Top 10 Reasons New Hampshire Was the Only Race This Year to See a Ratings Increase
10. It’s the week before the Fourth of July and most folks stayed home this weekend so they could afford to go out.
By Frontstretch Staff
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Sprint Cup: 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon Edition
Joey Logano stole some history in Loudon, N.H. on Sunday (June 28), becoming the youngest driver to win a Sprint Cup race.
Numbers Game: 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon
10 – Laps led by Lenox Industrial Tools 301 winner Joey Logano at Loudon.
Fan’s View: Kyle Busch Wrecking the Field… Or Was It Junior?
LOUDON, N.H. – Martin Truex Jr. knew who hit him. He knew he wasn’t the one at fault. He knew that Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun his tires when the green flag waved. He knew his bright green TomTom No. 1 wouldn’t be taking off any time soon and right now, with his helmet in hand, …
Bubble Breakdown: Brad Keselowski Posts Top-10 Run… But It’s John Andretti Who Widens Top-35 Gap
James Finch is going to miss Brad Keselowski when he’s gone. Brad posted another top-10 finish in the Phoenix Racing No. 09 Chevrolet.
Happy Hour: Scott Wimmer Is Worthy of a Better Shot
While Dale Earnhardt Jr. was being interviewed on 60 Minutes, he said that there’s a Dale Earnhardt Jr. or a Jeff Gordon on short tracks around the country. In sports – in the entertainment industry in general – there are thousands of talented people who toil away for the best years of their lives and …
Driven to the Past: Remembering an Old Friend
Reading an article about the old Langhorne Speedway recently took me back a lot of years. Langhorne, for those of you too young to remember, was a dirt track in Pennsylvania known as the “big left turn.” It was a mile circle. In its final year or so, it was paved and made into a …
Voices From the Heartland: Win NASCAR on Sunday… Sell Out on Monday?
For years, the Voices author and this column have been stating the obvious and perhaps now, people will begin to finally see the light! For those that have missed the obvious in the past, I will state it again… very slowly. Read my lips – the old adage of ‘win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ …
Thompson in Turn 5: Believe It, a Generic Race Engine Will Come to NASCAR
The ‘shoe’ continues to fall in what this column has foretold will be the future of NASCAR racing with the news that NASCAR and folks from Detroit have discussed a generic ‘spec’ engine or ‘crate’ engine that would, if reports are believed, be used at least initially in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck series. …
Fanning the Flames: A NASCAR Silly Season Like No Other
We all know what the Jayski NASCAR news and rumors page is. We’ve all been there, many linked to this very article from that site. On slow weeks, it’s nothing but a smattering (or ARRAY or BATCH or SLEW) of by-the-book press releases, pitching anything from a new paint scheme to a charity appearance by one …
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: There’s Magic in New Hampshire’s Mile
While the configurations between Sonoma’s road course and Loudon’s oval are about as far apart as racetracks come, there are some similarities. The groove at Loudon is narrow, just like Sonoma… and drivers out-braking each other into corners will constitute much of Sunday’s action. Track position will be at a premium on race day, and …
Mirror Driving: Kahne Turns Right, Chase Contenders & Pretenders, & Cup Teams Take a Hit… in Nationwide?
That performance Kasey Kahne made to win the race was very impressive. Stewart was chomping at the bit and Kahne was flawless.