Top 10 Surprises to Come From Infineon
10. Michael Waltrip Racing.
By Frontstretch Staff
Petty & Earnhardt (Possibly) to Toyota? The Times They Are-a-Changin’
Rumors are just rumors and this time of year sees the mill turn the most. Two weeks ago, Richard Petty Motorsports announced a partnership with Braun Racing to field entries in five Nationwide Series races with drivers Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne. The Braun team runs Toyotas, so, despite the press release not mentioning the …
Fan’s View: New Hampshire Motor Speedway Changing the Way You Watch the Race… Sort Of
No matter how jaded you might be with NASCAR, you’re still a race fan. How can I tell? You’re reading this article. Even though you have accepted, with ill grace, that the cars don’t resemble stock anything, your driver retired many years ago and more races are won these days by a margin that can …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Sprint Cup: 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Edition
The Cup Series’ trip to wine country in Sonoma, Calif. sure seemed to be worth the extra gas bill. The inevitable fuel-strategy gambles and unpredictable mishaps that Infineon Raceway commonly produces shuffled up the running order many times during Sunday’s (June 21) race. The racing action through the pack was tight and fender-banging, especially in …
Numbers Game: 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma
2 – number of times winner Kasey Kahne led the Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sunday.
5 Points to Ponder: 2009 Milwaukee/Infineon Edition
Edwards getting hot A lot has already been said of Carl Edwards’s winless start to the season in both the Cup and Nationwide series after dominating both one year ago. Less and less ink has been wasted in the past month though as Edwards has slowly turned the corner. On the Cup side, the Missouri …
Bubble Breakdown: Despite Early Off-Road Adventure, AJ Allmendinger Posts Top-10 Finish
Had you watched qualifying on Friday, you may have been asking yourself, “why did Scott Speed have to qualify on time while John Andretti had a guaranteed spot? NASCAR’s website has Speed in the 35th spot in points and Andretti in 36th.” The answer is simple; you were looking at the wrong standings. The Top-35 …
Happy Hour’s Best 5 Drivers in NASCAR
As is often said, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. But in the past two weeks, I couldn’t rely simply on my own judgment in deciding who should be ranked as the 15th through 11th and then the 10th through sixth drivers in the sport. I had ideas that I thought were worthy for …
Driven to the Past: Fuel Windows & Debris Cautions Back in the Day
All the talk about fuel-mileage strategy over the past couple of weeks brought back some memories, which is not unusual – just about anything brings back memories for me after more than 50 years of watching these race cars go round and round. One night over a couple of beers at Daytona in the mid-’60s, …
David Starr Driver Diary: Strong Finishes & a 1st Father’s Day
The last several weeks have been real exciting for myself and the whole HT Motorsports team. On a personal note, I got a very, very special gift from a big group of my fans when we raced back home at the Texas Motor Speedway. They honored me by purchasing a brick for the new NASCAR …
Thompson in Turn 5: NASCAR a Tough Decision for Danica Patrick
Despite speculation that IndyCar Series darling Danica Patrick would reveal her plans for next season this week, it seems any such announcement is now on hold until October. Patrick, who is in the final year of her contract with Andretti Green Racing (AGR), has been rumored to be looking in three different directions in deciding …
BSNews! NASCAR Releases List! Random Morality Testing to Begin Immediately
In light of recent events that took place last week during the Nationwide race in Nashville, Tenn., during which two sponsor reps from one team claim a racial slur was directed at their driver by an opposing crew chief after a pit-lane collision, NASCAR officials have decided to crack down… and crack down hard! After …