The Yellow Stripe: A New NASCAR Season Brings New Commercials… & They’re Good!
It’s fair to say that 2009 was not a tremendous year for NASCAR TV advertising.
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.
The Yellow Stripe: 10 NASCAR Wishes for 2010, Some of Which May Actually Come True
After last year’s damp squib of a race, what NASCAR needs is a Daytona 500 that lives up to the famous old moniker, “The Great American Race.”
2009 NASCAR Driver Review: Denny Hamlin
The high point in 2009 for Denny Hamlin was his emotional hometown victory at Richmond International Raceway in the final race before the Chase.
2009 NASCAR Driver Review: Juan Pablo Montoya
Making the Chase has to go down as Juan Pablo Montoya’s highlight of the year.
The Yellow Stripe: 9 Drivers (Who Don’t Race for Hendrick) to Watch in 2010
It was a tremendous season for Hendrick Motorsports, so as thoughts turn to 2010, I’m going to take a look at nine non-Hendrick drivers to watch.
The Yellow Stripe: Is Jeff Gordon’s Drive for 5 Permanently Stalled?
if you’ll forgive the crass reference, Jeff Gordon’s “Drive for Five” has very much “short-circuited” all over again.
The Yellow Stripe: Can Mark Martin Do the Unthinkable & Prevent the 4-Peat?
What the 38th-place finish for Jimmie Johnson did do was open up a small sliver of opportunity for Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon.
The Yellow Stripe: Reasons to Keep Watching NASCAR in 2009 (No Really, There Are… I Think)
I was appalled by the lack of racing and then carnage at the end of what purported to be a NASCAR race, but was a glorified 2.66-mile game of Scalextric.
The Yellow Stripe: What Might Have Been for Hamlin, What Never Was for Mears & What Will Never Be for Johnson
Fast forward to Sunday’s return to the track in the shadow of the Blue Ridge and there’s three words that sum up where we are: Jimmie flipping Johnson.
The Yellow Stripe: Carl Edwards Eyes Next Season After Disappointing Year
For all intents and purposes Carl Edwards’s quest for his first Sprint Cup crown is over. Surprise, surprise.