Saturday's 500-lap Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway went without much of the carnage a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series sees in Thunder Valley in Tennessee.

Matt Kenseth started on the pole of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway and pretty much stayed there, leading all but 54 of the 200 laps, and winning his third race of the season.

Road course racing in NASCAR these days seems to drudge up the drama as much as, if not more than, plate racing and short track races. The pendulum swings more in each driver's direction, thus more talent and mistakes go on showcase at tracks like Watkins Glen, where the Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series raced this weekend. Here are three short takes from this week.