MPM2Nite: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Is this stock car racing or Romper Room? What’s got into Cup drivers lately? Nobody wants to be the bad guy. No one wants to be rude. No one wants to be booed.
Is this stock car racing or Romper Room? What’s got into Cup drivers lately? Nobody wants to be the bad guy. No one wants to be rude. No one wants to be booed.
Did You Notice? Everyone and their mother referring to Kevin Harvick as “the best closer in NASCAR?”
NASCAR’s classic short track in Martinsville, Va., on the schedule since 1949, treated us to one of the best races of the season Sunday.
Denny Hamlin, the winner of three straight Martinsville events was then resigned to 12th position.
It was Kevin Harvick, the oft-forgotten third party in last season’s Johnson vs. Hamlin title fight, who crashed the Hendrick/JGR show again.
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what they all were thinking following the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 in Martinsville, Va.
Johnny Sauter took the checkered flag 0.453 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch to win the Kroger 250 Saturday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway.
Kevin Harvick was able to move under Dale Earnhardt Jr. with four laps to go to score his second straight win and become the first repeat winner of 2011.
Better racing is what will attract fans and keep them around. Tracks like Martinsville give that in spades, every race, every series.
There’s no excuse not to race the Nationwide Series at Martinsville – the track would serve as a valuable learning tool for up-and-coming drivers.