A Look Back: The Top-10 Nationwide Series Performances of 2009
Anyone that’s read my Nationwide Series coverage over the course of the 2009 season knows that it’s been hard to find positive things to say.
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Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 O’Reilly Challenge at Texas
The ESPN crew in the booth on Saturday made the claim that Kyle Busch was on such a rail that they ought to rename Texas Motor Speedway “Kyle Busch Speedway.”
Wrong Price, Wrong Time for NASCAR Nationwide Series CoT
NASCAR’s been far from bashful about toting how the new NNS car would be a cost-cutter down the road. Great, savings down the road. What about the present?
Did You Notice? NASCAR Driver Development Busts, Ridiculous Race Names & Why Restarts Are Crazy
Did You Notice? Being the Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series can be the equivalent of the Kiss of Death?
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas
For the fourth time this season, Logano passed Busch with less than 10 laps to go and went on to victory in the Nationwide Series, this time at Kansas Speedway.
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Degree V12 300 at Atlanta
In 2009, Kevin Harvick has seldom, if ever, resembled the championship-contending driver that he has been on the Sprint Cup circuit in years past. But on Saturday night, driving his own No. 33 car, the Harvick of old was alive and well. With Cup stars Kyle Busch and Jeff Burton, as well as the JR …
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal
For the third year in a row, Marcos Ambrose was the class of the field. And for the third year in a row, he failed to take the checkered flag at Montreal. Ambrose, who in an interview that ran during the race broadcast was quoted calling his secret to road racing “minimizing the mistakes made …
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 US Cellular 250 at Iowa
If there is one thing that has kept Brad Keselowski from challenging Kyle Busch for the Nationwide title in 2009, it has been an inability to keep up on the short run. The No. 88 car has been among the fastest after a few laps… but that’s all it’s been taking for the No. 18 …
ARCA Racing Background Proving Beneficial to Nationwide Series Regulars
It’s safe to say that Michael McDowell’s limited tenure in the Sprint Cup Series with Michael Waltrip Racing last season was a humbling experience. The same young driver that came as close to stealing the ARCA Re/Max Series crown from Frank Kimmel as any driver had this decade before Justin Allgaier did it last year, …
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona
Friday night’s (July 3) race at Daytona was shaping up to be a tremendous finish until a messy wreck on lap 96 stopped the battle at the front of the field and scattered debris and rescue equipment all over the 2.5-mile oval. In their infinite wisdom, NASCAR chose not to red flag the race – …
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 NorthernTool.com 250 at Milwaukee
If Saturday night at Milwaukee was any indication, the future of Roush Fenway Racing is in very good hands.
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Meijer 300 at Kentucky
Finally, someone has Kyle Busch’s number. And it’s his teammate. Running his first Nationwide Series race since an incident that saw him knock Busch from the lead at Dover with two laps to go, Joey Logano beat his teammate without the chrome horn on Saturday and took the checkers for his trouble. On a late …