Five Points to Ponder: Where There’s “Smoke,” There’s Fire
Smoke Rising: Wasn’t it good to see the lovable curmudgeon himself, Tony Stewart, back in action at Richmond International Raceway this past Sunday? The sport …
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Five Points to Ponder: Barren Stands at Bristol
ONE: Barren Bristol There isn’t a cameraman skilled enough anywhere in the world that could have made the Bristol Motor Speedway stands look any better …
5 Points to Ponder: Pantomime Villains Past and Present
Villain to win at Bristol? My tip for this weekend’s win is the current pantomime villain of the NASCAR circuit: Joey Logano. It’s a role …
5 Points to Ponder: Brothers, Centurions and Nations
ONE: The Champ gets his clock In the end, by Martinsville’s very high standards, it was a relatively pain-free first victory of the year for the …
Five Points to Ponder: Can Kasey Kahne Recover?
ONE: Martinsville, Sweet Martinsville Ah, Martinsville, let me count the ways I love you. I’ve said it before countless times and I’ll say it again …
Five Points to Ponder: Dissecting Cole’s Terrific Tweet & Busch’s Recovery
ONE: Tweet of the Year I have to start out this week with a comment on what might already be the tweet of the 2016 season …
Five Points to Ponder: Status Quo and Strong Starts
Dillon’s Strong Start It has been a great first four races for Austin Dillon in his third full year of top-echelon competition. To date, Dillon …
Five Points to Ponder: Career Redefinition, NASCAR Commercials and Hope for 2016
ONE: A Finish for the Ages The simple truth is that the vast majority of the 2016 Daytona 500 was little more than a 200 …
Five Points to Ponder: The Great American Race
ONE: The Winter’s Tale NASCAR has the shortest off-season in all professional sport, but each year the break feels to me like an absolute age. …
2015 NASCAR Rewind: Denny Hamlin
All told, it wasn’t too shabby a year for Denny Hamlin. The driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota finished up the 2015 season in …