Numbers Game: 2010 Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas
9 – number of cars involved in the lap 319 pileup in the Samsung Mobile 500.
Cup Series
The Cool-Down Lap: Richard Petty Should Step Away From NASCAR & Protect His Legacy
In the interest of not diluting his grand images, now is the time that Richard Petty needs to step away from NASCAR.
Happy Hour: Sponsors Call the Shots in Today’s NASCAR
In practice, the importance of sponsorship money can get out of control. It has become all consuming in NASCAR and not to the sport’s benefit.
Fanning the Flames: When Life Deals You Lemons, Sign a Multi-Year Deal with Rick Hendrick
It’s a five-year deal that links Kahne and Hendrick in 2015. Seems that’s the length of choice for Hendrick nowadays; Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s contract is a similar length (2008-12)
Dialing It In: Kahne, Stewart, Hendrick Combination Bad for the Competition
If people are already fed up with the amount of success Hendrick Motorsports has enjoyed with Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson over the past decade, …
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Avoid Temptations to Take Kasey Kahne in Texas
Yes, Kasey Kahne has a victory in Texas. And a second-place run there too. But in his other nine tries there, he doesn’t even have a lead-lap finish!
Bettin’ the Horsepower: Texas-Sized Gamble Not to Put $ on Hendrick/Roush
Jeff Gordon comes to Texas knocking on the door, defending champ of the race and armed with seven runner-up finishes during the 12 months since.
What’s Vexing Vito: NASCAR’s Most-Popular Prospects’ Records Not as Stellar as You’d Expect
Considering that Kasey Kahne is soon to join Hendrick and Ryan Newman just won, I’m thinking: has Dale Earnhardt Jr. really been struggling that much worse?
Did You Notice? Petty’s Certain Death, Roush Sucker-punched & Earnhardt’s New Prodigy
Did You Notice? How Richard Petty Motorsports is facing almost certain death?
Voice of Vito: Kasey Kahne to Hendrick Motorsports – But for Martin or Earnhardt?
ESPN reported that Kasey Kahne has signed a multi-year agreement with Rick Hendrick, leaving Richard Petty Motorsports effective the end of the 2010 season.