Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Shelby 427 at Las Vegas
The Jewel in the Desert offered up some fast and furious competition on Sunday, with the Shelby 427 perhaps taking its place as the most …
Matt Taliaferro
Fanning the Flames: Unpopular Views on the Week That Was in NASCAR
WARNING: You are not going to agree with what you read in the following three paragraphs. Not many of you, anyway. See, I didn’t think …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Auto Club 500 at Fontana
While many people argued that Matt Kenseth stole or lucked into his Daytona 500 win, no one can deny he was truly worthy of winning …
Fanning the Flames: The Inevitable Daytona Hangover
Lots to get to from you guys this week. But if there is one thing I haven’t heard, it’s that Matt Kenseth is not a …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Daytona 500
Like it or not, after just 380 miles the first race of the 2009 Sprint Cup season is officially in the books. Matt Kenseth was crowned the winner of just the fourth rain-shortened Daytona 500 in history, taking the lead one lap before the weather with a generous push from runner-up Kevin Harvick. But was that last-lap pass enough to leave Kenseth number one in the eyes of our staff this week? After all, Kyle Busch dominated the race, only to become an innocent victim of the day’s big wreck on lap 125. And where did AJ Allmendinger land after starting the year with a career-best third – driving for a team that doesn’t even know if it’ll exist two months from now? Find these answers, and more, by examining our first Top-15 Power Rankings poll of the year.
Fanning the Flames: Greed or Business as Usual? With NASCAR, It’s Hard to Tell
Strong stuff in the inbox this week, guys ‘n’ gals. Thanks for the input once again. I wasn’t able to get to a few of …
Mirror Driving: The Fallout of No Testing at Daytona, Dueling For… What? & Avoiding Short Fields
Welcome to Mirror Driving. Every week, your favorite columnists sit down and give their opinion about the latest NASCAR news and rumors. Love us or …
Fanning the Flames: The Lights of the Pace Car Are Off on 2009
Didn’t we talk just, like, two Thursdays ago? Has it actually been over two months since Thanksgiving? Is the Christmas season really over a month …
2009 Season Preview: Can Anyone Keep Jimmie Johnson From Making History?
Editor’s Note: After another long offseason, NASCAR is set to return to our lives with the 31st Annual Bud Shootout this Saturday! That means it’s …
2009 Season Preview: Will NASCAR’s Big 4 Be Stopped?
After another long offseason, NASCAR is set to return to our lives with the 31st Annual Bud Shootout in less than two weeks! That means …