Holding a Pretty Wheel: Is NASCAR Ready to Dethrone the King?
Should all NASCAR touring series wins be counted when looking at a driver’s career total?
Should all NASCAR touring series wins be counted when looking at a driver’s career total?
There’s no excuse not to race the Nationwide Series at Martinsville – the track would serve as a valuable learning tool for up-and-coming drivers.
RIDGEWAY, Va. – There were no engine problems to speak of Friday (April 1) at Martinsville Speedway over at Joe Gibbs Racing. Only smiles.
Yet in this world, looks can be deceiving, as the seemingly upward momentum in NASCAR has tailed off as of late.
Denny Hamlin has won three consecutive races around the tight half-mile oval.
3. A win comes with an automatic entry into the Chase. Why not? They’re practically giving playoff spots away at this point like a 70% off sale at Wal-Mart.
Fontana looked like another Kyle Busch display of dominance Sunday, back-to-back sweeps seemingly a mere formality for about the first 350 miles.
You could make an argument that each of the emerging favorites to contend for this year’s 2011 NASCAR Cup title ran inside the top 10 for most of Sunday.
I’m not going to try to sugarcoat that one. California was kind of boring. OK, really boring.
There’s no reason for a red-hot Carl Edwards not to sit back and see “how it plays out” when it comes to contract terms.