Tracking the Trucks: 2011 Coca-Cola 250 at Talladega
Mike Wallace took the checkered flag 0.057 seconds ahead of Ron Hornaday Jr. to win the Coca-Cola 250 Saturday at Talladega.
Mike Wallace took the checkered flag 0.057 seconds ahead of Ron Hornaday Jr. to win the Coca-Cola 250 Saturday at Talladega.
For some reason, Mother Nature doesn’t seem to be a very big NASCAR fan these days.
*In a Nutshell:* See Kevin Harvick. See Kevin Harvick go fast. See Kevin Harvick have enough horsepower and saved fuel on the final restart to get away from Kyle Busch. See Kevin Harvick win. Caution flags are the only one that kept this one close, with Harvick leading 44 of the 53 laps run en route to the win. Kyle Busch made his way up to second and managed to keep up with Harvick during the final green-white-checker restart, but Happy managed to get a drive on the high side through turn 1 that put this one away. Busch, James Buescher, Johnny Sauter and Austin Dillon rounded out the top 5.
Both the NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series were off this weekend, but the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series headed to Darlington Raceway.
Frontstretch caught up with Max Papis, driver of the GEICO Tundra during the Rolex 24 at Daytona’s Champions Photo-Op.
With the NASCAR season two-thirds of the way gone, we’re grading all the drivers and teams once again on their performance so far in 2010.
For those disillusioned with the state of NASCAR this season, it’s important to understand why things went so well in Montreal.
“Finally!” exclaimed Boris Said as he emerged in NAPA Auto Parts 200 victory lane after scoring his first career Nationwide Series victory in Montreal.
With 12 races remaining in the 2010 NASCAR Cup season, two teams still have a realistic shot at re-entering the Top 35 in owner points.
With the checkered flag at Watkins Glen, NASCAR’s two-race road-course experiment has been shelved for another season.