The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix
Carl Edwards won at Phoenix in the fall and was gunning to do it again, setting a track record in the process of winning the pole.
Carl Edwards won at Phoenix in the fall and was gunning to do it again, setting a track record in the process of winning the pole.
Like I said last week, Jimmie Johnson is good just about everywhere else, and Phoenix may be his best track.
Not since Jamie McMurray won his second race at Charlotte has someone won in their Cup career as quickly as Trevor Bayne did in taking the Daytona 500.
Here we go, set to embark on the longest fantasy season: fantasy NASCAR. Without further ado, let’s jump into a two-car draft and get ready for Daytona.
Polesitter Dale Earnhardt Jr. will keep that title in name alone after a wreck in Wednesday practice forced the No. 88 team to pull out the backup car.
After nearly three months of hibernation, the green flag drops on NASCAR’s 2011 points championship this week.
Is there a more vocal segment of a fanbase in sports – outside of the loud minority of Nebraska football fans – than the unsilent minority of NASCAR whiners?
Hendrick Motorsports played crew chief musical chairs this offseason. If Junior struggles again, do you expect him to leave the Hendrick camp a year early?
Will it ever end? Following a 2010 season in which the seemingly impossible happened, as Jimmie Johnson won his fifth Cup title in a row, coming to rest dangerously close to the sport’s all-time greats, we’re all left to ask one question: Can he possibly do it again?
A lot of fans are probably hoping to see Johnson’s streak come to an abrupt end this year, and some even go so far as to argue his titles are “bad for NASCAR.” (A ridiculous argument, by the way. NASCAR survived Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt relatively unscathed and it will survive Johnson, too.) But whether Johnson can continue his remarkable streak is up for debate. There is plenty of reason to think that 2011 will be same old, same old. But there is also plenty to think that this time, he won’t. As the new season looms, the title question is already at the forefront. Here are six reasons why Johnson will – and won’t – hoist his sixth straight Cup this year.
Domination, thy name is Jimmie Johnson. Well, at least in NASCAR circles as of recently.