Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: A Look Back at NASCAR’s 2009 Season to Date
Four weeks into the 2009 NASCAR season, nothing is etched in stone. It’s too early on to know who will be champion, and even too …
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.
Four weeks into the 2009 NASCAR season, nothing is etched in stone. It’s too early on to know who will be champion, and even too …
The Key Moment: Kurt Busch dominated the race at Atlanta, but a late caution and a two-tire stop put Carl Edwards at the head of …
It was apparent over the last two NASCAR weekends that the tracks at Fontana and Las Vegas had very different levels of success in selling tickets this year.
The Key Moment: On lap 269, Kyle Busch nudged aside Clint Bowyer to take the lead. Busch, who had won the pole for the race, …
Welcome to my nightmare I think you’re gonna like it I think you’re gonna feel… you belong – Alice Cooper I’ve long been ridiculed as …
The Key Moment: Matt Kenseth’s crew was flawless all night at Fontana, getting him off pit road first on the final sequence of pit stops. …
The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things – of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. – …
Rain began falling before green-flag racing could resume, handing Matt Kenseth his first Daytona 500 win.
The engines have fired. The first laps have been driven in anger. Victors have celebrated and losers have been left to lick their wounds. Yes, …
The Key Moment: Kevin Harvick assumed the lead milliseconds before the caution flag flew, signaling the end of the race. In a Nutshell: With the …