2010 NASCAR Driver Review: Sam Hornish Jr.
Sam Hornish Jr. came within a thundercloud of winning the June Pocono race when rain started falling and crew chief Travis Geisler left the team out.
Sam Hornish Jr. came within a thundercloud of winning the June Pocono race when rain started falling and crew chief Travis Geisler left the team out.
Kevin Conway’s 2010 campaign on the track went about as well as could be expected for a rookie as green as he was in the cars he was driving.
In the only race he competed for TRG Motorsports in 2010, Mike Bliss piloted the No. 71 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet to a ninth-place finish at in Daytona in July.
Marcos Ambrose was strong on the road courses, as he always is. He looked to have a victory chance at Watkins Glen, but the last set of tires did not perform.
The lowest point for Dave Blaney came as he left PRISM Motorsports after completing only a single race and failing to qualify for six including the biggest.
Although his best finish of the season came at The Glen, where he started and finished fourth, AJ Allmendinger’s best race took place at Dover in September.
Homestead-Miami Speedway. Aric Almirola, subbing for the recently dismissed Kasey Kahne, posted a fourth-place finish in his 35th Sprint Cup Series start.
Jimmie Johnson had to do what many fans figured impossible to win his fifth straight title – lead laps and run up front at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Right down until the final race of the season, Denny Hamlin was a strong competitor for this year’s Cup title.
Kevin Harvick dominated the regular season of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule.