Holding a Pretty Wheel: 5 Who Would Like to Forget – Who Isn’t Meeting NASCAR Expectations?
Last week in this column, I discussed the seasons of five drivers who were having a rather unpublicized good year. But there are also drivers …
Happy Hour: Dale Earnhardt Jr. May Be Struggling With Motivation
It made me chuckle that Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s recent comments about the state of NASCAR came right around the time I said that the press …
Driven to the Past: Taking a Risk at Michigan…
Heard a lot of talk on the TV broadcast from Michigan, as well as in all the shows recapping the race, about crews taking the …
Scott Speed Driver Diary: Victory Junction Visit & a Little Brother Update
We’re coming off of a big weekend here at Team Red Bull. Brian Vickers’s win is great for the organization and really puts us on …
Tracking the Trucks: 2009 O’Reilly 200 at Bristol
In a Nutshell: Kyle Busch took the checkered flag 2.721 seconds ahead of Matt Crafton to win the O’Reilly 200 Wednesday night (Aug. 19) at …
Fanning the Flames: Numbers Show 2009 Season Most Competitive of NASCAR’s Chase Era
A quick observation that somehow waded into my head amidst the congestion and cloudiness of a mid-August head cold: For as much as we, as …
Voices From the Heartland: Turn Your Head & CotH?
Wow, who’d have thunk it? First we were given the “Car of Tomorrow,” but now we have the “Car of the Heartland?!” For those wondering, …
Thompson in Turn 5: Joey Logano – No One Is Better Than Joe Gibbs at Picking a Winner
If it appears that the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota driven by rookie Joey Logano has become increasingly more visible in recent weeks, it is …
What’s Vexing Vito: For Dale Earnhardt Jr., the Light at the End of the Tunnel is No Longer an Oncoming Train
You know things have gotten pretty bad for Dale Earnhardt Jr. when the motorsports community starts going ape-poo over his third-place finish at Michigan International …
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: 36 Degrees of High-Speed Bristol Bank
Love it or hate it, the new Bristol Motor Speedway is a far cry from its older, one-grooved brethren. Perhaps the only half-mile oval out …