The Yellow Stripe: Miss Sprint Cup Not Just a Pretty Face
Ultimately, being Miss Sprint Cup is as much about connecting with the fans as the race itself.
Danny starts his 12th year with Frontstretch in 2018, writing the Tuesday signature column 5 Points To Ponder. 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.
Ultimately, being Miss Sprint Cup is as much about connecting with the fans as the race itself.
The repeated role of “first loser” may be tough, but for Jamie McMurray, it’s more evidence that the return to EGR might be the best move he made in his career.
Watching the All-Star Race this past weekend got me thinking about other possible changes NASCAR might implement based on the non-points paying spectacular.
On the surface, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch are the most unlikely of teammates.
Richmond first appeared on the schedule in 1953. Lee Petty won the inaugural event, and since then the famed old circuit has hosted some 108 NASCAR Cup races.
As a Brit, coming late to the party with NASCAR, one of the things that has fascinated me most is the passion of the sport’s fanbase.
This past week, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was estimated by Forbes magazine to be the top-earning driver in the sport, raking in some $30 million a year.
Kurt Busch reacted to unpalatable defeat like he was drinking a cup of cold sick. “I’d rather lose to any of the other 41 cars out there than the No. 48 car.”
Last season, Kurt Busch won the “Non-Hendrick” championship and on the very early evidence another similar finish certainly doesn’t look out of the question.
For my money – what little of it I have – the Kobalt Tools 500 at the venerable old Atlanta Motor Speedway was a pretty solid race.