Holding a Pretty Wheel: The Time is Now for Penske Racing to Stay Relevant
Roger Penske knows how to race; his IndyCar stats are enviable. But this organization is falling apart under his nose.
Amy is an 20-year veteran NASCAR writer and a six-time National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) writing award winner, including first place awards for both columns and race coverage. As well as serving as Photo Editor, Amy writes The Big 6 (Mondays) after every NASCAR Cup Series race. She can also be found working on her bi-weekly columns Holding A Pretty Wheel (Tuesdays) and Only Yesterday (Wednesdays). A New Hampshire native whose heart is in North Carolina, Amy’s work credits have extended everywhere from driver Kenny Wallace’s website to Athlon Sports. She can also be heard weekly as a panelist on the Hard Left Turn podcast that can be found on AccessWDUN.com's Around the Track page.
Roger Penske knows how to race; his IndyCar stats are enviable. But this organization is falling apart under his nose.
Anyone who looked at the rundown and couldn’t find the No. 48, that’s because Jimmie Johnson was running the No. 5 in the All-Star Race.
Not that it’s obvious or anything, but NASCAR really, really wanted Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the All-Star Race at Charlotte.
Charlotte just isn’t a great venue to showcase the Truck Series.
CONCORD, N.C. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. finds himself in a different position this weekend as he’s not guaranteed a starting spot in the All-Star event.
Why does NASCAR snub two-thirds of the competitors in their top-three series come All-Star weekend?
Nashville was a race that I was really proud of because that kind of started our better qualifying. We learned some stuff with the shocks …
It’s unusual, but we got through the entire weekend at Dover without a real villain.
In today’s NASCAR, an underdog win is a rarity. David Reutimann grabbed one last year, the only real surprise of 2010, and one a year is average these days.
After setting a new Darlington qualifying record on Friday, Kasey Kahne had the car to beat for a long stretch early on.