Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Sports Cars, Dirt Cars & Jimmie Johnson
The winter time was like a new beginning for me. After I took my NASCAR physical, my doctor said that my blood sugar was 124 …
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Mirror Driving: Tire Talk, Daytona’s Feel-Good Stories & Nati-sui-cide
The 2011 season started with a number of feel-good storylines in Daytona. Name one that will carry forward from here on out.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2011 Daytona 500
With all the rules tweaking going on, NASCAR failed this week to address what I see as an issue with the qualifying rules for the Daytona 500.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Gone in an Instant, Earnhardt’s Death Still Reverberates in NASCAR
Longtime Dale Earnhardt Inc. employee Steve Hmiel said it best in the days after Dale Earnhardt’s death: “It’s like a compass that’s lost its true North.”
Mirror Driving: Hendrick Horsepower, Kill the Duels & Hard Cards Run Amok?
Does Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s pole mean anything for the season ahead, or is Daytona simply a product of superior Hendrick horsepower?
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2011 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona
For the first time in a long time, I’m looking forward to a restrictor-plate race. The Daytona 500 is looking like one exciting event.
5 Questions for 2011: Who Wins the Game of Hendrick Crew Chief Musical Chairs?
Hendrick Motorsports played crew chief musical chairs this offseason. If Junior struggles again, do you expect him to leave the Hendrick camp a year early?
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Why Jimmie Johnson Will Win it All (Again) in 2011 & Why He Won’t
Will it ever end? Following a 2010 season in which the seemingly impossible happened, as Jimmie Johnson won his fifth Cup title in a row, coming to rest dangerously close to the sport’s all-time greats, we’re all left to ask one question: Can he possibly do it again?
A lot of fans are probably hoping to see Johnson’s streak come to an abrupt end this year, and some even go so far as to argue his titles are “bad for NASCAR.” (A ridiculous argument, by the way. NASCAR survived Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt relatively unscathed and it will survive Johnson, too.) But whether Johnson can continue his remarkable streak is up for debate. There is plenty of reason to think that 2011 will be same old, same old. But there is also plenty to think that this time, he won’t. As the new season looms, the title question is already at the forefront. Here are six reasons why Johnson will – and won’t – hoist his sixth straight Cup this year.
Casey Mears Driver Diary: We’ve Got Potential
I’ve been in the sport for a long time. I grew up in a racing family, I’ve been in NASCAR now for roughly 10 years …
5 Questions for 2011: Will the NASCAR Nationwide Series Survive?
Today’s Season Preview Topic: With no rookies or new teams on the horizon, is it too late for the NASCAR Nationwide Series to survive over the long term?