This past Sunday Jimmie Johnson locked himself into the next round of the Chase, avoiding any kind of pratfall that might befall him at the super scary, oh no, Talladega, the roulette-wheel track. For Johnson and Co. the move is exactly the one they needed to make to progress in the current Chase format. Points …
Last Sunday, at the Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton looked to have race victory in hand. After starting from the pole, Hamilton made a clean getaway and put the field in his rear view. His teammate became the victim of Sebastian Vettel dive-bombing he first turn, putting Vettel out of the race and Nico Rosberg …
So that’s that. The Chase field has been whittled to 12 in Cup while the Trucks and XFINITY series will be looking to do some pruning of their own in the upcoming weeks. In Cup, no team had a worse Dover race than Chip Ganassi Racing. The likelihood of having both of their drivers advance …
After having a week off to digest the Singapore Grand Prix, Formula 1 returns to action this weekend and the newly repaved Sepang International Circuit for the Malaysian Grand Prix. With Nico Rosberg having won the last three races and now taking the lead in the championship by eight points, the driver’s battle remains close. …
This Sunday will bring about the first round of eliminations in the the Cup Chase. That means that the feel-good story of Chris Buescher and his appearance in the Chase will come to end when the checkered flag flies. That seems like an easy statement to make as Buescher sits in 16th place and is …
Well that was fast. For a racing series, speed is usually a good thing. In this case, well, maybe the speed that NASCAR showed this week is maybe not such a good thing. The matter here is NASCAR’s decision to change how it adjudicates penalties for the laser inspections and lug nuts. This move is …
This weekend marks what is loosely the Asian swing of the Formula 1 schedule as the series races at night in Singapore. With seven races remaining this season, this race sits as an interesting one for the all the teams. It’s a situation of having one foot in the room and one foot out the …
This past week has brought the Tony Stewart defenders out in force. Between his dust-up (punting) of Brian Scott and his on-track pugilism with Ryan Newman, Stewart has been an interesting presence for the past couple weeks. Matt McLaughlin covered the story, and the goal here is not to rehash it. This also won’t be …
The ratings are in for the Southern 500 and, well, thy’re a bit on the disappointing side. That’s right, the much-ballyhooed throwback extravaganza didn’t quite pull the numbers that the wonks in Daytona may have expected. Last year the race held a 3.7 share of viewership, while this year it fell all the way down …
This week Felipe Massa announced that this year would be his last in Formula 1. In some ways, this proclamation comes as no surprise. The 35 year old Brazilian driver has put together a rather solid, yet hard to say it, unspectacular career. Let’s look at the numbers first. In 242 starts, Massa has earned …
Check Kyle Larson’s name off the list. He is, depending on how you group drivers, the first of the latest generation of take the checkered flag in the Cup series. His win last Sunday at Michigan validated what everyone has seemingly said about him – that he’s got all the talent and that his break …
Three weeks have slipped past since Formula 1 last took to the track. The summer break always seems to be an interesting thing as teams are forced to shut down for a few weeks and gain some valuable rest. One question would be whether or not such a long break does anything to teams or …
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