Full Throttle: Jimmie Johnson’s Impending Coronation
After 36 races during a 10-month long season, a champion will be crowned, and most likely, that champion will be Jimmie Johnson. How will Johnson be received?
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Full Throttle: NASCAR Overly Cautious
NASCAR was under a lot of scrutiny a couple of weeks ago after rollbarpaddinggate. People were venting about debris cautions and the fact that many times there are debris cautions with no video evidence of anything on the track. This week, for whatever reason, there hasn’t been the uproar. NASCAR was given a pass and …
Full Throttle: After 28 Years, a Fond Farewell to Terry Labonte
28 years ago, a future star of NASCAR took the green flag in his first Cup race. Driving a Billy Hagan Chevrolet, a 21-year-old Terry Labonte began a long and successful career as a stock car racer. As that career comes to an end this weekend in Texas, race fans everywhere should take the time …
Full Throttle: What a Charlotte Race Week Can Be Like
This past week was race week in Charlotte. As is the case every year at my hometown track, so much happens in such a short time, the five-day period surrounding the event just becomes a whirlwind of activity. To give you an idea of how fast things can go by, I decided to do something …
Full Throttle: Jeff Gordon vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Let the Slings & Arrows Fly
Last Sunday at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. pushed Jeff Gordon to the lead in the UAW-Ford 500. That wasn’t the first time Earnhardt has helped Gordon get to the front, but it very well may be his last. After Gordon was taken out of the race by someone else’s mistake in the race’s semi-annual Big …
Full Throttle: Juan Pablo Montoya’s Debut a Different Kind of Silly Season
Juan Pablo Montoya is going to run a full Cup schedule next year for Chip Ganassi Racing. His return to the US sent shockwaves through the sport.
Full Throttle: Can Someone Let the Air Out of NASCAR’s Cookies?
A 1.5-mile D-shaped oval is a great place to see a NASCAR race. Unfortunately, the high speeds mean one bad thing and that is high dependency on aerodynamics.
Full Throttle: A New Track on the Landscape in Iowa
Rusty Wallace‘s unofficial pet project has come to fruition, as this past weekend marked the official opening of Iowa Speedway. Rusty helped design the track, and was instrumental in securing the financing necessary to make the track a reality. Wallace attended the initial groundbreaking in June of 2005, and he was there for the initial …
Full Throttle: For Mark Martin, Salute to You 3?
Fast forward to 2006 and Mark Martin isn’t talking about retirement anymore.