Sprint Cup Rookie Report: Joey Logano Leads Quiet Night for Rookie Contenders
Scott Speed Start: 32nd; Finish: 24th Summary: It certainly wasn’t flashy, but Scott Speed finished the race 24th with a car in good shape. That’s …
Cup Series
Bubble Breakdown: David Stremme, Paul Menard Lead Several Bubble Drivers With Top-20 Finishes
Well pull up a chair kids, we had a major case of musical seats amongst some of our bubble teams that isn’t even over yet …
Kasey Kahne Takes Advantage of the Short Run to Win 2009 Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta
New wrinkles in the schedule typically result in teams having to scramble in order to figure out what the right setup is, or how to …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Is There Loyalty Left in NASCAR?
There is a trend I’ve noticed in racing lately and I don’t like it. It seems like everywhere you turn, a team is firing a …
Voices From the Heartland: Looking Back at How Fun NASCAR Was Not That Long Ago – Part 2
As I continue this little stroll down memory lane, I want to take a moment to comment on some of the comments from yesterday. A …
Happy Hour: Revisiting NASCAR Predictions From Feb. 2009
Editor’s Note: Kurt Smith is once again vacationing and shirking his duties at Frontstretch, thinking himself the big shot after a couple of brief radio …
Fanning the Flames: Kyle Busch’s New Gibson Guitar Antics
If you blinked, you missed it… and if I didn’t live in Nashville, I probably would have. As much we like to pile on young …
Thompson in Turn 5: Critics Have it Wrong in Wendell Scott Hall of Fame Debate
At first glance, when little more than a month ago the NASCAR Hall of Fame 21-member Nominating Committee released its list of 25 candidates eligible …
What’s Vexing Vito: Ousting a Veteran Driver at His Best Track for an Unproven Rookie: Par for the Course in NASCAR
It was announced this week that 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte was going to be replaced, in effect, by Roush Fenway Nationwide Series …
Voices From the Heartland: Looking Back at How Fun NASCAR Was Not That Long Ago – Part 1
Remember when NASCAR used to be fun? After doing this here writing gig for Frontstretch almost six years, I sometimes lose sight of the fact …