5 Points to Ponder: When Chase (Elliott) Does the Chasing
1. Chase Elliott nearly pulls off ridiculous comeback Everybody loves a good come-from-behind victory, but is it still entertaining when the heroic comeback doesn’t quite …
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5 Points to Ponder: The Rest of the 2021 NASCAR Season
ONE: Which Hendrick Motorsports is for real? Hendrick Motorsports caught fire this summer, its best performance in the NASCAR Cup Series since Jeff Gordon and …
5 Points to Ponder: Aric Almirola Comes Up Big, and What’s Next for Matty D
1. Has there ever been as clutch a win as the one Aric Almirola just pulled off? Ever since Kyle Larson started getting on a …
5 Points to Ponder: Does Joe Gibbs Racing Have the Upper Hand?
1. Is it time to unionize? Between angst over Atlanta’s reprofiling of the track and details that had trickled out over the past week leading …
5 Points to Ponder: Impending Atlanta Repave May Cause Longing for Current Surface
1. Will we long for this Atlanta surface when it’s gone? At some point, father time and the elements of nature will force the inevitable …
5 Points to Ponder: Hendrick vs. Gibbs Shaping Up As Heavyweight Title Fight
1. Can anyone crash the Hendrick-Gibbs championship showdown? NASCAR held a pair of Cup Series races at Pocono Raceway this past weekend, and believe it …
5 Points to Ponder: Unstoppable Hendrick & Nemechek’s Smart Move
1. Does anyone have anything for Hendrick this year? Hendrick Motorsports is pretty good at this racing thing. The group was the class of the …
5 Points to Ponder: Kyle Larson, King of NASCAR, is a Thing That is Happening
1. Kyle Larson as championship frontrunner is simply wild One of the silliest parts of sports punditry is the “if the season ended today … …
5 Points to Ponder: Do You Need to See Where You’re Going to Race in NASCAR?
1. COTA was pretty fun … except when no NASCAR driver could see anything It’s not clear how anyone at NASCAR can make a solid …
5 Points to Ponder: The Road Ahead
1. The “Road” Ahead For the second half of the 2021 regular season, the Cup Series regulars face an eclectic mix of tracks, including a …