Only Yesterday: NASCAR Cup Winner Chicken Dinner & the 6%
It’s hard to win at the Cup Series level. Really, really hard. It’s so difficult that just six percent of drivers who enter the series have done it.
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.
It’s hard to win at the Cup Series level. Really, really hard. It’s so difficult that just six percent of drivers who enter the series have done it.
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