Holding a Pretty Wheel: Some Guys Have It, Some Guys Don’t – The Intangible That Makes NASCAR Champions
It takes fast cars and skill beyond skill to be a NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. It also takes a great crew both at the shop …
Cup Series
Scott Speed Driver Diary: Sprint Cup Racing & Scrabble
As most people know by now, I have been given the opportunity to drive in the Sprint Cup Series this year and I could not …
Happy Hour: What Should Be Done About NASCAR Multi-Car Teams?
In Kansas this last weekend, the top-five finishing cars drove for Roush Fenway Racing and Hendrick Motorsports. Those two teams also produced three more drivers …
Voices From the Heartland: Kansas Casino Proves That, Yes Virginia, There is a NASCAR Monopoly
Imagine, if you will, that I am extremely rich. I have enough money to fund the bailout of the bank crisis several times over (not …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Is There a Talladega Curse?
Some drivers dread going to NASCAR’s fastest track for more reasons than one these days. But there’s one concern you might not have heard of, …
Fanning the Flames: Talking Plates, Allmendingers & Last-Lap Dashes Heading Into Talladega
Good questions this week and I’m feeling long-winded, so let’s get to it. Q: We always seem to take it out on the 1.5-mile tracks …
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: Avoiding the Talladega Big One That Destroys Your Team
The Chase heads to one of the big unknowns this weekend with restrictor-plate racing at Talladega. The tight packs that occur on the plate tracks …
Thompson in Turn 5: Paul Menard’s Departure to Yates Leaves DEI in Need of Help
News that driver Paul Menard and his father’s sponsor dollars will soon part ways with Dale Earnhardt Inc. seems to lend credence to the prediction …
Did You Notice? Petty’s Like Waltrip, Drivers Get Paid Too Much & Parity’s Lost
Did You Notice? That the way Kyle Petty’s career is ending is very reminiscent of Darrell Waltrip? Before I covered this sport through TV and print, …
Top 10 Reasons Sponsors & Drivers Are Leaving DEI
10. They are hoping to get in with a good team… like Chip Ganassi or Michael Waltrip Racing. 9. They are tired of all the …