Fanning the Flames: NASCAR Cup Series Needs a 400-Meter Freestyle Relay of Its Own
I reached my Olympic zenith in 1984. The Los Angeles Summer Games to a 9-year-old kid, such as I was, were magical. The United States …
Matt Taliaferro
Mirror Driving: Road Ringers Lose, Casey Mears on the Move & Young Guns Get the Boot
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: NASCAR Fines, Carl Edwards’s Flips & Some Canadian Love
Your questions were all over the board this week, which was a welcome respite after last week’s Goodyear bashing, er… I mean, questions. As always, …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono
After the second weekend of testing out the Pythagorean theory at Pocono, the shape of the Chase came a little more into focus. The top …
Fanning the Flames: Strong Fan Reaction Makes This a Brickyard Backlash
Another strong batch of questions from the Frontstretch faithful this week. You’re building steam on the front end of the 17-week stretch to end what …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 Brickyard 400
And the winner of the first annual Indianapolis Heat Race is… Jimmie Johnson! OK, so maybe it was the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, but …
Fanning the Flames: Junior Aces 1, Nationwide Notes & a NASCAR History Lesson
As I listened to the Jim Rome Show while sitting at my desk on Tuesday, I cringed when I remembered that Dale Earnhardt Jr. was …
Fanning the Flames: Busch Brothers Breaking Records & Other Odds ‘N’ Ends
Questions were a bit sparse this week, so it seemed to be the right time to clean out the inbox of a couple that weren’t …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland
The Chicagoland race was held at night for the first time in its eight-year history, but the cool temperatures didn’t stop the heated action on …
Fanning the Flames: Randy Moss, Mark Martin & Those Crazy Flock Brothers
Q: Hi Matt! My husband and I were trying to remember the last time brothers won three straight races before Kyle and Kurt did so. …