Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 Fontana Race Recap
If the drivers are only going to actually race for the final 10 to 20 laps anyway, maybe Fontana should try a 200-mile race distance next year?
Denny Hamlin
Fact or Fiction: Has Kevin Harvick Replaced Denny Hamlin as the Man to Unseat Jimmie Johnson?
FACT: Kevin Harvick has established himself as Jimmie Johnson’s biggest threat to win the Sprint Cup.
Running Their Mouth: 2011 Auto Club 400 at Fontana
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what they all were thinking following the Auto Club 400 out in Fontana, Calif.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2011 Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas
It was Carl Edwards who was able to celebrate after Tony Stewart let victory slip from his grasp in Las Vegas.
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Carry Jeff Gordon’s Momentum Into Vegas
Before the race in Phoenix, Jeff Gordon went 66 races without a win. I’m betting he won’t go another 66 races before reaching victory lane.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix
Very few people would have thought about Phoenix if you asked them where to see the Big One in a Cup race, but there it was all over the backstretch on Sunday.
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2011 Daytona 500
Not since Jamie McMurray won his second race at Charlotte has someone won in their Cup career as quickly as Trevor Bayne did in taking the Daytona 500.
The Yellow Stripe: Crime Scene Investigation – Denny Hamlin Looking to Bury Phoenix Hatchet
Ironically, given the disaster that befell Denny Hamlin at the end of the 2010 season at Phoenix, he’ll probably be pleased to exit the high banks of Daytona.
Dialing It In: Cool Heads & Cool Engines Will Win Daytona 500
Once NASCAR issued a rule change limiting the grill opening size last Sunday in Daytona, teams went to work searching for ways to maximize the smaller opening.
Dialing It In: Teams React to NASCAR Changes in Daytona
Following Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR made a series of changes to reduce the horsepower in an effort to break up the two-car breakaway.