Enjoy two thrilling finishes from the weekend’s Stateside racing

Great action from Nascar this weekend, when Jimmie Johnson held off Tony Stewart to win the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 by less than a second. Johnson’s win secured him third seeding in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, behind leader Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards.

Sunday’s IndyCar event saw an even closer finish, and a new champion for 2008. Watch it after the jump…

American prodigy prepares for first race in the big time

When 18-year-old Joey Logano won the Nationwide Meijer 300 in June, he became Nascar’s youngest ever winner. At the time, Logano’s team owner Joe Gibbs said Joey might start in NASCAR’s senior Sprint Cup series before the season was over.

Gibbs was right. Logano is entered for this weekend’s Chevy Rock & Roll 400, the main event at the Richmond International Speedway. He’ll have to qualify for the event first though, as Gibbs’s team doesn’t rank in the top 35 in owner points.