The Favorites Forcing the Fans Out: The Nationwide Series’ Not-So-New Problem
Take one look at Saturday’s Nationwide Series finishing order from Nashville and a race fan would never know that the Cup Series had an off weekend.
Take one look at Saturday’s Nationwide Series finishing order from Nashville and a race fan would never know that the Cup Series had an off weekend.
Turner Motorsports has burst onto the NASCAR scene, utilizing the inability of Cup Series regulars to earn points in the Nationwide Series to gain recognition.
There’s darn few weeks off included in the modern NASCAR Cup schedule, three all together if I am counting correctly.
Should NASCAR make its rules transparent for fans and competitors alike, or would that create more problems than it could hope to solve?
Talladega is the biggest track on the Cup circuit and it served up a whopper of a close finish this weekend.
Looking back at Saturday’s race at Talladega, ESPN did an OK job in televising it. However, there is something that they didn’t capitalize on.
8 – the number of times in the last 12 races at Talladega that the leader at the white flag didn’t win the race.
After 88 lead changes, at the end of the race, Jimmie Johnson came out of nowhere to lead an eight-car blanket over the finish line at Talladega.
If these guys aren’t going to race until the final five to 10 laps, then why is the race at Talladega 188 laps long?
If NASCAR tracks were ranked by controversy, Talladega would serve as your election powder keg of political sniping.