Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Sharpie 500 at Bristol Edition
For some, the racing at Bristol Saturday night was the best it has been in years. For others, it was a Bristol race in name …
For some, the racing at Bristol Saturday night was the best it has been in years. For others, it was a Bristol race in name …
Can Jacques Villeneuve follow in Juan Montoya’s footsteps and succeed in Nextel Cup – or is open wheeler destined for failure in American stock car racing?
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what a select few were thinking following the Sharpie 500 on the newly repaved Bristol Motor Speedway.
1st – career Cup victory and third top-10 finish at Bristol Motor Speedway for Sharpie 500 winner Carl Edwards.
Carl Edwards used the No. 55 car as a pick to pass Kasey Kahne on lap 335, and from there, he drove off into the night at Bristol.
If NASCAR wants to know why TV ratings are so low, Saturday night’s Sharpie 500 provided the answer.
I don’t know about you, but whenever I watch The Godfather, Part II – one of my favorite movies – you always watch certain things …
The two-car battle for the 35th and final position in owner points is close to becoming a three-team race – and that new third team is a team that’s slumping rather than one stepping up as the season nears its stretch run. While its sister car streaked to a second straight top 10 finish at Bristol, the No. 45 from Petty Enterprises seems to have been left behind. The Dodge continues to struggle each and every week, whether it’s Kyle Petty, Chad McCumbee, or Kenny Wallace behind the wheel – a 32nd-place run for Wallace at Bristol is the team’s best finish in five weeks, with results of 41st, 42nd, 33rd and 41st coming in the previous four races. That has left the team dangerously on the edge of falling into the grasp of teams below them.
For the second time in the past five races, Juan Montoya qualified on the outside front row; but this time at Bristol, more than a few eyebrows were raised.
Johnny Benson scored his first career win at Bristol Wednesday night, taking the checkered flag 0.790 seconds ahead of newly married Brendan Gaughan.