Only Yesterday: Double-Digit Win Seasons Is a Mark of NASCAR’s Elite
Want to be considered one of the best ever? Win 10 or more races in a Cup season.
Bobby Allison
Here’s Who’s Performing & Appearing at Daytona This Weekend
From the grand marshals to the singer of the national anthem, here’s who to expect this weekend.
NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers: The Legends
Bobby Allison. Darrell Waltrip. Today, we honor some of NASCAR’s legends.
Beside The Rising Tide: Remembering Davey Allison – Part 2
Editor’s Note: For Part One of Matt’s retrospective on Davey Allison, click “here.”:https://frontstretch.com/mmclaughlin/34578/
Robert Yates Racing and the team’s talented young driver Davey Allison made their official debut at the 1989 Daytona 500. Things got off to an inauspicious start. Davey was running well when Geoff Bodine got into his rear bumper and sent the No. 28 car spinning. The car rolled, but came down on all four wheels, and Allison limped off to the pits, where the crew was able to repair the car well enough to get him back out there for points. Allison finished 25th in that year’s race.
NASCAR 101: Most Dominating Coca-Cola 600 Performances
This weekend marks the 56th running of the Coca-Cola 600, or, for longtime fans of the sport, the World 600. The premise of the race when it first began was simple: pit man against machine. What would tire first: an overworked engine or a weary driver? 400 laps of exhausting wrestling of the steering wheel …
Professor of Speed: Learning From History, NASCAR’s All-Star Conspiracy Theory
Was it a patch of really thick grass (thick enough to tear the front end off a racecar), or did Carl Edwards get caught on a drain? NASCAR intends to find out.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: The 2011 Potential Hall of Fame Class
The mix of names covers all aspects of NASCAR – drivers in various series, crew chiefs, car owners and promoters.
MPM2Nite: The Next 5 NASCAR Hall of Famers
So who should the five drivers inducted into the NASCAR Hall in 2011 be? In my mind there are four drivers that should automatically make the cut.
Time to Let NASCAR’s Young Guns Grow Up
I am not a very patient person, especially when it comes to NASCAR. I can’t wait for the pre-race ceremonies to be over.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Which Nominees Should Make the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010?
With a week off from the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the writers from Frontstretch decided to take a look at the 25 names nominated for consideration to be one of the first five selections to be enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Since none of your Frontstretch faithful were picked to be part of …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: NASCAR Hall’In Class
I’ve gotten a lot of email from readers asking me which five people I hope, or think, will make up the first set of inductees into NASCAR’s Hall of Fame. I’ve debated the topic with more than a few fans and have to agree that narrowing the group down to just five individuals is a …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Is There a Talladega Curse?
Some drivers dread going to NASCAR’s fastest track for more reasons than one these days. But there’s one concern you might not have heard of, an issue that goes beyond the dangers posed by modern-day restrictor-plate racing – and proves far more difficult to fix. The truthfulness of the legend of the Talladega Curse is …