Kansas Speedway, we had a chance to wander across the infield and onto the frontstretch where fans had congregated before the race for pre-race festivities.

      They didn't forget their Sharpies. Despite the fact that none of the 43 drivers in Sunday's race would have been able to make out any of the inscriptions while hurtling through the tri-oval or even under caution, many fans took the opportunity to scribble something onto the outside wall.

      And they were pretty good, though spelling wasn't some people's strong suit. If you're going to go to the trouble of attempting to spell "Labonte," "Almirola" and "Keselowski" (above) wouldn't you at least want to give yourself an easy one by writing out "Greg?"

      Here's the ever tricky "Busch" and "Bush" mixup. And I hope the guy in the second picture has paid Joey Logano his rightful $5.

      There were some

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    • Power Rankings: Another race, another week of Five-Time

      It's time for Power Rankings! After every race, we'll opine about who we think is at the top of the Sprint Cup heap and how and why they got there. Remember, this isn't scientific, as our formula is the perfect blend of analytics and bias against your favorite driver. So let's get on with it, shall we?

      1. Jimmie Johnson (LW: 1): After finishing third at Kansas, Johnson now has an astonishing 37 point lead over now-second place Kasey Kahne. This is the third year of NASCAR's current points system, and Johnson's lead is by far the largest a driver has ever had after eight races. If he keeps this up, he's going to be able to take a race or two off in the summertime to run a triathlon and still have the points lead.

      2. Brad Keselowski (LW: 4): Sorry Kasey, you're up next. Brad gets this spot by virtue of a proverbial chicken salad out of chicken you-know-what weekend at Kansas. The No. 2 didn't have much speed on Friday or Saturday and sustained some damage early in Sunday's race. That's a

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    • Craziest Moment: Kyle Busch spins and gets hit by Joey Logano

      KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Kyle Busch's second Sunday spin at Kansas wasn't nearly as fortunate as his first, and it collected Joey Logano in the process.

      After qualifying fifth, Busch spun on the backstretch on lap six of the STP 400. After pitting and working his way back through the field, he spun again on lap 105, tagging the wall with the right rear in turn four.

      As Busch slid down the track, Joey Logano dove to the inside to try to avoid Busch. But Busch's car kept coming towards the grass and Logano smashed into Busch's car.

      "Yeah, absolutely no grip for me anyways," Busch said. "But, you know, you're running third and doing fine, car a little tight and you spin out. I don't know what to do with that and then we're back in traffic all day. Traffic is way worse. Just trying to get back up to the front and making some gains but car just snaps out from you every corner."

      Logano said that he expected Busch's car to stay near the wall.

      "He was spinning out and I saw it the whole time,"

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    • Matt Kenseth wins from the pole at Kansas

      Matt Kenseth celebrates victory No. 2 in 2013. (Getty)

      KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Matt Kenseth benefited from the timing of the final caution flag to take the lead in Sunday's STP 400 and held off Kasey Kahne over the final laps to get his second win of the season.

      It's the third straight Sprint Cup Series race in which the winner has won from the pole and the fourth win for Joe Gibbs Racing in eight races in 2013. Though outside of Kenseth, it wasn't a rosy day for the rest of the team.

      Kenseth was up front the entire day, but was running fifth as the pit window for the race's final pit stop ended. As the pit stop cycle started and the four cars ahead of him pitted, Kenseth stayed out and inherited the lead.

      In the midst of all of that, Brad Keselowski's rear bumper cover was flapping in the breeze thanks to damage he had sustained earlier. Three laps after Kenseth took the lead and before he had a chance to pit, it flew off and landed on the track. The cars that were in front of Kenseth were suddenly going to restart behind him when the green

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    • Body of Robert Hight’s Funny Car flies into stands

      No fans sustained serious injuries when the body of Robert Hight's Funny Car flew into the grandstands at zMax Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday.

      Hight was making a run during qualifying when the explosion from his engine catapulted the carbon fiber body of his Funny Car in the air. The car body twisted and turned in the wind before bouncing off a grandstand fence and then coming to rest perched atop another fence in front.

      Two fans sustained minor scrapes.

      Nitro dragster engine explosions can be quite powerful, so it's not uncommon to see the force of them propel the car bodies skyward in funny car. Matt Hagan's car body was obliterated when his engine exploded last year at Charlotte.

      This isn't the first major auto race where car parts have made it into the grandstands. At least 28 fans were injured at Daytona International Speedway when Kyle Larson's car was launched into the catchfence in a final lap crash during the season-opening Nationwide Series race in February.

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    • Caption Contest: Matt Kenseth and his car

      Matt, that may not work out too well for you. (Getty)

      After winning the pole at Kansas Speedway on Friday, Matt Kenseth got that car. How is Matt going to drive that? Is he going to race it on Sunday?

      Give us your best captions below. Winner gets... a round of applause? Or maybe a bar of Ricky Stenhouse Zest soap?

    • Matt Kenseth sets track record in Kansas qualifying

      (Getty)KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Matt Kenseth snatched the pole from former teammate Carl Edwards and will start first in Sunday's STP 400 at Kansas Speedway.

      Kenseth, the next-to-last car to qualify, went out two cars after Edwards and his lap of 191.864 MPH is a track record on the newly repaved and reconfigured surface. The previous record was set before last year's fall race in the first race on Kansas' steeper progressively banked track. This year, the combination of cool temperatures and a new car helped Kenseth break that record.

      Ricky Stenhouse, the man who replaced Kenseth in the No. 17 when Kenseth moved to Joe Gibbs Racing before 2013, qualified third and Sam Hornish will start fourth in his first Cup start of the season.

      Jeff Gordon crashed on his qualifying lap and will take the green shotgun on the field in a backup car. The back end of Gordon's car came around on him in turn two as he was in the throttle and the impact pancaked the rear of his car.

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