Numbers Game: 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix
75,000 – estimated number of people in attendance for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
75,000 – estimated number of people in attendance for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
With 47 laps left, Carl Edwards passed Denny Hamlin to take a lead he’d never relinquish at Phoenix.
Denny Hamlin had Sunday’s race in his grasp, leading the most laps (190), but in the end it was Jimmie Johnson who led the Big Three with a fifth-place finish.
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what all were thinking following the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
The first car to fall out of Phoenix was TRG Motorsports’ No. 71, derailing Brendan Gaughan’s first Cup race since the 2005 Pocono 500.
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.
Following Sunday’s race at Texas, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon swapped crews as Johnson’s bid for a fifth straight title took a blow.
Things are so rough in NASCAR these days that last week’s race at Texas had enough action and storylines to jar a collective NASCAR press from cynicism.
As you all know, it’s been an eventful couple of weeks and not in a good way. I have to say though that I am …
Yes, genuine emotion still has a place in sponsor-driven NASCAR and it’s been sadly lacking for years.