Bowles-Eye View: Can Jeff Gordon Lead Hendrick Motorsports Again?
In racing, there’s that old analogy of “second place is the first loser.” And in certain ways Sunday, Jeff Gordon did come up short. As …
Cup Series
Great Pit Work Guides Matt Kenseth to 2nd Straight Victory in 2009 Auto Club 500 at Fontana
For years, it seems, Matt Kenseth’s pit crew, affectionately known as the “Killer Bees,” has been considered to be the best pit crew in the …
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2009 Auto Club 500 at Fontana
Who… gets my shoutout of the race? How about California native Jeff Gordon, who showed that he hasn’t lost a step despite going winless in …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Many Drivers Looking for a Breakout Year, but My Money’s on Vickers
There is one driver in particular who I think will have a breakout year. His name isn’t Logano or Speed, or even Busch or Earnhardt. His name is Brian Vickers.
Happy Hour: What’s Left to Be Said About the Daytona 380
As is all in a week’s work for the Official Columnist of NASCAR, I watched, I listened, and I read what people had to say …
Voices From the Heartland: Will the Real Kyle Busch Please Stand Up!
Like most Cup racing fans out there, I, too, have a driver that I like to dislike more than others. I don’t take it to …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Of Rodents, Late Sunday Afternoons, NASCAR Cabbages & Kings
The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things – of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. – …
Fanning the Flames: The Inevitable Daytona Hangover
Lots to get to from you guys this week. But if there is one thing I haven’t heard, it’s that Matt Kenseth is not a …
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Surviving (& Staying Awake) at Fontana
With the glitz and glamour of Daytona now behind us, the focus of the Sprint Cup Series turns west to Fontana and the 2-mile oval …
Thompson in Turn 5: Fontana Lacks 1 Thing That Darlington Has
When NASCAR resumed racing in southern California in 1997 after previous failed attempts at gaining a foothold for the sport at Riverside and Ontario, the …