Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2009 Dover Fall Race Recap
Jimmie Johnson took the lead on lap 176 and was never headed at Dover.
Joey Logano
5 Points to Ponder: 2009 AAA 400 at Dover Edition
Coming into Dover, Juan Montoya averaged a 24.4 average finish with just one top 10 in five starts, but closed out Sunday with a solid fourth place.
Bubble Breakdown: Clock Ticking for Team Red Bull While the Monster Mangles Several Others
As the NASCAR season begins winding down, time is running out for Scott Speed’s Red Bull No. 82 team to get a guaranteed spot for the first five races in 2010.
Sprint Cup Rookie Report: Mr. Logano’s Wild Ride Means Top-Rookie Honors for Scott Speed
This was one of those weekends where everybody involved with the sport came out a winner when Joey Logano walked away from an eye-popping accident.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2009 AAA 400 at Dover
Only two non-Chase Drivers finished in the top 10 at Dover. You’d expect Matt Kenseth to be on that list, but not so much AJ Allmendinger.
Sprint Cup Rookie Report: Rookies Perform Terribly While a Former ROTY Behaves Terribly at Loudon
Joey Logano Start: 33rd; Finish: 21st Summary: Joey Logano’s return to his home track in Loudon, where he scored his first career Cup victory earlier this year, did not get off to a good start. The Connecticut native could only muster enough speed out of his Home Depot Camry for a dismal 33rd starting position …
Sprint Cup Rookie Report: Freshmen Struggle to Find Footing at Richmond… With 1 Exception
Joey Logano Start: 27th; Finish: 14th Summary: Joey Logano faced a tall order when Saturday evening’s race began. Starting towards the back of the field at a short track during one of the season’s most intense races of the year would be daunting for any freshman, but especially for one who had yet to score …
Running Their Mouth: 2009 Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta
This week, here’s a peek at what the drivers were thinking following the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Sprint Cup Rookie Report: Joey Logano Leads Quiet Night for Rookie Contenders
Scott Speed Start: 32nd; Finish: 24th Summary: It certainly wasn’t flashy, but Scott Speed finished the race 24th with a car in good shape. That’s about everything Team Red Bull can ask at this point considering the Top 35 is all but out of reach and that the organization’s focus is square on the No. …
Happy Hour: Revisiting NASCAR Predictions From Feb. 2009
Editor’s Note: Kurt Smith is once again vacationing and shirking his duties at Frontstretch, thinking himself the big shot after a couple of brief radio appearances and whatnot. But as a public service to you the Frontstretch readers, he left us a revisit of an earlier column asking our great writers about the future of …
The Yellow Stripe: Has This NASCAR Season Really Been All That Bad?
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and in the case of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series that’s certainly how I felt this past Sunday (Aug. 30), as for the fourth and final time this season, NASCAR’s top echelon took a well-deserved weekend off from the relentless slog that is the Cup schedule. With …
What’s Vexing Vito: Driver Introduction Music at Bristol – How to Turn a Good Idea Up to 11
This past weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, the night race that was the Sharpie 500 was host once again to one of NASCAR’s most anticipated races of the year. As NASCAR continues its effort to elevate itself to something that resembles a cross between an NFL game, Wrestlemania and a rock concert, it featured personalized …