Happy Hour: Danica Hype a Symbol of Where It’s at Today
With Danica Patrick likely to race in the Nationwide Series with JR Motorsports next season, NASCAR can partially exhale.
Cup Series
Holding a Pretty Wheel: The Racin’, the Dumb & the Just Flat Ugly: Where Do On-Track Incidents Rate?
What makes something a “racing incident” instead of over-aggression or a flat-out lapse of judgment on a driver’s part?
Scott Speed Driver Diary: Finishing Strong, Then Off to Europe… With Kyle Busch?
The race at Texas this past week was definitely a sign of how much better we are getting. It wasn’t a spectacular finish, but we’ll …
Fanning the Flames: NASCAR Crew Chief Carousel & Other Assorted Oddities
I hear all the time that many of the races on the NASCAR Cup circuit need to be shorter. Well, you get your wish this weekend.
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: NASCAR Racing Against the Media-ocrity
To put it politely, NASCAR Cup racing in 2009 hasn’t been very good.
Voices From the Heartland: Even the “Rosetta Stone” Couldn’t Help You Understand Brian France!
When it comes to the ramblings of Brian France, even the makers of Rosetta Stone would throw up their hands and declare it some sort of “Crackerbonics.”
Thompson in Turn 5: Jimmie Johnson’s Garage Leadership Misinterpreted by the Media
There was no shortage of accolades being heaped on the crew of Jimmie Johnson’s Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 by the ABC broadcast crew.
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Watering Your Fantasy Seeds in the Phoenix Desert
Phoenix represents the closest thing remaining on the schedule to a short-track race, meaning that beating and banging will be seen once again.
Mirror Driving: Too Much Teamwork?, Curbing NASCAR Criticism & Tall Order for Townley
NASCAR has said that it would like the television crews to refrain from talking about the quality of racing on television. Is that a legitimate request?
Did You Notice? NASCAR Championship Collusion, Poor Media Manners & Salvaging 2009
Did You Notice? Some questions from my NASCAR media brethren that made me blush this week?