Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 Daytona 500 Race Recap
They said with the new surface and rules, this Daytona 500 was going to be unpredictable. Well, it was all that and then some.
They said with the new surface and rules, this Daytona 500 was going to be unpredictable. Well, it was all that and then some.
While this year’s owner points won’t be used until after the first five races of the season, teams on the bubble gave it their best effort in the Daytona 500.
The Bud Shootout is less than 48 hours away and qualifying for the Daytona 500 begins on Sunday.
That second place at Sonoma was a high point. Robby Gordon used a combination of pit strategy and road-course savvy to work his way up front.
The first car to fall out of Phoenix was TRG Motorsports’ No. 71, derailing Brendan Gaughan’s first Cup race since the 2005 Pocono 500.
Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin squared off in a three-lap shootout at the end of the race that had the fans at home and in the stands at Texas on their feet.
It only took a few laps before Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 turned into what PR staff at the track referred to as “an Eddie Gossage dream.”
Would the bubble drivers have a chance to take the first step at Texas? Read on to find out in this week’s edition of the Bubble Breakdown!
On Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, Robby Gordon was caught driving an illegal NASCAR racecar at a high rate of speed on Highway 77 in Huntersville, N.C.
A funny thing happened on the way to last weekend’s AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega. Robby Gordon’s truck got towed.