Voices From the Heartland: Have At It, Boys – NASCAR’s “Powder Puff” Fans Need to Find Something Else to Do
Now that NASCAR has changed those rules, you still ain’t happy? What the hell do you want?
Now that NASCAR has changed those rules, you still ain’t happy? What the hell do you want?
Now, before you go and revisit your successful Daytona 500 team, keep in mind this weekend’s event is much hotter, slicker, held at night and 100 miles shorter.
Did You Notice? That with nine races left, there’s a bit of a cushion for a handful of playoff contenders? The top six in the …
Sunday’s race was won with a bump and run from series champion Jimmie Johnson to Kurt Busch in a classic short track battle. But on Friday, Mark Martin and Jeff Burton both commented that lack of respect on the racetrack is becoming a huge problem in NASCAR, changing how the game is played in a bad way. Are they correct, or were the comments just leftover frustration from a wreck-filled race at Sonoma?
Everyone thought that a little game of road course bumper cars at Infineon would stir up the Frontstretch Power Rankings. But one week later, it …
The season started with a mechanical failure at Daytona, followed by wins in three of the next four races. The next three races saw a …
The only rival to the amount of ink wasted on Danica Patrick this past weekend proved to be the plethora of columns out there professing that Jimmie Johnson’s luck had simply run out, that this was the year the streak would finally end.
So much for that. Back-to-back wins over the last two weeks have made 2010 suddenly look a lot like 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006… you know how that story goes.
With three laps to go, Jimmie Johnson executed his own bump-and-run at the same spot to get alongside Busch and reclaim the lead.
Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch put on a clinic of how to race at the finish, with Johnson using a bumper to give the No. 2 a wiggle with two to go at Loudon.
“Rubbin’ is Racin’” has been a saying around the world of NASCAR from the very early years.