Mirror Driving: Grading the Spoiler, Raising Kahne & Teammate Drama
Texas was the first real test of the new spoiler. What grade does it get?
Texas was the first real test of the new spoiler. What grade does it get?
Once again, Mother Nature wreaked havoc with the NASCAR schedule, causing the second rain-delayed race in three weeks.
Just 19 days after surgery to repair a torn ACL, there was Denny Hamlin standing in Texas’s victory lane, beating rival Jimmie Johnson.
Denny Hamlin muscled his way past Jeff Burton on the final restart at Texas and held off Jimmie Johnson to claim his second win in the last three races.
When Jimmie Johnson was bumped to take over second place, it wasn’t particularly unusual. Johnson’s reaction, though, was the bolt out of a blue sky.
For a remarkable performance by an injured driver, Denny Hamlin gets my shout out for pulling off a Texas win just two and half weeks removed from ACL surgery.
Jeff Gordon comes to Texas knocking on the door, defending champ of the race and armed with seven runner-up finishes during the 12 months since.
The duel in the Phoenix desert Saturday night came packaged with a sudden late-night plot twist that led to a green-white-checkered finish for the ages.
There was a time when Jeff Gordon was the last guy you wanted to see on the last lap of a race.
This year’s spring race at Phoenix was hampered by three things: faulty pit strategy, bugs and a race that was 100 kilometers more than it actually should be.