The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2009 Shelby 427 at Las Vegas
Who… gets my shoutout of the race? How about former champion and fan favorite Bobby Labonte? Labonte looked like he might be able to challenge …
Jimmie Johnson
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Auto Club 500 at Fontana
While many people argued that Matt Kenseth stole or lucked into his Daytona 500 win, no one can deny he was truly worthy of winning …
The Yellow Stripe: The Track Too Tough to Watch – How to Change the Boredom at California with 1 Simple Fix
As you’ve likely read plenty of places over the past 48 hours, the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. is a much-maligned venue – arguably …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Many Drivers Looking for a Breakout Year, but My Money’s on Vickers
There is one driver in particular who I think will have a breakout year. His name isn’t Logano or Speed, or even Busch or Earnhardt. His name is Brian Vickers.
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Surviving (& Staying Awake) at Fontana
With the glitz and glamour of Daytona now behind us, the focus of the Sprint Cup Series turns west to Fontana and the 2-mile oval …
Did You Notice? Waltrip Succeeds, Martin Fails, the Top 35 Self-Destructs & Johnson’s Beard?
Did You Notice? The firestorm surrounding cutting the Daytona 500 48 laps short? Personally, I think the anger should be focused on the starting time …
Voice of Vito: Diary of a Madman – Cabin Fever & Stir Crazy Collides With an Irritating Daytona 500
Well, another Daytona 500 has come and gone, and many are still talking about it. The 2009 NASCAR season is officially underway, and this year …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Daytona 500
Like it or not, after just 380 miles the first race of the 2009 Sprint Cup season is officially in the books. Matt Kenseth was crowned the winner of just the fourth rain-shortened Daytona 500 in history, taking the lead one lap before the weather with a generous push from runner-up Kevin Harvick. But was that last-lap pass enough to leave Kenseth number one in the eyes of our staff this week? After all, Kyle Busch dominated the race, only to become an innocent victim of the day’s big wreck on lap 125. And where did AJ Allmendinger land after starting the year with a career-best third – driving for a team that doesn’t even know if it’ll exist two months from now? Find these answers, and more, by examining our first Top-15 Power Rankings poll of the year.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2009 Daytona 500
The most recent Daytona 500 champion to win the Sprint Cup was Jimmie Johnson in 2006, the only driver in the last 10 years to accomplish that.
Happy Hour: NASCAR’s Biggest Problem – Jimmie Johnson
One glaring problem NASCAR has seemed to go unnoticed by the press and blogosphere. And there really isn’t much NASCAR can do about it. Jimmie Johnson.