Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2010 Texas Fall Race Recap
Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin squared off in a three-lap shootout at the end of the race that had the fans at home and in the stands at Texas on their feet.
Matt joined Frontstretch in 2007 after a decade of race-writing, paired with the first generation of racing internet sites like RaceComm and Racing One. Now semi-retired, he submits occasional special features while his retrospectives on drivers like Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison, and other fallen NASCAR legends pop up every summer on Frontstretch. A motorcycle nut, look for the closest open road near you and you can catch him on the Harley during those bright, summer days in his beloved Pennsylvania.
Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin squared off in a three-lap shootout at the end of the race that had the fans at home and in the stands at Texas on their feet.
Chambers of Commerce in areas blessed with a Cup date know the economic impact a NASCAR race date brings.
Juan Pablo Montoya pushed Clint Bowyer past Kevin Harvick just as the caution lights illuminated at Talladega, freezing the field on the last lap of the race.
Even as pissed off as I am at NASCAR and the networks for screwing up a sport I love, I feel it’s worth saving so I’m going to clue ya’ll in on how to do it.
After the two of them were running side-by-side for a dozen laps at Martinsville, Denny Hamlin finally passed Kevin Harvick for the lead on lap 471.
Tony Stewart ran out of gas coming to the white flag at New Hampshire, handing the win back to Clint Bowyer, who had dominated the first two-thirds of the event.
NASCAR officials say they are in serious discussions to revamp the Nationwide Series so it is less of a turkey shoot for the Cup drivers and teams.
Was the roar of the crowd after the race at Richmond a tribute to local boy Denny Hamlin or his detractors expressing their glee Kyle Busch had lost again?
I surely never thought I’d see a day when a fan could walk up to the ticket gate at Bristol the evening of the Night Race and purchase a ticket.
Ticket sales at Bristol are sort of like the canary in the coal mine that were once used to signal danger to the miners.