Numbers Game: 2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond
2nd – career Cup victory and third top-10 finish at Richmond International Raceway for Chevy Rock & Roll 400 winner Jimmie Johnson.
Joe Nemechek
Numbers Game: 2007 Sharp Aquos 500 at Fontana
1.868 – Jimmie Johnson’s margin of victory over Carl Edwards Sunday night at Fontana (in seconds).
Fanning the Flames: 1 NASCAR Team’s Folly is Another’s Fortune
What a typical NASCAR vacation: The circuit takes a one-week hiatus from on-track action only to turn up the volume away from it. The Ginn/DEI merger not only shuffled the driver deck and taught prospective owners a thing or two about life in the bigs, it opened a spot in the owner points standings for …
Ginn Racing’s 5-Year Plan Failing at Protecting Even Its Biggest Assets
Everything that most people thought was true about Ginn Racing’s “restructuring plan” was proved false… nothing more than a bad sequence of broken promises.
Voice of Vito: Turn That Frown Upside Down, DEI/Ginn Merger Has Upside All Around
Last week, the circle-track world was up in arms about the goings-on at Ginn Racing. The former MB2 Motorsports team was suddenly in dire straits.
Voice of Vito: Green & 13 Unlucky as Ever for Ginn Racing
At Daytona in February, Mark Martin made his debut for Ginn Racing by winning the Daytona 500… but losing the Daytona 505 by little more than one foot. Many argue that he got worked out of it by NASCAR’s controversial decision to not throw the yellow flag for a crash off turn 4 until after …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at Loudon Edition
The 1-mile flat track up in Loudon, N.H. proved as difficult as ever to pass on Sunday, but that didn’t stop a resurgent Jeff Gordon from giving it a shot. His last-lap battle with Denny Hamlin left the two side-by-side heading to the finish line; but in the end, Hamlin held on, squeaking out a …
Bubble Breakdown: Great Week for Haas CNC… For Now in Top-35 Battle
The Haas CNC Racing entries of Johnny Sauter and Jeff Green have flirted with dropping out of the Top 35 in car owner points for much of the first half of the season. But after a strong run this week in New Hampshire, both teams finally have some breathing room heading to Daytona. Inconsistency has …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Auto Club 500 at Fontana Edition
As the Cup Series put the Auto Club 500 in the books in Fontana, a state known for wildfires fueled the flames of several of Cup’s hottest drivers.
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2007 Auto Club 500 at Fontana Edition
While Sunday’s race provided a wild, exciting finish, the Daytona 500 wasn’t too kind to many people playing fantasy racing. With pre-race favorites like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch all finishing 30th or worse, you clearly weren’t alone if you found your team struggling to earn points in week 1. …
NASCAR Community Remembers Bobby Hamilton
“Bobby Hamilton was a great guy and a good friend. This sport is really going to miss him. He was a hard, clean racer and a really talented driver.”
2006 NASCAR Driver Review: Joe Nemechek
Joe Nemechek’s 13th-place finish at Homestead ended the season with a signature seven-race top-20 streak.