Carl Edwards Bounces Back to Claim 2011 Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Victory
What a difference one week can make. After having a potential winning car at Phoenix get destroyed, Carl Edwards proved himself to be ever the opportunist.
What a difference one week can make. After having a potential winning car at Phoenix get destroyed, Carl Edwards proved himself to be ever the opportunist.
Very few people would have thought about Phoenix if you asked them where to see the Big One in a Cup race, but there it was all over the backstretch on Sunday.
Trevor Bayne’s week of wonder came to a crashing end at Phoenix after last week’s fairytale Daytona 500 victory.
Like I said last week, Jimmie Johnson is good just about everywhere else, and Phoenix may be his best track.
Did You Notice? The man making all the wrong moves down the stretch at Daytona was Tony Stewart?
Not since Jamie McMurray won his second race at Charlotte has someone won in their Cup career as quickly as Trevor Bayne did in taking the Daytona 500.
Saturday ended with Tony Stewart in victory lane for the fourth straight year and Cup regulars taking half of the top-10 positions. The more things change.
Once NASCAR issued a rule change limiting the grill opening size last Sunday in Daytona, teams went to work searching for ways to maximize the smaller opening.
The victory was Stewart’s 10th career Nationwide Series victory, sixth Nationwide win at Daytona and fourth in a row.
After nearly three months of hibernation, the green flag drops on NASCAR’s 2011 points championship this week.