NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers: The GOATs
Frontstretch kicks off its 75 Greatest NASCAR Drivers list with the cream of the crop: the GOATs.
David Pearson
Thinkin’ Out Loud: Joey Logano Emerges as 2018 Cup Champion
Who’s in the headline It took 10 years to fulfill the predictions but Joey Logano is your 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion. Logano took advantage of a quick, short-run car and passed Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. on a late race restart to take command of the race and run off into …
Making Sense of Fuzzy Math, Rigged Roofs, and the 48’s Folly
Making Sense of Series Stats With Kevin Harvick’s win Sunday in Las Vegas, his career total of NASCAR wins reached a milestone mark of 100 wins. As a result, the graphs touting the win total along with Kyle Busch at 184, compared to Richard Petty’s 200 Cup Series wins and David Pearson’s 105 wins started …
NASCAR 101: Top 5 Silly Season Moves of All Time
Unlike in most other sports, the term “free agency market” isn’t used in NASCAR. Instead, NASCAR begins “silly season” usually around the halfway mark of the year, and there are much more lame duck drivers and teams than in “stick and ball” sports. There have still been some huge driver transactions in the near 70-year …
The Frontstretch 5: Reasons to Fall For the Lady In Black All Over Again
As NASCAR heads back to Darlington Raceway, finally restored to its rightful place on the Cup schedule after 12 long years without what was once the sport’s longest-running tradition, there are dozens of reasons why the odd-shaped, high-banked oval is one of NASCAR’s true treasures. Here are just a few. 1. If you don’t like …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 All-Time NASCAR Drivers
The Sprint Cup Series had its final off weekend before the run to Homestead. So we thought it’d be fun to stir the pot a little and ask the question, “who are the top NASCAR drivers of all time?” This question has been debated for many years and the lists are quite different depending on who …
NASCAR 101: Will David Ragan Win as a Sub? 5 Drivers Who Did Just That
David Ragan and Regan Smith have the opportunities of a lifetime: longer-term rides as substitutes in the Sprint Cup Series. Now, that’s certainly true of Ragan, who will fill in for Kyle Busch in the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing for several races until Busch’s recovers from his Daytona injury. Meanwhile, Smith has been …
NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson Recovering From Stroke
According to his family, he’s “80 to 85 percent back to normal.”
Mirror Driving: Jeff Gordon’s Win, NASCAR’s Warning & the Truck Series Gone Wild
There were many storylines in Friday night’s NASCAR Truck Series race, including a black flag for the leader at the checkers.
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.
Going Green: The 5 Most Exciting Daytona 500s
I am crossing my fingers that this year’s Daytona 500 will be one of the best. Here are some it will try to compete with to be the most exciting.
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.