So, you’ve tucked away the NFL t-shirts, the football-shaped chip bowl, and your baseball hat with the horns on it. The Super Bowl is over – it’s time to get serious. NASCAR’s crown jewel, the Daytona 500, is looming just around the corner. Are you ready for it? Does your wardrobe have what it takes? …
After a year of declining TV ratings and empty seats in the stands, NASCAR is working hard to win back the fans. What’s the most important thing to do?
Speedweeks at Daytona starts up this week, which can only mean one thing – a new NASCAR season is finally upon us after some much-needed time off. The 2008 season will once again feature a talented group of rookies who look to hit the pavement for their first full (or almost full) season of competition; …
The 50th Daytona 500. It’s an upcoming milestone for everyone in NASCAR – teams and fans alike – but I’m going to go out on a limb and say some are so busy preparing for the first five races of the year that this 50th anniversary thing is a little detail that may be lost …
Today’s Season Preview Topic: Which driver is going to be the biggest surprise in NASCAR’s Chase this season?
As always, 2008 will be a year when several NASCAR driver contracts are on the verge of expiring. So, which driver starts the season on the hottest seat?
After the success of Juan Pablo Montoya last season, the floodgates opened for a number of open-wheel stars to transition into the NASCAR ranks.
Today’s Season Preview Topic: Toyota made a major effort to upgrade their teams in the offseason, making a blockbuster deal with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Emerging from the shadow of DEI, will Dale Earnhardt Jr. succeed in his first year with a new team – or will the pressure of expectations set him up for failure?
With former open-wheel stars Dario Franchitti, Patrick Carpentier, Sam Hornish Jr. and Jacques Villeneuve leading the 2008 Sprint Cup Raybestos Rookie of the Year class, there is one other open wheel and sports car regular who seems to go unnoticed – Michael McDowell. A former Star Mazda Series champion, Rolex Sports Car Series race winner …
The similarities of how the communist government of China dealt with it and the way NASCAR is/has been run is truly quite amazing and inescapable.
With Daytona testing for the three major NASCAR series in the books, what have we learned and what questions do you still have heading to the Daytona 500?
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