Bubble Breakdown: Start & Parkers Still Chasing After NASCAR Dreams
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.
Michael McDowell
Beyond the Cockpit: Michael McDowell on the Reality of Racing, Faith & the McCoach
Michael McDowell took the fast lane to NASCAR’s top series as the rising star of Michael Waltrip Racing in 2008.
Bubble Breakdown: Robby Gordon’s Top 15 Bursts Kvapil’s Bubble Inside Top 35
Robby Gordon picked up a well-deserved 14th-place finish in Saturday’s Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix. But was that enough to get him inside the Top 35?
Bubble Breakdown: What NASCAR Teams Are in Top-35 Danger?
While NASCAR’s top divisions enjoy their week off, let’s take a look at 12 other full-time teams who currently sit just outside the “Battle for the Bubble.”
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Look No Further Than Roush Fenway for Fontana
Roush Fenway Racing has also won five straight spring races at Fontana – with Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth combining to win the last four.
Bubble Breakdown: Truex Terrific, Speed Surprising & Front Row Flops
Despite a relatively quiet Speedweeks, Martin Truex Jr.’s first points race for Michael Waltrip Racing was one of the biggest surprises of Sunday’s 500.
Happy Hour: NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow & the Safety Delusion
Faithful Frontstretch readers, sometimes I feel like the kid in The Emperor’s New Clothes. The Vegas NASCAR Nationwide Series race this year was an example.
Did You Notice? NASCAR Wave Around Needs Fixing, Ownership is Aging & Who Kansas Bumps
Did You Notice? How easy it’s gotten to use NASCAR’s wave-around rule to stay on the lead lap?
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Copart 300 at Fontana
Just as expected, the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas stole the show on Saturday at Fontana, though not as they normally do.
Tearing Apart the Trucks: News Around the Truck Series
NASCAR Releases 2010 CWTS Schedule Earlier this week, NASCAR released the schedules for the 2010 season. The biggest change on the schedule is the removal of Auto Club Speedway and the addition of Pocono Raceway. One big question mark on the 2010 schedule is the June 18 date at the Milwaukee Mile. The previous promoter …
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal
For the third year in a row, Marcos Ambrose was the class of the field. And for the third year in a row, he failed to take the checkered flag at Montreal. Ambrose, who in an interview that ran during the race broadcast was quoted calling his secret to road racing “minimizing the mistakes made …
In NASCAR, Does It Really Matter If You Can Drive Anymore?
In an interview I did with Jeremy Clements earlier in the summer, the driver of the No. 50 car dropped a line on me that to this day has stuck at the forefront of my mind when covering the Nationwide Series: “It doesn’t even matter if you can drive anymore.” Now that’s not entirely true. …