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Benny Parsons

Waid’s World: Years Ago, at Rockingham and Daytona, a Nice Guy Finished 1st

February 10, 2025 by Steve Waid

Nicknamed “Mr. Nice Guy,” Benny Parsons’ 1973 Cup championship came thanks to an incredible story in the season finale at Rockingham.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Steve Waid, Waid’s World

Only Yesterday: Before 2011 NASCAR Cup Battle, There Was 2002

October 24, 2023 by Anthony Damcott
Tony Stewart celebrates his first NASCAR Cup Series win at Richmond Raceway in 1999. Photo: NKP

2002 was one of the best championship battles in NASCAR history but gets none of the attention others do.

Categories Anthony Damcott, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: Is Denny Hamlin Really Better Than Some NASCAR Champions?

September 19, 2023 by Amy Henderson

Hamlin’s the best without a title. How many with a title is he better than?

Categories Amy Henderson, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: That One Time the All-Star Race Was Held at Atlanta

March 15, 2023March 14, 2023 by Anthony Damcott

The All-Star Race was originally supposed to rotate venues like it does now, but one trip to Atlanta changed that.

Categories Anthony Damcott, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers: Stars of the ’60s & ’70s

February 8, 2023February 6, 2023 by Phil Allaway, Michael Massie, Adam Cheek, Frank Velat and Michael Finley
LeeRoy Yarbrough

Fred Lorenzen, Bobby Isaac and more are up next in our recurring series.

Categories Adam Cheek, Cup Series, Featured Content, Frank Velat, Greatest of All Time, Michael Finley, Michael Massie, Phil Allaway

Beside the Rising Tide: Short Takes on a Long Weekend of Racing

August 24, 2020 by Matt McLaughlin

There are only so many weekends in a calendar year, and COVID-19 has tossed an Ozark into the cesspool in 2020. The various racing sanctioning …

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Categories Beside the Rising Tide, Cup Series, Featured Content, Matt McLaughlin

MPM2Nite: The Next 5 Into the NASCAR Hall of Fame

November 25, 2022April 14, 2011 by Matt McLaughlin

Some of the buzz heading into May and Charlotte Speedweeks has involved which five NASCAR figures would be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Categories Cup Series, Matt McLaughlin, MPM2Nite

Driven to the Past: Rivalries

August 14, 2022March 25, 2010 by Frontstretch Staff

Seems like we’ve always had rivalries in motorsports. Even drag racing had Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney.

Categories Driven to the Past, John Potts, Short Tracks

Did You Notice? NASCAR Championship Collusion, Poor Media Manners & Salvaging 2009

August 2, 2022November 10, 2009 by Tom Bowles

Did You Notice? Some questions from my NASCAR media brethren that made me blush this week?

Categories Cup Series, Did You Notice?, Tom Bowles

The Yellow Stripe: NASCAR Drivers I Never Got to See, But Wish I Had

April 12, 2022July 21, 2008 by Danny Peters

My first week in the States, I watched a “Beyond the Glory” program which focused on NFL quarterback Kurt Warner. Not knowing his story – …

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Categories Cup Series, Danny Peters, The Yellow Stripe
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