Mirror Driving: Best Talladega Race Ever?, Finicky Felix & Doubleheader Dangers
Talladega featured a record 88 lead changes and three green-white-checkered attempts. Did that make it one of the best races ever?
Kurt Smith
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2010 Aaron’s 499 at Talladega
The “lottery” that is Talladega these days usually shuffles the Power Rankings around like those ping-pong balls before they’re picked at random.
Happy Hour: Restrictor Plates Still Restricting NASCAR Racing
The debate about the use of restrictor plates has gone on since NASCAR’s implementation at Daytona and Talladega in 1988.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2010 Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas
Once again, Mother Nature wreaked havoc with the NASCAR schedule, causing the second rain-delayed race in three weeks.
Happy Hour: Sponsors Call the Shots in Today’s NASCAR
In practice, the importance of sponsorship money can get out of control. It has become all consuming in NASCAR and not to the sport’s benefit.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2010 Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix
The duel in the Phoenix desert Saturday night came packaged with a sudden late-night plot twist that led to a green-white-checkered finish for the ages.
Happy Hour: Jimmie Johnson is Not Unbeatable
After seeing Jimmie Johnson take two wins this year just on mind games, maybe folks should be reminded that the No. 48 team isn’t as invincible as it looks.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 Up & Coming NASCAR Stars
So who are the best NASCAR drivers gunning for a ride at the sport’s top level (or young enough to still get that second chance?)
Happy Hour: How Important is the Crew Chief? With Matt Kenseth, Not Very
Matt Kenseth is proving this year that the driver does matter a little more than so-called experts might think.
Mirror Driving: Jeff Gordon’s Wasted Win, Real Rivalries & Hornaday vs. Sauter
Martinsville gave us one of the wilder finishes in recent memory. With many drivers that had a shot, should Jeff Gordon be cursing over the “one that got away?”