Running Their Mouth: 2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond
This week, here’s a peek at what they all were thinking following the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway.
Carl Edwards
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond
All day at Richmond (Sept. 11), through coverage of practice and qualifying, the hype was all over Kevin Harvick‘s No. 33 car and how he finally had the horses to run with Kyle Busch. There was also plenty of press regarding the charity competition within Joe Gibbs Racing between Busch and Denny Hamlin. Meanwhile, Carl …
Voice of Vito: Limpin’ Ain’t Easy – Roush Fenway Trio Stumbling Into Richmond on Carl Edwards’s Broken Foot
Oscar Wilde is quoted as saying, “Life imitates art more than art imitates life.” That came to mind Sunday night following the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. As the race concluded, with the most up-to-date points standings being posted as driver interviews followed, the thought of Carl Edwards and his broken foot …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta
The aged surface of Atlanta Motor Speedway offered up multi-groove racing from the drop of the green flag that also yielded some bizarre events, with Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards both having freak problems that knocked them out of contention. Tony Stewart also had another off weekend, which cost him some of his first-place votes …
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2009 Atlanta Fall Race Recap
The Key Moment: Kevin Harvick seemed poised to run away with an upset win at Atlanta until a late caution (caused ironically enough by Harvick’s teammate, Clint Bowyer) reshuffled the deck and handed Kasey Kahne the winning hand. In a Nutshell: On Labor Day weekend within a sport where fans have labored to believe that we’d ever …
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Garnering the Parts to Overhaul Your NASCAR Pre-Chase Roster
The good news? NASCAR’s Labor Day race weekend has returned to its home… the South. The bad news? We’re racing at Atlanta, not Darlington. That said, buckle your seat belts because the field is going to fly on Sunday night. One of the fastest tracks on the circuit, the gritty asphalt of AMS will be …
Bowles-Eye View: Cousin Carl’s Quest to Salvage NASCAR Season
Carl Edwards is having one of those years – and it’s not the warm and fuzzy kind. Now, I say that with all due respect considering the man with an occasional hot streak has handled everything with a wry smile and a “we’ll get ‘em next time attitude” so far this season. But no amount …
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal
For the third year in a row, Marcos Ambrose was the class of the field. And for the third year in a row, he failed to take the checkered flag at Montreal. Ambrose, who in an interview that ran during the race broadcast was quoted calling his secret to road racing “minimizing the mistakes made …
Running Their Mouth: 2009 EnjoyIllinois.com 225/NAPA Auto Parts 200 Edition
Here’s a peek at what drivers were thinking following the EnjoyIllinois.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway and NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
5 Points to Ponder: 2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal Edition
One of the worst races of the year? Yesterday’s Nationwide fiasco in Montreal had its share of memorable moments, from the final stage of the race being run on a wet track to a record number of cautions and a last-lap pass for the win. Normally, those are three key variables that make a race …
Carl Edwards Takes Advantage of Marcos Ambrose’s Error to Win in Montreal
On Sunday (Aug. 30), Carl Edwards ran up front for most of the race, running in the top 10 and generally staying out of trouble. However, he didn’t really have anything for Marcos Ambrose, who dominated the day. The last few laps changed that significantly. When the rains came on lap 58, necessitating a brief …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Sharpie 500 at Bristol
The new banking at Bristol, along with the new car, has bred a new form of racing at the old bullring. Single-file bump-and-runs have been replaced by side-by-side competition, with wrecks at the finish line replaced by the type of winning maneuvers you’d be more likely to see at a track like Atlanta or even …