Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix
Very few people would have thought about Phoenix if you asked them where to see the Big One in a Cup race, but there it was all over the backstretch on Sunday.
Very few people would have thought about Phoenix if you asked them where to see the Big One in a Cup race, but there it was all over the backstretch on Sunday.
*10.* *Sam Hornish, Jr. – Roulette* – Begs to spin the wheel so he gets some practice in for the Saturday crash.
After winning the Daytona 500 last weekend, Trevor Bayne raced in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series races at Phoenix and didn’t finish either one of them.
If Kyle Busch made it look easy Friday night winning the Truck Series race at Phoenix, it’s hard to find an appropriate phrase to describe what he did Saturday.
The 2011 season started with a number of feel-good storylines in Daytona. Name one that will carry forward from here on out.
Unpredictable. That sums up Daytona weekend, from the photo finishes in the Truck and Nationwide series races to Trevor Bayne scoring his first NASCAR victory.
It’s Daytona. The first race of the year at a track that generates racing unlike any other venue on the circuit. It’s wild. Adventuresome.
Trevor Bayne didn’t win this race because he was the last car left standing when the dust settled. Bayne won the Daytona 500 beating NASCAR’s best.
While this year’s owner points won’t be used until after the first five races of the season, teams on the bubble gave it their best effort in the Daytona 500.
Saturday ended with Tony Stewart in victory lane for the fourth straight year and Cup regulars taking half of the top-10 positions. The more things change.