Numbers Game: 2009 Samsung 500 at Texas
6 – number of times winner Jeff Gordon led the Samsung 500 Sunday.
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Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2009 Texas Spring Race Recap
Jeff Gordon won for the first time in 47 races. You knew it was coming eventually – just not at Texas.
5 Points to Ponder: 2009 Samsung 500 at Texas Edition
The streak is over How fitting is it that Jeff Gordon’s 47-race winless streak comes to an end at a track where he’s been winless …
Bubble Breakdown: Paul Menard Showing Signs of Life While Joey Logano Remains Lifeless
Optimism ran rampant amongst several bubble drivers this weekend as Paul Menard, Sam Hornish Jr. and Joey Logano all posted top-12 qualifying runs. But qualifying pays …
Sprint Cup Rookie Report: Doomsday Looms Large Leaving Texas as Rookies Face Uncertain Futures
Joey Logano Start: 10th; Finish: 30th Summary: The weekend started out strong for the Joe Gibbs Racing newcomer when he recorded his second best Sprint …
Bowles-Eye View: Jeff Gordon, NASCAR’s Elder Statesman?
It’s been 12 years since Jeff Gordon made his first start at Texas Motor Speedway in the spring of 1997. I was only 16 but …
Jeff Gordon Snaps Career-Long Winless Streak in 2009 Samsung 500 at Texas
Coming into Sunday’s Samsung 500, Jeff Gordon had not been to victory lane since the Bank of America 500 on Oct. 13, 2007, a streak …
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2009 Samsung 500 at Texas
Who… gets my shoutout of the race? I never thought it would be this good, this fast. But Tony Stewart has made the turnaround at …
Happy Hour: Once & for All, the Reason Dale Earnhardt Jr. Isn’t Winning
Last week, the bubbling cauldron that is the motorsports media began to boil over once again, reaching a point where Dale Earnhardt Jr. publicly asserted …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: How 5 Are Faring After 6 – Looking at NASCAR’s 2009 Favorites So Far
The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season rolls into April, and while nothing is carved in the sand, let alone stone, things are starting to become …