Beside the Rising Tide: Remembering Davey Allison Part 2
Editor’s Note: For Part One of Matt’s retrospective on Davey Allison, click here. Robert Yates Racing and the team’s talented young driver Davey Allison made …
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Beside the Rising Tide: NASCAR’s Summertime Blues
It’s this time of year interest in the sport of NASCAR racing tends to wane a bit. With the kids out of school, family vacations, …
NASCAR 101: First 5 Kentucky Winners? Probably Not the Same as the Next 5
In 2011, Kentucky Speedway got what track officials had been dreaming of for a decade: a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Now it’s 2016. Five …
Double Take: New Kentucky Surface Could Lead to Troubles for Past Winners
NASCAR is heading to a brand-new track this weekend: Kentucky Speedway. OK, it’s not new in the sense that teams have never been to the …
2-Headed Monster: Is Plate Racing the Best Form of Racing?
What makes for great racing? Is it close-quarters beatin’ and bangin’? A mix of strategy and engineering? How about fuel mileage? Is that too slow? …
Who’s Hot & Who’s Not: Kentucky Edition
The restrictor plate race at Daytona brought us the usual action. That mainly included a big wreck involving something like 206 cars (well actually 22, …
NASCAR’s Quiet, Subtle Changing of the Guard
The list is just as talented as it is long. Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones… we …
2-Headed Monster: Will Sonoma Be Tony Stewart’s Final Victory?
Rare is it for a driver to break a huge winless streak, and even rarer is it for the streak to be broken by a …
Cool Down: The Youth Movement Shines in Michigan and Texas
There was a time not long ago when the future stars of NASCAR couldn’t be found anywhere. As drivers like Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and …
Double Take: Michigan Success in June Doesn’t Lead to Cup Titles
Want to win the Sprint Cup championship this season? Don’t win this weekend at Michigan. That’s right – don’t win. Super counterintuitive, I know. Today’s …