Fanning the Flames: Who’s This Year’s Chase Cinderella? The Numbers Line up for Ryan Newman… To Finish 3rd
It’s all in the numbers, see? And the momentum, of course. Every year, some guy from the back half of the Chase field makes a …
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Fanning the Flames: The King in Victory Lane & 1 Helluva Show Down South
For the record – and not that anyone asked – but count me in among the masses that thought Sunday night’s Atlanta race was a …
Fanning the Flames: Kyle Busch’s New Gibson Guitar Antics
If you blinked, you missed it… and if I didn’t live in Nashville, I probably would have. As much we like to pile on young …
Fanning the Flames: NASCAR TV Coverage, Team Orders & Tapping the Roof
I am not a NASCAR TV critic. I leave that up to Frontstretch’s own Phil Allaway. And I’ve never been one to get my panties …
Fanning the Flames: Numbers Show 2009 Season Most Competitive of NASCAR’s Chase Era
A quick observation that somehow waded into my head amidst the congestion and cloudiness of a mid-August head cold: For as much as we, as …
Fanning the Flames: Penalties & Robby Gordon a NASCAR Tradition Since 1991!
The only thing that makes me cringe more than sponsor plugs during the pre-race invocation is when the sponsor being plugged is Heluva! Good Sour …
Fanning the Flames: No to the Camaro, Stremme v. Gordon & ESPN’s Twittergate
Some involved questions this week, so let’s jump right in. Small-engine repair tips are welcome as well. Q: I read about the Nationwide Series needing …
Fanning the Flames: Montoya’s Tach, Elliott’s Oil & the Revenge of the Pony Cars
With apologies to my colleagues here on Frontstretch, the column everyone should be reading this week (actually, every week) is by Dr. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky at …
Fanning the Flames: Herschel McGriff Scores 1 for NASCAR’s Geritol Gang
Move over, Tom Watson. Herschel McGriff, at 81 years of age, finished 13th in this past weekend’s NASCAR Camping World West race at Portland International …
Fanning the Flames: NASCAR’s “Terminology Guidelines” & the Return of Silly Season
I love the sport of NASCAR. I really do. But some days, the sanctioning body really puts me to the test. Such was the case …