Fanning the Flames: Junior’s Chief, ‘Dinger’s Future, Ragan’s Security & More
Q: How does David Ragan avoid Silly Season? Drivers like Elliott Sadler, Scott Speed and Sam Hornish Jr. are out of rides and have performed the same as Ragan.
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Q: How does David Ragan avoid Silly Season? Drivers like Elliott Sadler, Scott Speed and Sam Hornish Jr. are out of rides and have performed the same as Ragan.
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It doesn’t get safer than Greg Biffle and Jeff Gordon at Homestead. Since reconfiguring the track, Gordon has finished in the top nine in all but one event.
Both Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Hendrick Motorsports agree that if a crew chief change is coming, it will be in the offseason. Does another change need to be made?
10. Pulverize a water bottle before and after the race.
Denny Hamlin has a 15-point lead over Jimmie Johnson. Let me repeat that. Hamlin has a 15-point lead over Johnson.
I can also picture a Sunday without a race. And right now, that is holding more appeal than anything that’s happened in the last 10 days in NASCAR.
75,000 – estimated number of people in attendance for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Denny Hamlin had Sunday’s race in his grasp, leading the most laps (190), but in the end it was Jimmie Johnson who led the Big Three with a fifth-place finish.
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what all were thinking following the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.