Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
Without further ado… here’s our latest Power Rankings following Atlanta.
Carl Edwards
Settling the Gopher Cam Debate & the NASCAR TV Weekend That Was
Starting this week, Frontstretch asked me if I’d like to try writing a TV column. OK. My policy has always been to try anything once, and twice if it was fun the first time. I’m not sure I’m the right guy to go criticizing TV coverage of NASCAR racing, though. Why? Because I go back …
Running Their Mouth: 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what a select few were thinking following the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2008 Atlanta Spring Race Edition
As Carl Edwards coasted to the pits with his car spewing smoke, Kyle Busch reasserted himself as the leader in a race he’d dominated. Greg Biffle gave it a shot, but there was no catching the No. 18 car on this day.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: No Cries of “Cheater” on NASCAR’s Playground?
Sometimes I wonder why some things get magnified until they seem larger than life while some things that should be a big deal seem to be buried in the background. No, I’m not talking about making mountains out of molehills and molehills out of mountains. I’m talking about calling a mountain a mountain and a …
BSNews! Jeff Gordon Gets Support From a Special Friend & NASCAR on Steroids?
BSNews: Mr. France, what is NASCAR’s stance concerning Jeff Gordon’s recent statements about LVMS?
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: What is Right with NASCAR Racing
More than occasionally, I am chided by readers for being too negative about the sport I cover. I am labeled a prophet of gloom and doom; though all too often, my predictions have borne out. That raises a question in some reader’s minds as to why I continue covering a sport that gets me so …
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
After a weekend in Sin City, there are always those select few who fly home happy after hitting the jackpot… and just as many who wind up empty handed after going bust. Case in point: if your fantasy team last week had Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth on it, you’re probably feeling a bit …
Mirror Driving: Tires Making You Pout? Will Carl Edwards’s Penalty Have Some Clout? & Mark Martin Spinning Someone Out?
Carl Edwards’s win was tainted with word that an oil-tank cover was left off the car following Las Vegas. Is it time for NASCAR to strip a win?
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas
Without further ado… here’s our latest Power Rankings following Las Vegas.
Thompson in Turn 5: Carl Edwards’s Penalty – The Decision Should Be Simple
In a departure from NASCAR’s standard operating procedure, fines and penalties for rule infractions committed at Las Vegas were not announced on the Tuesday following a Sunday race. Of primary interest to stock car fans and Carl Edwards‘s No. 99 Roush Fenway camp is what the repercussions will be for a rule violation detected in …
Did You Notice? Money in NASCAR Makes a Difference, Stewart’s Unique Hairdo & Oddsmakers Don’t Know What They’re Doing?
Did You Notice? How insane Las Vegas security was this weekend? All I can tell you is that both the garage area and pit road were policed like any citizen within 50 feet of anyone important was about to incite a terrorist attack; it didn’t matter whether you were a fan or had a hard …