The Yellow Stripe: Sizing Up the Standings, What’s Left to Decide in 2008 for NASCAR’s Top-3 Series
And then there were five. There are just 33 days left (and 14 races across all three series) in the 2008 NASCAR season, and we’re …
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The Yellow Stripe: From Sandstone to Sterling, the Top-10 Trophies in NASCAR
Back home in England, sports trophies in my favorite sport of football (OK, soccer on this side of the pond) are simple awards. They are …
The Yellow Stripe: The Power of 3 – Why Kansas, Talladega & Lowe’s Can Make or Break the Chase
The Chase for the Sprint Cup is a strange and unpredictable beast. Who, for example, had their money on Greg Biffle winning the first two …
The Yellow Stripe: NASCAR in New York a Rare Treat
It isn’t often the words “NASCAR” and “New York” appear in the same sentence. So, on the rare occasions when my two favorite worlds collide, …
The Yellow Stripe: A NASCAR Chase Dream Broken – Who Just Missed, Who Just Didn’t Make It & Who Busted Up Trying
It’s postseason time in NASCAR, and despite it being the only points-paying system I’ve ever known, I still find it weird to hear the announcers, …
The Yellow Stripe: Grading NASCAR’s Pack Two-Thirds of the Way Through 2008
66 drivers have started their engines at the NASCAR Sprint Cup level this season. From the high banks of Daytona to the high banks of …
The Yellow Stripe: Why I Don’t Hate NASCAR’s Chase – & You Shouldn’t, Either
Soccer’s English Premier League (EPL) runs from mid-August to mid-May. It’s a relentless 38-game, nine month slog with the 20 best teams in the land, …
The Yellow Stripe: 10+1 Reasons to Still Cheer – Why the Rest of 2008 is Still Must-See NASCAR
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a seminal British TV comedy sketch show that debuted in 1969. Created by the collective creative and comedic genius of …
The Yellow Stripe: Can the Nice Guy Really Finish 1st? Assessing Carl Edwards’s Chance at a Championship
What’s not to like about Carl Edwards? He loves his mother. He gives away his race win trophies to deserving causes. He lists his hometown …
The Yellow Stripe: NASCAR Drivers I Never Got to See, But Wish I Had
My first week in the States, I watched a “Beyond the Glory” program which focused on NFL quarterback Kurt Warner. Not knowing his story – …