The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2011 Auto Club 400 at Fontana
As often happens at Fontana, there was no real villain, because for the first 190 laps, there wasn’t much close racing.
As often happens at Fontana, there was no real villain, because for the first 190 laps, there wasn’t much close racing.
Last year, the chief complaint at Bristol was that the tire compound laid too much rubber on the track, making the racing surface too slick.
For the second time, Carl Edwards grabs a win in Las Vegas because of a non-penalty. Talk about beating the odds.
Carl Edwards won at Phoenix in the fall and was gunning to do it again, setting a track record in the process of winning the pole.
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.
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.
The bummer at Homestead is, no matter how well you run, the Chase guys get all the airtime. Which is too bad, because Aric Almirola certainly deserved some.
Carl Edwards won the Kobalt Tools 500 pole at Phoenix and had the car at the end to take him to victory lane snapping a 70-race winless streak in the process.
The AAA Texas 500 was almost a fight. It might have been one if NASCAR officials hadn’t stepped in. The real surprise was the participants.
Even a day later, I’m still amazed: NASCAR actually made a yellow-line call right at Talladega.