2012 NASCAR Driver Review: Jeff Burton
For Jeff Burton, after a momentum-building finish to 2011 his team went through a questionable personnel switch.
For Jeff Burton, after a momentum-building finish to 2011 his team went through a questionable personnel switch.
It used to be the greatest indictment of NASCAR after a controversial event was that it was “becoming just like big-time wrestling.” Which after this …
Jeff Gordon intentionally wrecked Clint Bowyer, collecting Joey Logano and Aric Almirola as the field was coming to the white flag. The result was a green-white-checkered finish, one that saw Danica Patrick wreck on the first of two laps, lay down a large amount of oil on the track, then cause a complete melee on the front straight as the cars came to the checkered flag. The final wreck tore up over half-a-dozen race cars while the incident between Gordon and Bowyer set off a rumble in the garage, one reminiscent of the Tide team vs. the Kodiak crew at the 1989 Winston.
The crew chief situation at Richard Childress Racing is in revolving door mode again, as it was announced this week that Drew Blickensderfer would be …
Jeff Burton sat down with our own Phil Allaway this past weekend in Daytona to discuss his frustrating season to date.
As I said, I’ve become a bit more open-minded about these changes made to my favorite track.
For the first time in 2012, the man who started on the pole was able to seal the deal and take the car to victory lane.
If there was a prize for tenacity, Kurt Busch would have been in victory lane to receive it.
After a season-high number of engine failures at Talladega, is it time for NASCAR to make some rules changes?
Whatever the solution, something needs to be done to clean up the plate races going forward.