Bubble Breakdown: Newman, Ambrose Fighting for Their Top-35 Lives
If the motor gremlins return next week, expect Marcos Ambrose to be even more aggressive at Bristol to keep his locked-in spot.
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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.
2010 Bubble Preview: Nerve-Wracking 1st 5 Races for NASCAR Underdogs
With qualifying out of the way and the Gatorade Duels upon us this week, it’s just a matter of days before the 2010 NASCAR season officially begins.
Front Row Motorsports to Field 3 Teams in 2010; Wood Brothers to Run 12-Race Schedule Again
CONCORD, N.C. – Front Row Motorsports announced Tuesday that the organization will field three full-time entries in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.
Bowles-Eye View: Who’s the Best NASCAR Free Agent Left?
With the 2009 Silly Season circus coming to a close, there’s more drivers left than rides to fill in the NASCAR Cup Series these days.
Tracking the Trucks: 2009 Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville
In a Nutshell: Ron Hornaday Jr. took the checkered flag 0.944 seconds ahead of Brian Scott to win the Toyota Tundra 200 Saturday night (Aug. 1) at Nashville Superspeedway. Hornaday Jr. again appeared to have the most dominant truck on the track and easily held on to lead through a green-white-checkered finish. Colin Braun, Timothy …
Happy Hour: Travis Kvapil’s Situation is Sad – But It’s Reality
It’s a bummer to watch Travis Kvapil be out of a ride because of the harsh realities of motorsports. As I write this, and as Tom Bowles explained so lucidly on Monday, a freak combination of owner points transfers and bad luck has resulted in Yates suspending operations of its famed No. 28 shop indefinitely. …
Bowles-Eye View: Travis Kvapil Did Everything Right, but Today’s NASCAR Left Him All Wronged
As too many of you know firsthand, this recession has no filter in taking the innocent and making them innocent victims before they even know what hit them. Men and women who were the stars of their respective companies have gone from Employee of the Month to Employee Out The Door with nothing more than …
5 Points to Ponder: 2009 Food City 500 at Bristol Edition
Kyle Busch made it three wins in a row for the Vegas brothers, leading 378 of 503 laps at Bristol this weekend en route to his second win of the season.
Kyle Busch Dominates at Bristol Once Again, Wins 2009 Food City 500
Kyle Busch led a race-high 378 laps on the way to a dominating victory in Sunday’s Food City 500.
Mirror Driving: Grading NASCAR in 2009, Why Kvapil’s Cryin’ & Pushing for a Pension Fund
Four races in, how would you grade the 2009 NASCAR Cup season to date? And what, if anything, can be done to make things better?
5 Points to Ponder: 2009 NASCAR Off-Weekend Edition
How’s Jimmy Fennig’s Job Security? Four races into 2009, it’s safe to say that David Ragan’s season has been among NASCAR’s biggest disappointments on the track thus far (sans Mark Martin). The Cup circuit’s most improved driver in 2008 has struggled since a top 10 in the rain-shortened Daytona 500, with no top 10s and …