Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 Brickyard 400 Race Recap
Remember back when the Brickyard 400 used to draw a standing room only 300,000 fans?
Remember back when the Brickyard 400 used to draw a standing room only 300,000 fans?
Five years. 167 starts. Four different NASCAR Sprint Cup organizations. For Paul Menard, the numbers were adding up everywhere but the victory column.
After 160 laps of racing in the Brickyard 400, the question fairly begged to be asked: did the finish of the race justify the previous 140 laps or so?
Landon Cassill learned a hard rookie lesson at Indy: no matter how wide the straightaways are, it’s impossible to go into the corner four-wide.
Paul Menard’s Brickyard win means that Brad Keselowski will likely be left in the cold unless he can catch another win.
Let this officially be the end of all the talk of Paul Menard, according to detractors, only being in NASCAR on account of his father’s money.
Paul Menard finally fulfilled his father’s dream of 35 years, winning at Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – David Ragan was the 44th of 48 cars to take to the track Saturday afternoon (July 30) in qualifying for the Brickyard 400.
Somehow, the fall of the Southern 500 and the ride of the Brickyard 400 manage to encapsulate all that is wrong with today’s NASCAR in one package.
How will Travis Pastrana fare in his Nationwide debut?