5 Points to Ponder: The Thief of Joy
One: 199 Not Out On September 4, 2005, Kyle Busch won his first ever Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race in the Sony HD 500 …
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5 Points to Ponder: Penske Acing NASCAR’s Season-Long Experiment
Everything is Different, But Not in the Same Way Remember back to your high school science class (or college courses, if you majored in something …
5 Points to Ponder: Rolling the Las Vegas Dice
A Crucial Race There is an argument to be made that this Sunday’s 400-miler at Las Vegas Motor Speedway might just be one of the …
5 Points to Ponder: The Daytona 500 Will Look Nothing Like the Clash
One: The Clash Is Not The 500 This one may seem a bit obvious, but before we storm the NASCAR Bastille, take a minute to …
5 Points to Ponder: Mark Martin Was Right All Along
ONE: The Champion Turns out Mark Martin was right after all. Joey Logano really is the best thing since sliced bread. The 28-year-old Team Penske …
5 Points to Ponder: Time to Crown a Champ, Plus Elliott Sadler’s Last Hurrah
ONE: Championship Weekend So, this is it, then. One more race for all the marbles. 267 laps and 400 miles on the progressive banking of …
5 Points to Ponder: Cousin Carl’s Return & Trevor Bayne’s Last Hurrah
ONE: Two Into Six Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick have already booked their spots in the Championship 4 and will race for the Monster Energy …
5 Points to Ponder: Beware the Ides of “Mart”
ONE: A Dish Served Cold For the second time in five races in the 2018 playoffs, Martin Truex Jr. was denied a win on the …
5 Points to Ponder: Emotional NASCAR Rollercoaster For John Hunter Nemechek
ONE: Martinsville Hallelujah for Martinsville Speedway, the oldest, slowest and (in my humble opinion) best track on the circuit. The Chase iteration of 500 laps …
5 Points To Ponder: Will NASCAR’s Caution Confusion Ever Clear Itself Up?
ONE: A Cautionary Tale It’s hard to explain NASCAR’s model for how they throw a caution on the final lap of a race. Perhaps this …