Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 FedEx 400 at Dover
Even if reported estimates for all three national touring races this weekend were combined, it still wouldn’t be enough to fill the 140,000 seats Dover boasts.
Even if reported estimates for all three national touring races this weekend were combined, it still wouldn’t be enough to fill the 140,000 seats Dover boasts.
Perhaps that forced parity of the CoT, so good for that one race in ’08 may actually be what’s hurting Dover most of all.
For the second week in a row, the NASCAR Sprint Cup race came down to a pit decision that resulted in a driver who was not up front all day taking the win.
At the end of the day, a very bold gamble by Matt Kenseth to take two tires instead of four with 37 laps remaining gave him track position to win at Dover.
In today’s NASCAR, an underdog win is a rarity. David Reutimann grabbed one last year, the only real surprise of 2010, and one a year is average these days.
NASCAR is a results-driven industry, where losing your ride could be the difference between a contract extension and a pink slip.
Cinderella was dressed as the Lady in Black in Darlington Saturday night as Regan Smith scored the first win of his Sprint Cup career..
It’s not every weekend you see an underdog head to NASCAR victory lane — unless it’s 2011.
In all likelihood, Kyle Busch had a full minute to mull over options before his rival came storming towards the window net.
0 The number of top-10 finishes this season for Jeff Burton after 10 Sprint Cup races. He is 24th in the series standings with two …