Numbers Game: 2007 Pepsi 400 at Daytona
$6,202,439 – total purse for the Pepsi 400.
David Gilliland
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at Loudon Edition
The 1-mile flat track up in Loudon, N.H. proved as difficult as ever to pass on Sunday, but that didn’t stop a resurgent Jeff Gordon from giving it a shot. His last-lap battle with Denny Hamlin left the two side-by-side heading to the finish line; but in the end, Hamlin held on, squeaking out a …
Full Throttle: Signs of Trouble for Both the NASCAR Busch & Craftsman Truck Series
California might have served as a wake-up call for NASCAR. The Busch race and the truck race did not have full fields. The second- and third-biggest racing series in the U.S. didn’t have full fields for their races this weekend. The influx of Cup drivers stealing the headlines and the escalating costs of running teams …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Daytona 500 Edition
Normally, the fireworks in Daytona are reserved for July, but they came out early this year. 2007’s version of NASCAR’s Super Bowl didn’t disappoint in the action department… at least in the final fourth of the race. Kevin Harvick started off his season on fire with a weekend sweep after claiming his first Daytona 500 …
Numbers Game: 2007 Daytona 500
31 – drivers who have won the Daytona 500.
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2007 Daytona 500
Kevin Harvick got a huge push into turn 3 on the last lap, riding the momentum to victory at Daytona by the blink of an eye over Mark Martin.
Mirror Driving: Does Daytona 500 Qualifying Mean ANYTHING?
The top qualifiers for the Daytona 500 had zero top-10 finishes in 2006. Is the strength of teams like Robert Yates Racing and Chip Ganassi a good sign?
Daytona Speedweeks: The End of Winter
Daytona Speedweeks arrives every year with a roar. Unlike the beginning of any other pro sports, NASCAR does not start a season at a slow, deliberate pace and gradually build up to a climatic, frenzied season-ending crescendo. Instead, it slaps you right in the face to announce its arrival. Last Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout marked, …
Bowles-Eye View: David Gilliland the Underdog Has His Day… Again
“I’ve been pinching myself for the last eight months and I’m not going to stop anytime soon,” said 30-year-old David Gilliland.
Top 10 Driver Excuses for Not Winning a NASCAR Pole in ’06
10. Mark Martin: “I didn’t HAVE to win one, I get in the Shootout forever-which is handy, ’cause that’s how long I’m gonna race!”
Best of Cami Starr: David Gilliland a Feel-Good Story for the Busch Series
In the end it was little known David Gilliland, driving part-time for an underfunded, brand new team that broke through and won in Kentucky.
2006 NASCAR Driver Review: David Gilliland
Gilliland’s high point occurred at the Busch Series race at Kentucky, when he became the first non-Nextel Cup regular to win a Busch race in 2006.