NASCAR Community Reacts to the Passing of Benny Parsons
“Benny Parsons is not only the person I owe my NASCAR career to but he was a true friend to me from the day we met.”
“Benny Parsons is not only the person I owe my NASCAR career to but he was a true friend to me from the day we met.”
In the end it was little known David Gilliland, driving part-time for an underfunded, brand new team that broke through and won in Kentucky.
Where will Dale Earnhardt Jr. be driving in 2008?
Make no mistake; Dale Earnhardt Jr. is one of the “clean drivers” in the sport.
“Bobby Hamilton was a great guy and a good friend. This sport is really going to miss him. He was a hard, clean racer and a really talented driver.”
Joe Nemechek’s 13th-place finish at Homestead ended the season with a signature seven-race top-20 streak.
Which NASCAR driver was the biggest surprise in 2006, and why?
Matt Kenseth was riding high during the first 26 races, soldiering through the “regular season” in his workman-like style to find himself atop the points.
With the team knowing that a DNQ at the Great American Race could make or break their season, PPI Motorsports stepped up to the plate, and so did Travis Kvapil.
I decided to compare Jimmie Johnson’s 2006 NASCAR championship campaign with some of the greatest championship seasons of all-time to see where it stacks up.