Welcome to Mirror Driving. Every week, your favorite columnists sit down and give their opinion about the latest NASCAR news and rumors. Love us or hate us, make a comment below and tell us how you feel about what we’ve said! This Week’s Participants: Tom Bowles (Editor-in-Chief; Mondays/Bowles-Eye View & Wednesdays/Did You Notice?) Mike Neff (Wednesdays/Power Rankings …
Editor’s Note: Regular columnist Tommy Thompson has this week off, so Frontstretch rookie Doug Turnbull filled in for this edition of Turn 5. Look for Tommy to be back next Wednesday. Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer, Elvis Presley and Martin Truex Jr. A flurry of names have been sailing in the rumor clouds as …
10. Jeff and Robbi Gordon 9. Kasey and Lana Kahne 8. Ryan and Anita Newman 7. Tony and Martha Stewart 6. Mike and Paris Helton 5. Erin and Betty Crocker (only legal in California) 4. David and Nancy R(e)agan 3. Scott and Bobbi Riggs 2. Nancy and Re(a)gan Smith 1. Kyle and Anne Heiser-Busch (keeping …
NASCAR media outlets had plenty to discuss this week, as Tony Stewart’s future plans came to public fruition piece by piece. Multiple reports surfaced at the beginning of the week stating that the Stewart-Haas deal was done; and the very next day, Joe Gibbs Racing officially announced to the media that they were granting Stewart …
1. Difficulties With Rejection? – New York City and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel’s Grand Ballroom have once again been selected as the site for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony, to be held December 5, 2008. Guys, isn’t this the same place that has time and time again rejected your attempts to bring Sprint Cup …
NASCAR began a short Midwest swing this weekend in Chicagoland with the running of the LifeLock.com 400. Mother Nature decided to play a big role in the proceedings early on, as the rains moved in and washed out NASCAR’s qualifying session. But the washout actually gave our Sprint Cup bubble teams a sigh of relief; …
Rookies in the Starting Lineup: Regan Smith (33rd), Michael McDowell (34th), Sam Hornish Jr. (35th), Patrick Carpentier (42nd). Note: Qualifying was rained out, so the field was set by owner points. Unofficial Finishing Positions: Carpentier (30th), Smith (34th), Hornish Jr. (37th), McDowell (43rd). Rookie of the Race: Carpentier. As the title of the article says, …
It all seems like it just flew by at this point, but 10 years is a long time. More specifically, 338 races – 356 by season’s end – is a lot of races. We’ve gotten used to seeing the orange No. 20 car slicing its way through the field, its fiery and extraordinarily skilled pilot …
Q: Hi Matt! My husband and I were trying to remember the last time brothers won three straight races before Kyle and Kurt did so. We can’t think of a time it has happened unless Terry and Bobby Labonte did it. Or maybe Kurt and Kyle themselves? Can you help us out? Thanks! – Linda Davis A: …
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the Windy City this weekend for another intermediate racetrack. For the first time, the race will be held under that lights at Chicagoland Speedway leaving many fantasy gamers a little nervous. Some drivers are on a roll and momentum certainly plays a role in the sport. Others very …
Wow! That’s a pretty bold headline! But the time has come to be honest with ourselves. Time to call a spade a spade. Time to open your eyes and actually see what your eyes are looking at every week. Time to stop being a narrow-minded automotive bigot! Time to admit that it IS going to …
10. None. It is NOT for sale. Just ask Max and Teresa – they’ll tell you. 9. None. After all, you’re just buying an ordinary race shop; why do you think the price is so low? 8. Kerry and Jeffrey Earnhardt will be filling out applications at JR Motorsports. 7. DEI will now stand for …
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