What’s Vexing Vito: Why the Hell is There Only 1 NASCAR Race in the ATL?
What can be said for Atlanta Motor Speedway? After hosting some of the best speedway action in recent memory, it’s being reduced to a single NASCAR date.
Vito is one of the longest-tenured writers at Frontstretch, joining the staff in 2007. He’s a contributor to several other outlets, including Athlon Sports and Popular Speed in addition to making radio appearances. He forever has a soft-spot in his heart for old Mopars and presumably oil-soaked cardboard in his garage.
What can be said for Atlanta Motor Speedway? After hosting some of the best speedway action in recent memory, it’s being reduced to a single NASCAR date.
Kyle Busch has had an eventful few weeks, getting more airtime and mentions than any show on SPEED in what seems to be a constant loop of public disaffection.
Case in point, the fixation over Jimmie Johnson’s alleged “struggles” as of late. Those who continue to foster this notion are just regurgitating box scores.
Some fans and drivers bristle at the notion that there should be more road courses in NASCAR.
What is disconcerting is the brazenness of Kyle Busch following both the Nationwide race and Cup race Saturday night when the issue of Keselowski came up.
During the course of the last few weeks, the dominant topic of conversation in just about any motorsports medium has been NASCAR’s Chase for the Cup.
One of the enduring images from this past weekend’s CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway, was the “confrontsation” between Joey Logano and Ryan Newman.
Yesterday, Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress announced that Budweiser will the primary sponsor for RCR’s flagship No. 29 through 2013.
Darlington actually once was a NASCAR Chase race in the inaugural – and perhaps most competitive iteration to date – in 2004.
However, along with my absence from Michigan, there is one other glaring omission from next weekend’s festivities in the back 40 of the Motor City – SS.