Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2010 Auto Club 500 at Fontana
Taking the plates off at Auto Club Speedway meant the first “unrestricted” race of the regular season Sunday; and for once, the 2-mile oval didn’t disappoint.
Taking the plates off at Auto Club Speedway meant the first “unrestricted” race of the regular season Sunday; and for once, the 2-mile oval didn’t disappoint.
The hole in Daytona couldn’t be helped. It happens. I can personally testify that severe weather causes unexpected problems.
It was Jimmie Johnson who lost out – his rear-axle failure at Daytona was enough for him to lose his grip atop our poll for the first time since last fall.
It’s not likely that any driver in NASCAR would tell you that he would trade a Daytona 500 win for a win in any other race of the season.
Many fans are vocal that there are too many tracks like Kansas and Kentucky on the schedule as it is and there aren’t enough like Dover and Martinsville.
With Kansas and Kentucky expected to get second dates in 2011, some tracks are in peril of losing a date or falling off the NASCAR schedule altogether.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is coming off the worst year of his career, but kept Lance McGrew as his crew chief. Was that the right move?
During the preseason media tour, NASCAR officials claimed they’ll “loosen up” during the upcoming season, allowing drivers to be themselves.
After a year’s worth of “will she or won’t she,” Danica Patrick is coming over to NASCAR. How do you think she’ll do in her limited schedule this year and why?
Did NASCAR make the best, safest changes they could to improve the racing, or should they have stayed at the drawing board?
In February, Mother Nature conspired with a timely pit stop, putting Matt Kenseth near the front at the Daytona 500.
Kevin Harvick had 10 finishes of 30th or worse in the first 27 races of 2009, and they weren’t all because of blown engines or wrecks.
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