Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Sharpie 500 at Bristol
The new banking at Bristol, along with the new car, has bred a new form of racing at the old bullring. Single-file bump-and-runs have been …
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Did You Notice? Whether Family & NASCAR Really Mix?, No Chase, No Crew & White House Snubs
Did You Notice? How amazing it is Jeff Gordon’s competing for the title this year? I say that not because of his ailing back (although …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 CARFAX 400 at Michigan
A fuel-mileage race at Michigan? Who would have guessed it? Seriously, as expected Sunday’s 400-mile affair in the Irish Hills left us counting drops of …
Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2009 CARFAX 400 at Michigan
The double-file restarts at a track like Michigan are a thing of beauty for the racing – even if they only keep everyone together for a lap or two.
Bowles-Eye View: Brian Vickers’s Quiet Confidence Pays Off In Spades
In five plus years at the Cup Series level, Brian Vickers has never shied away from taking chances. But even one of the sport’s biggest …
Did You Notice? Harvick’s Plea to NASCAR, Martin’s Right Turn Gone Wrong & “Toasty” Bread
Did You Notice? Something during the rain-delayed ESPN broadcast that caught my attention? Kevin Harvick was being interviewed in the studio, and while the group …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Heluva! Good Sour Cream Dips at the Glen
Turning right and turning left was good for some at Watkins Glen, but turned others into a knot they never wriggled out of. After his …
Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2009 Heluva! Good Sour Cream Dips at the Glen
Editor’s Note: Matt McLaughlin is on vacation through the race at Michigan. For the next two weeks, Managing Editor Tom Bowles fills in. The Key …
Did You Notice? Vickers Vexed by Pit Road, the 5-Lap Farce & Nationwide’s Double Standard?
Did You Notice? How much pit-road mistakes have played into the momentum of teams this season? It started in Daytona, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. missed …
Mirror Driving: Johnson’s Lucky Day the End of the Lucky Dog?, Chasing Chasers & Hornaday’s Heroics
Did Monday prove the No. 48 team is super lucky, or that the Lucky Dog is an outdated rule that needs to go?