Not quite the easy week to write about NASCAR and offer anything that resembles happiness, right? Let’s look back at the on-track festivities real quick. The Xfinity Series had all the heart-stopping action that accompanies watching mold grow as another Cup driver stunk up the show and walked off with the check. Kevin Harvick tried …
The debut of the Formula 1 season in Melbourne may have been a bit of a dud in terms of overall competition but it did give a snapshot as to where everyone is at the moment and a forecast for what to expect the rest of the season. The obvious realization is that Mercedes has …
Well, Phoenix was fun… or something. Before the weekend started, Happiness Is wondered if Kevin Harvick would just sweep everything, leaving the only question as to whether his car and crew would hold up. As far as Sprint Cup goes, he did just that and with little in the way of drama, though NASCAR tried …
Frontstretch will be expanding its Formula 1 coverage this year. Look for more regular columns covering the sport. Formula 1 has gotten its season started this weekend in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. There’s all kinds of different stories as things get going, so here’s a recap and preview for the opener. What’s News To begin, …
Ah, NASCAR. All professional sports that receive any modicum of attention get to enjoy their tales being played out in the media. That’s part of the reason that we all pay attention. This idea isn’t new. One of the reasons that baseball fascinated people was the offseason, which is how the phrase ‘hot stove’ came …
Frontstretch will be bringing more Formula 1 coverage this season. Here is the beginning with a look towards the season opener in Australia. Last season Lewis Hamilton drove the dominant Mercedes to the title facing his best competition from his teammate Nico Rosberg. The Mercedes was so stout that the third-place driver, Daniel Ricciardo, finished …
The small crowd this past weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway should not be too much of a surprise. In many ways, it should have been expected. The track has faced difficulty filling its stands for a few years now, and being given a race date with unpredictable weather offered no favors. So what is going …
There was a time when some young hotshot got a sweet ride driving for top-tier organization, taking over from a former champion and stalwart of the sport. That driver faced the challenge of carrying with him exaggerated expectations but also squinted eyes from fans. That driver, however, found elements of success but eventually wore out …
The Great American Race, version 2015, is upon us. The offseason has finally given way to throttled-up engines and strapped-in drivers and it’s time to enjoy NASCAR’s biggest spectacle. With Daytona’s surface in good shape and no Juan Pablo Montoya in the field, there’s a good chance that nothing wildly extravagant will happen on par …
Sprint Cup: Gordon’s Farewell Begins; Qualifying Questioned: Jeff Gordon earned the pole position for the Daytona 500 next weekend in what amounts to a dramatic beginning to a final full-time season. Doing so just means that Gordon further cements himself as one of the all-time greats, notching his 78th pole start. Though his accomplishment might not …
Well, here it is again, that time of the year when winter doldrums set in allowing us all a moment of reflection and to… whatever. This column isn’t seeking to be any kind of philosophical rumination about life – at least not this time. Nope, this space is for thinking about hyper-colored automotive blurs, whizzing …
Sprint Cup: A Burton Still Walks Among Us – NASCAR is a sport built on families, famous siblings and their sons carrying us through racing generations. Petty. Earnhardt. Elliott. Even Pearson and Bodine. It’s a seamless transition of success that jolts us when it reaches an end. That makes Monday’s pending announcement of Jeb Burton’s …
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