Race Trax: 2006 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix
The Checker Auto Parts 500 is the 35th race on the 36-race NASCAR Nextel Cup Series schedule. PIR has hosted the Nextel Cup Series since 1988.
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Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2006 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix Edition
With no one is technically eliminated from the Nextel Cup title chase, they come to Phoenix for the Checker Auto Parts 500.
Mirror Driving: Toyota Already Underachieving in 2006?
Team Red Bull has had an auspicious debut, failing to qualify for any of the races it’s entered this season. Is this a true indicator that Toyota has a lot of homework to do, or is it hard to tell anything because they’re using Dodges?
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2006 Dickies 500 at Texas
Sunday’s Dickies 500 blew through the 2006 Chase standings like a Texas tornado; when the dust settled, no position in the top 10 went unchanged. The rough and tumble winds meant that for many Chase drivers, it wasn’t such a beautiful day. Jeff Burton‘s title hopes took a major hit when a blown tire sent …
Bowles-Eye View: Jimmie Johnson’s Miracle Comeback
Jimmie Johnson has no business leading the Nextel Cup points standings. None at all. In eight Chase races, Johnson has himself just four top-10 finishes. He spent half of the first Chase race in New Hampshire in the garage after hitting the wall. He ended the Talladega race on a wrecker after getting slammed by …
Frontstretch Breakdown: 2006 Dickies 500 at Texas
Dominating for the second straight week, Tony Stewart survived a green-white-checkered finish over Jimmie Johnson to win the Dickies 500 at Texas.
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2006 Dickies 500 at Texas Edition
The Chase is winding down with only three weeks left until the end of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season now that Atlanta is behind us. The series now heads to Texas Motor Speedway, and of course, everything is bigger in Texas, or so they say, and events at TMS are no exception. Eddie Gossage was …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2006 Bass Pro Shops at Atlanta Edition
This weekend’s race at Atlanta certainly dished out plenty of tricks and treats for the 10 drivers battling for the Nextel Cup championship.
Frontstretch Breakdown: 2006 Bass Pro Shops 500 at Atlanta
Racing to the front early, Stewart used four fresh tires to pass Dale Earnhardt Jr. with 11 laps to go to secure the victory in Sunday’s Bass Pro Shops 500.
Race Trax: 2006 Bass Pro Shops 500 at Atlanta
The Bass Pro Shops 500 is the 33rd race on the 36-race NASCAR Nextel Cup Series schedule. The Cup Series visits the 1.5-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway twice in 2006 – they raced here in March. AMS has hosted Cup races since 1960, although it was changed to the present configuration in 1997.
What’s the Call? NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow?
This Week’s Question: In light of recent concerns by teams in the garage area, is NASCAR moving forward too fast with the Car of Tomorrow (CoT)?
Scanner Static: Cup Veterans Fed Up With Ragan-omics
Q: I may be the last Ken Schrader fan standing, and I was really hoping he would have taken that piece of bumper he was holding and knock David Ragan‘s block off Sunday. What a mess Martinsville turned out to be, thanks to that kid. Does Jack Roush not have anyone better to put in …