5 Points to Ponder: Hallelujah, Ryan Newman!
ONE: Hallelujah, Ryan Newman Twelve years ago in 2008, Ryan Newman won the 50th running of the Great American Race. His success that day came … Continue Reading
Danny Peters has written for Frontstretch since 2006. An English transplant living in San Francisco, by way of New York City, he’s had an award-winning marketing career with some of the biggest companies sponsoring sports. Working with racers all over the country, his freelance writing has even reached outside the world of racing to include movie screenplays.
5 Points to Ponder: A Year of Genuine Change, A Year Early
A Brand New Year For so long we talked about 2021 as the year of true change in NASCAR, with a (possibly) radical new schedule … Continue Reading
2019 NASCAR Driver Reviews: David Ragan
While Kyle Busch performed celebratory championship burnouts on the frontstretch at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series in November, David Ragan took a minute … Continue Reading
2019 NASCAR Driver Reviews: Denny Hamlin
Moments before what turned out to be the final restart of the 2019 Daytona 500, Fox Sports’ Regan Smith snagged a quick interview with Denny … Continue Reading
5 Points to Ponder: A Worthy Champion
ONE: A Worthy Champion In the last 10 years, no one has won more Cup races than Kyle Busch, so it seems apt that he … Continue Reading
5 Points to Ponder: The Fantastic Four
ONE: The Championship Four All week long, conventional wisdom suggested that Kyle Busch (+22 points up on fifth place) and Joey Logano (+20 on fifth) … Continue Reading
5 Points to Ponder: Penske’s Power Move
ONE: Penske’s Power Move I think it’s fair to say that no-one — outside those directly involved — had any sense that we were going … Continue Reading
5 Points to Ponder: And Then There Were 8
ONE: And Then There Were 8 I’m going to boldly predict that not many prognosticators had Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney and Denny Hamlin winning the … Continue Reading
5 Points To Ponder: What Might Have Been Without a NASCAR Playoff
ONE: What Might Have Been Next to the actual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points standings on that little gem of a site, www.racing-reference.info, are … Continue Reading
5 Points to Ponder: Expect the Unexpected
ONE: The Roval Unlike every other circuit on the Monster Energy Cup Series slate, and especially the other nine tracks that make up NASCAR’s postseason, … Continue Reading