Kurt Busch Outlasts Jimmie Johnson to Win 2011 AAA 400 at Dover
Jimmie Johnson may have had the dominant car for much of the day, but when it was all said and done, it was Kurt Busch beating Johnson to the checkered flag
Jimmie Johnson may have had the dominant car for much of the day, but when it was all said and done, it was Kurt Busch beating Johnson to the checkered flag
DOVER, Del. – Martin Truex Jr. put his No. 56 NAPA Toyota on the pole for Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover (Oct. 2). It was Truex’s second pole at the Monster Mile.
For the third consecutive year, NASCAR will honor fans during the Sprint Cup Series Champion’s week in Las Vegas when it hosts the NASCAR After the Lap event.
It can’t go on like this.
Something must be done.
It’s ruining our sport.
These are some of the things being said around the garage and in the grandstands about a practice that has popped up in NASCAR in the past few seasons: starting the race and parking the car early, claiming some phantom issue, and collecting the prize money for a finish that is usually somewhere between 35th and 43rd place.
NASCAR is all about how much valuable exposure you can bring someone else and it is for this fact that Brian France created the Chase.
What should NASCAR do about an increasing number of fuel-mileage races?
One thing I’ve learned from almost a lifetime in and around the sport of NASCAR is that people are quick to use four-letter words.
Somewhere along the line, there’s been a fundamental disconnect between the fans’ expectations and the pabulum we’re being force fed week after week.
If this year’s championship is determined by who conserved the most fuel, than so be it. No one should have a problem with that.
Harold Irvine comments, “On Sunday during the second half of the race, ads were shown on a split screen. While the idea was good, it was wasted.”