NASCAR 101: First-Win Fever, Or 5 More Possible Victory Lane First-Timers
Two races. Two first-time winners. That’s the case in NASCAR’s national series its last two events. On Wednesday (Aug. 17), Ben Kennedy pulled into Victory …
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NASCAR 101: 5 Road Courses That Once Had Cup Races
NASCAR has never visited many road courses in its near 70-year history. In fact, archival website Racing Reference has recorded only 11 road courses ever visited …
NASCAR 101: Geoff Bodine Helps Make Olympic Dreams Come True
The 2016 Summer Olympics begin this week (well, began, since certain events’ preliminary stages started Wednesday), which is, of course, yet another sport with which NASCAR …
NASCAR 101: How Often Does the Same Driver Win Both of a Track’s Races?
Make no mistake: Kurt Busch has a resonant history at Pocono Raceway. After winning at the track last June, the elder Busch brother now has three …
NASCAR 101: Who’s Run the Indy 500 AND the Brickyard 400?
When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series contested the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994, it was a momentous occasion for one reason and one reason alone: …
NASCAR 101: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s Season Isn’t Over
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will be missing the race at New Hampshire this weekend due to concussion symptoms. But thankfully for members of Junior Nation, not …
NASCAR 101: First 5 Kentucky Winners? Probably Not the Same as the Next 5
In 2011, Kentucky Speedway got what track officials had been dreaming of for a decade: a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Now it’s 2016. Five …
NASCAR 101: Daytona, Talladega Become Place to Be for One-Offs
OK, picture this: a NASCAR national series where you don’t really know who’s going to show up each week. Entries vary by track, whether it’s by …
NASCAR 101: Recent Road Ringers Who Actually Made An Impact
It’s been a slow descent for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from having bona fide, competitive road course ringers entered in its events at Sonoma …
NASCAR 101: The New(ish) Faces You’ll See This Weekend at Iowa
There was a time in NASCAR when a standalone race in the XFINITY or Camping World Truck series wasn’t an oddity in the sport. Back …