Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2010 Firecracker 400 at Daytona Race Recap
Kevin Harvick got just enough of a jump on the final restart that he left the rest of the field battling furiously for second at Daytona.
Kevin Harvick got just enough of a jump on the final restart that he left the rest of the field battling furiously for second at Daytona.
NASCAR’s finding an excuse to throw cautions to break up long green-flag runs and tighten up the field late in the races is nothing new.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will stand by his word and not drive the No. 3 car again.
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Last week at New Hampshire, all three cars from the Front Row Motorsports stable left the track on the brink of Top-35 oblivion. Two days …
The No. 3 returned to Daytona… and to its familiar home in victory lane… on Friday night (July 2).
“Same old Daytona, cars moving around and bouncing around and handling came into play and you saw a lot of passing and shuffling…”
TNT’s Wide Open coverage of Daytona is something that should happen far more often.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the overwhelming crowd favorite coming into the Daytona race and nothing less than a victory would appease the masses.
NASCAR assumed that the younger generation has a devastating ADD problem and must be given short-term bursts of excitement.
Last Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran Mark Martin noted that the racing has changed during his career.