Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville
Was Jimmie Johnson’s “rough” Sunday, his 17th straight top 10 at Martinsville enough to drop him from the top spot in our Power Rankings?
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Was Jimmie Johnson’s “rough” Sunday, his 17th straight top 10 at Martinsville enough to drop him from the top spot in our Power Rankings?
There is something amiss with the most recent iteration of the Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship and the homestretch of the 2010 NASCAR season as a whole.
This year’s Chase will look quite familiar if you’ve been following NASCAR the last 10 weeks and not just glancing at the final box scores.
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 (Aug. 15) CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway, was the “confrontsation” between Joey Logano and Ryan … Continue Reading