Voice of Vito: Texas Race a Snapshot of What Could Have Been for Many Drivers in 2009
The Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend in some way served as a microcosm for the entire 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend in some way served as a microcosm for the entire 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Not only did Jimmie Johnson maintain his first-place position in unanimous fashion, he maintains a rather healthy points lead in our Power Rankings after Texas.
What the 38th-place finish for Jimmie Johnson did do was open up a small sliver of opportunity for Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon.
Yesterday, I sat down to watch the Dickies 500 with one known fact in my head… Jimmie Johnson was on his way to clinching his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup.
Kyle Busch ran out of gas, handing the lead to brother Kurt Busch, who used extraordinary mileage to score his second win of the season at Texas.
It took just a few minutes into Sunday’s Dickies 500 for fans to remember just how unpredictable racing really is.
If last weekend’s race at Talladega was disappointing for fans and drivers, this weekend’s Dickies 500 was full of excitement from the drop of the green flag.
Kevin Harvick, a title contender just a year ago, grabbed a fifth-place finish at Texas on a fuel gamble, coasting across the line.
Talladega wasn’t a NASCAR race, it was a NASCAR show.
The Chase is winding down, and go figure, the No. 48 team is threatening to end the 2009 season well before the final race at …
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