Four Burning Questions in Michigan: High Speeds, Stakes & Attrition
Do you like speed? Do you like it when race car drivers pilot their beastly machines on the very limit of traction? If you answered …
Kasey Kahne
Racing to the Point: How Earnhardt, Kahne Traded Places at Hendrick
Remember when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished 25th in the Sprint Cup standings in 2009? It’s hard to believe considering the success he’s had lately, but …
Who’s Hot / Who’s Not in NASCAR Sprint Cup: Pocono-Michigan Edition
In many ways, the Sprint Cup Series’ venture to the Pocono Mountains was a microcosm of the season to date. There was a singular figure …
Couch Potato Tuesday: TNT’s Decisions & Technical Issues Hinder Pocono Broadcast
Last weekend marked a jam-packed few days of racing across multiple tracks, with Pocono Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway sharing the brunt of the attention. …
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2012 Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas
What a mess. That’s what several teams were left thinking after the wreckfest that was the Hollywood Casino 400. A track-record and season-high 14 cautions marred the racing over the course of the 400-mile event, caused by everything from a rash of blown tires, a couple of driver errors at the wrong time, a move made in anger, and a very slick repaved racetrack. “If people are wondering where all the cautions went, they moved to Kansas,” Brad Keselowski said at one point during the day, referencing complaints about a lack of yellow flags during several events this season.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega
Although qualifying doesn’t matter much at Talladega, you might think that winning the pole would make for a less stressful day. Not so for Kasey Kahne, who ran out of gas under green-flag conditions and got shuffled all over the place during the event. Then, things only went from bad to worse; he got a windshield full of Stewart’s undercarriage in the last-lap mayhem as Stewart landed on top of his car. Just like that, Kahne was relegated to a 13th-place finish.
Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2012 GEICO 400 at Chicagoland
Brad Keselowski took the lead after the final round of green flag pit stops and had a car that was simply better than everyone else for the final run to the checkered flag.
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2012 Brickyard 400 Race Recap
The Brickyard 400… the ultimate example of sizzle over steak.
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2012 New Hampshire Summer Race Recap
Denny Hamlin dominated much of the race but miscommunication in the pits dropped him to 14th. Kasey Kahne inherited the lead and with clean air on the nose of his Chevy drove to an easy win.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2012 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon
Loudon is one of those racetracks, like Darlington, where the view from inside is vastly different from what you see on TV. With the tight confines in the corners, there is nearly always some hard racing somewhere. Plus, it’s one of those tracks that separate the best from the rest because it’s one of the most difficult on the circuit, and the driver is a more important part of the equation than at most tracks, which is something most fans have said they want. It’s a unique track, a flat mile, vastly different from the other two mile tracks on the schedule, Phoenix and Dover. Since renovations several years ago, there is passing.