10 Points to Ponder… After the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
The No. 84 team had not qualified for a race until Atlanta; Mike Skinner turned in the 34th-fastest lap, securing a spot for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500.
By Frontstretch Staff
Bubble Breakdown: On Groundbreaking Weekend, Teams on NASCAR’s Top-35 Bubble Attempt Breaking Away From the Pack
The Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta may have made history at the front of the field – with Toyota claiming the first victory for a foreign-born manufacturer since 1954 – but it also featured a number of drivers trying to prevent history of a different sort at the rear. With just one race remaining before …
Driven to the Past: John Potts
I grew up in Louisville, Ky., and my father and mother started taking me to what they called the “hardtop” races at the Jeffersonville (Ind.) Sportsdrome when I was 10 years old – in 1949. I was hooked from the start. Those hardtops were mostly 1939 and ’40 Fords and Mercurys, with an occasional ’39 …
Happy Hour: Do Hard Hits Make NASCAR Drivers Consider Retirement?
Shortly after Rusty Wallace announced his impending departure from the NASCAR traveling circus at the beginning of the 2005 season, he had to correct a motorsports media that suggested he was scared to get into a racecar. Wallace clarified that it was not that he was scared to get behind the wheel… racecar drivers can’t …
BSNews! Jeff Gordon Gets Support From a Special Friend & NASCAR on Steroids?
BSNews: Mr. France, what is NASCAR’s stance concerning Jeff Gordon’s recent statements about LVMS?
Fanning the Flames: Palm Sweat, Las Vegas Blackjack & Taking Your Chances with the NSCRC
Lesson learned the hard way last weekend: When a casino changes dealers on you, just get up and walk away – no exceptions, no questions asked. This is now one of Taliaferro’s Cannon Laws; well, after I kissed that hundo goodbye in a heartbeat. Our esteemed Managing Editor managed to get out of Las Vegas …
Fan’s View: Breaking NASCAR’s Cookie-Cutter Mold
Once upon a time, in a world not of our own, John Q. Fan sat down in his beige living room and turned on his television at precisely one o’clock on Sunday afternoon, just as he had for the last 20 years. At the first camera shot, he knew that in three seconds the singer …
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
After a weekend in Sin City, there are always those select few who fly home happy after hitting the jackpot… and just as many who wind up empty handed after going bust. Case in point: if your fantasy team last week had Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth on it, you’re probably feeling a bit …
Mirror Driving: Tires Making You Pout? Will Carl Edwards’s Penalty Have Some Clout? & Mark Martin Spinning Someone Out?
Carl Edwards’s win was tainted with word that an oil-tank cover was left off the car following Las Vegas. Is it time for NASCAR to strip a win?
Top 10 Victory Celebrations Other NASCAR Drivers Can Do
Since Carl Edwards has already won two races this year, NASCAR fans have been treated to his celebratory backflip twice. While Carl’s backflip is arguably the most entertaining victory celebration in motorsports, other drivers have been looking for a post-victory schtick of their own. With this week’s Top 10 list, Kurt Smith is here to …
Thompson in Turn 5: Carl Edwards’s Penalty – The Decision Should Be Simple
In a departure from NASCAR’s standard operating procedure, fines and penalties for rule infractions committed at Las Vegas were not announced on the Tuesday following a Sunday race. Of primary interest to stock car fans and Carl Edwards‘s No. 99 Roush Fenway camp is what the repercussions will be for a rule violation detected in …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Edition
In what was a much smoother race weekend than the on again/off again rain debacle last weekend in California, the story in Vegas wound up with a similar ending. As the checkered flag flew, it was Carl Edwards once again winding up in Victory Lane, cementing his status as the hottest driver in the Cup …