David Ragan Wins 2011 Sprint Showdown
CONCORD, N.C. – With one of the fastest cars all weekend, David Ragan was finally able to seal the deal and capture the Sprint Showdown from the pole.
CONCORD, N.C. – With one of the fastest cars all weekend, David Ragan was finally able to seal the deal and capture the Sprint Showdown from the pole.
Anyone who looked at the rundown and couldn’t find the No. 48, that’s because Jimmie Johnson was running the No. 5 in the All-Star Race.
Not that it’s obvious or anything, but NASCAR really, really wanted Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the All-Star Race at Charlotte.
David Ragan and AJ Allmendinger claimed the front row for the NASCAR Sprint Showdown race.
On Saturday night (May 21), NASCAR’s Sprint Fan Vote concluded with a record 2.4 million votes cast.
There’s been talk of empty seats in recent years, Dover being the latest example – and much has been made of what NASCAR can do about it.
Four-hundred miles at Dover looked like it was going to be a battle with Mother Nature; instead, Sunday (May 15) turned into a war with Goodyear.
After the latest NASCAR tripleheader, plenty of drivers had some strong (or sour) runs that could define the rest of their spring.
One small tweak the telecommunications company implemented was adding a Fan Vote component to the NASCAR All-Star Race.
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.