Thinkin’ Out Loud at Watkins Glen: Will Anyone Stand Up to SVG’s Road Course Regime?
The New Zealander has now won the past four Cup Series road course races following his triumph at Watkins Glen on Sunday.
The New Zealander has now won the past four Cup Series road course races following his triumph at Watkins Glen on Sunday.
Sunday featured an odd mixture of what’s great and what’s wrong with modern-day Cup racing.
Wallace’s win makes you appreciate the Brickyard just a little bit more, doesn’t it?
Likely nobody expected the first in-season tournament would come down to two drivers that have never won a Cup race – NASCAR included.
This is a historic performance never seen before in 77 years of NASCAR racing. So, please, just for now, be quiet and enjoy it.
The driver of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet now has two wins after his Windy City triumph.
No fuel-saving, half throttle 60-lap ride arounds. No two-by-two trains where nobody can pass for 50 laps. That’s what superspeedway racing used to look like.
There’s no way Chase Briscoe should’ve been able to save lots of fuel and comfortably maintain the lead, but dirty air allowed it.
NASCAR finally brought a Cup Series points race international again. But if you think this is where it ends, you haven’t been paying attention.
Stage racing has mostly neutralized any need of fuel mileage and conservation. Yet Sunday’s race seemed to be reminiscent of the days of old.