2010 NASCAR Driver Review: Michael Waltrip
Any race that Michael Waltrip can qualify for AND finish has to be a high point.
Any race that Michael Waltrip can qualify for AND finish has to be a high point.
JJ Yeley only went the distance in three races last year (Daytona in July, Infineon and Phoenix in November).
Brian Vickers’s limited schedule didn’t offer many opportunities for a high point in 2010, but his final race in the seat of the No. 83 ride was certainly his best.
2010 was full of ups and downs, but the season started and ended particularly well for Martin Truex Jr. and team.
Unsatisfactory results and a lack of confidence in performance led to many questions about Scott Speed’s future with Red Bull Racing.
Sickness for Brian Vickers and another successful season in the Nationwide Series kept Reed Sorenson on the Sprint Cup radar for another year.
Undoubtedly, going by the statistics, finishing eighth at Sonoma in June would have to be considered the zenith of Boris Said’s 2010 NASCAR Cup season.
During the all-important last few weeks of the season, Regan Smith and the No. 78 team started to click.
Obviously, the Chicago race was a high point, where David Reutimann ran down Jeff Gordon in the late stages, grabbing his only victory of 2010.
Elliott Sadler scored a pole at Texas but his high point was the second Michigan race in August, when he bagged his only top-10 finish of the season.
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