Current NASCAR points leader Matt Kenseth has announced he will be ending his long relationship with Roush Fenway Racing at the end of the season, moving on to another team after 13 seasons.

Clint Bowyer may not have been the driver many predicted would win at the Toyota/Save Mart 350, but the young racer held off the pack in order to claim victory at the Sonoma road course.

Danica Patrick's arrival in NASCAR has been much-discussed and watched by many, but Patrick hasn't exactly shot to the top of the standings so far.

More than four years after his last victory, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finally won a NASCAR race, taking the checkered flag at Michigan International Speedway.

It's not uncommon for the journalists and fans covering a major sport to declare one competitor the next big thing early in their career.