Pace Laps: Bayne’s Bad Break, Sin City Sins & From Mobile to Morris
Each week, Frontstretch will break down the racing, series by series, to bring you the biggest stories that you need to watch during the week ahead.
Short Tracks
Potts’s Shots: Safety & Rules Remain a “Moving Target”
Ed Biles in Griffin, Ga. wants to know, “Why is tandem racing not used at other high-speed tracks other than Daytona and Talladega?”
Potts’s Shots: Where Did the Checkered Flag Come From?
We got the same question this week from three people, wanting to know why Matt Kenseth was only five points ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. after the Daytona 500.
Pace Laps: From Daytona Rain to Staying “SAFE” at Myrtle Beach
For the first time in its history, the Daytona 500 was postponed from its usual Sunday afternoon start.
Potts’s Shots: Tricks of the NASCAR Trade, Past & Present
Now we touch on the saga of the illegal C-pillar on the No. 48 car last week.
Pace Laps: Johnson Penalty, Gerhart Luck, Larson Rise Highlight Speedweeks
Let our experts help you get up to speed no matter what series you might have missed, all in this week’s edition of Pace Laps!
Potts’s Shots: NASCAR Fan Q&A Returns for 2012 With a Trip Down Memory Lane
We had a couple of comments in the “down” months, the latest one during testing at Daytona.
NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2012: Richie Evans
Richie Evans was inducted into the Hall of Fame by his crew chief, Billy Nacewitz, and his ring was accepted by his widow, Lynn.
Back in the Day: The Legend Jim Hallahan
Sometimes referred to as a living legend, Jim Hallahan has been around stock car racing for a staggering eight decades.
Potts’s Shots: Busch & Stewart? & Did Phoenix Get it Right?
Lots of comments last week about the column, but that figures. Kyle Busch was the subject of a LOT of commentary all over the tube and the Internet.