5 Points to Ponder: NASCAR’s Circle of Life
ONE: Talladega Next up on the Sprint Cup schedule is the first of two trips to the treacherous high banks of Talladega Superspeedway. This will …
Danny Peters
Five Points to Ponder: Millennials, Champions and Ninja Warriors
ONE: Next Up, Easter After seven straight weeks of competition in the 2017 Cup Series season, we hit the first off weekend of the season …
5 Points to Ponder: The Misery of Finishing Second
ONE: Empty Seats As good as the racing was at NASCAR’s oldest, slowest, smallest track this past Sunday wasn’t it a shame to see great …
Five Points: Wins, Near-Wins and Wide-Open Spaces
ONE: Fontana The #NASCARGoesWest swing — and how else to say it but with a ubiquitous hashtag –concludes this weekend with a trip to the …
5 Points to Ponder: Have at it and Have a Good Time
ONE: Logano vs JGR (Again) I tend to time shift my race watching, so when I got a Sunday afternoon Facebook message from a friend …
5 Points to Ponder: The Art of Victory
ONE: 7.33% If you keep up with NASCAR via Twitter in any way, shape or form, you’ve likely been deluged with facts and stats these …
Five Points to Ponder: Elliott’s Despair, Busch’s Redemption and Waltrip’s Retirement
ONE: Chase Elliott’s wins are coming – soon An otherwise excellent Speedweeks finished in crushing disappointment for the 21-year-old sophomore Hendrick Motorsports driver. After winning …
5 Points to Ponder: First Steps and Inside NASCAR’s Championship 4
ONE: The Championship 4 After nine weeks of “playoff” competition we’re done to the final four drivers who will compete for the prize of being crowned …
Five Points to Ponder: The Junior Factor
ONE: The Earnhardt Factor The TV ratings numbers for NASCAR have been far from pretty during the playoffs. In fact, downright horrible might be a …
5 Points to Ponder: The Best Track in NASCAR
ONE: Martinsville I’ve said it many times before, and I’m sure I’ll continue to say it as long as the editors allow me to keep …