Holding a Pretty Wheel: Too Steep a Learning Curve Makes Too Wild a NASCAR Ride
There has been discussion lately about rushing young drivers too quickly to the top in NASCAR, because at one time in the not-too-distant past it …
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Enough Already: Jeremy Mayfield’s Latest Failure
Jeremy Mayfield has tested positive for methamphetamine use, according to the latest sample collected by NASCAR. And no, this is not in reference to the …
Voice of Vito: Kevin Harvick’s Potential Move to Stewart-Haas Racing Has Long-Lasting Implications
Kevin Harvick may have just pulled the pin on the Silly Season grenade. It used to be late summer and fall when the rumor mill …
Voices From the Heartland: Side-By-Side with Carl Edwards as He Rides for a Special Cause
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a member of the stock car racing media, or “citizen journalist” as NASCAR likes to call us (simply because their lawyers …
Fanning the Flames: NASCAR’s “Terminology Guidelines” & the Return of Silly Season
I love the sport of NASCAR. I really do. But some days, the sanctioning body really puts me to the test. Such was the case …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Reviewing TNT’s Summer Stretch
TNT’s six-week run as NASCAR’s broadcast partner ended with Saturday night’s (July 11) alleged race from Joliet. In my personal opinion and the opinions of …
Thompson in Turn 5: Indy – a Better NASCAR Tire This Time Around!
There has been a lot of racing miles run and a lot of rubber laid down since what Turn 5 believes to have been the …
Full Throttle: Kevin Harvick Looking to the Other Side of the Fence
The word out of the RCR racing stable is that Kevin Harvick has asked team owner Richard Childress to release him a year early from …
Did You Notice? McGrew Not the Answer for Earnhardt… Yet, Midseason Trends & Mystery Cautions Revealed
Did You Notice? Two quickie midseason stats that tell us who’s on top and who’s fallen apart so far in 2009? They might not be …
Voice of Vito: Déjà Vu to You, Too – Hendrick Teams Virtually Guaranteed 2009 Sprint Cup Title
With a much-needed off week prior to the 16th running of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis next Sunday, the Sprint Cup teams fighting for a …