Top 10 April Fools’ Jokes Played On/By Various NASCAR Teams/Personalities This Week
10. Jeff Burton called Michael McDowell and invited him to dinner.
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Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville
After another session of good ol’ rubbin’ and racin’ at Martinsville, the votes are in on where the Frontstretch staffers feel the drivers fall in the hierarchy of the current Power Rankings. The results may surprise you: Dale Earnhardt Jr. has scaled the mountain even though he hasn’t won a race yet, while teammates Jeff Gordon …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Sprint Cup: 2008 Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Edition
In this short season, Denny Hamlin has asserted himself as one of the stronger drivers on short tracks. After nearly winning at Bristol two weeks ago before a fuel pickup problem relegated him to a sixth-place finish in the closing laps, Hamlin made his way to victory lane at his home track this weekend, earning …
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2008 Martinsville Spring Race Recap
Denny Hamlin took the lead with 74 laps to go, then benefited from some obstinate lapped traffic behind him to hold off Jeff Gordon for the win at Martinsville.
Tracking the Trucks: 2008 Kroger 250 at Martinsville
Dennis Setzer took the checkered flag ahead of Matt Crafton to win the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway Saturday afternoon.
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2008 Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville
The quiet Easter break comes to a screeching halt this Sunday as the Sprint Cup drivers take to the Virginia paperclip known as Martinsville Speedway. Festively painted Easter eggs give way to brightly painted stock cars; and you can bet that on the circuit’s smallest track, more than one car will end up cracked by …
Top 10 Roush Fenway “Proprietary” Items Found in the Possession of “A” Toyota Team
10. A Roush Fenway internal memo titled “How To Get Into And Stay In The Top 35” in Michael Waltrip‘s back pocket. 9. Carl Edwards‘s golden ceremonial Gillette Young Guns shaver. Found next to the sink in Tony Stewart‘s motor coach, full of hair and right next to a torn-up coupon for a free waxing …
Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2008 Pepsi 300 at Nashville
Scott Wimmer ran down, then passed teammate Clint Bowyer with 21 laps to go for his first Nationwide Series win in five years at Nashville.
10 Points to Ponder… During NASCAR’s Easter Break
1) Takes One to Know One! – Megastar comedian and TV personality Jeff Foxworthy talked NASCAR in a CNN interview this week, attempting to persuade host Glenn Beck that instead of taking in a race at Daytona, he would be better served going to Talladega, Ala. for his stock car racing experience. In fact, Foxworthy …
Tearing Apart the Trucks: 4 Reasons to Watch the Truck Series
Once again, Craftsman Truck Series fans have to wait another week to see anymore on-track action when the series returns to the track next weekend at Martinsville Speedway. The ratings for the American Commercial Lines 200 a couple weeks ago in Atlanta showed a 31% jump, netting 753,000 households compared to the 565,000 for the …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Judging NASCAR’s CoT 1 Year Later
It’s hard to believe an entire year has passed since the first Car of Tomorrow race was staged at Bristol last year. (Some might say that the year is the only passing in NASCAR right now). The unsightly little bastards that looked so ungainly upon their competitive debut remain an affront to those with any …
Mirror Driving: Bristol Part II, Top-35 Taboos & RCR Who?
Sunday’s race — the second on Bristol’s new surface — seemed more competitive than the fall race last year. Is Bristol back after a brief hiatus?