Mirror Driving: DEI on Edge? NASCAR Losing Credibility… Again?
Another questionable debris caution late bunched up the field and led to an exciting finish at California. Is NASCAR losing credibility “engineering” finishes?
Martin Truex Jr.
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Auto Club 500 at Fontana Edition
As the Cup Series put the Auto Club 500 in the books in Fontana, a state known for wildfires fueled the flames of several of Cup’s hottest drivers.
Matt McLaughlin’s 2007 Fontana Spring Race Driver Handicaps
Jimmie Johnson: Johnson scored his first-ever Cup victory at Fontana back in 2002 (yes, kids, they were racing stock cars way back in 2002). In addition, Johnson has scored three runner-up finishes at California, one of them in this race last year. That’s a total of four first or seconds in eight career Cup starts …
Matt McLaughlin’s 2007 Daytona 500 Driver Handicaps
Jimmie Johnson won last year’s Daytona 500 and his 32nd-place result in last year’s Firecracker 400 ended a streak of five top-six finishes at Daytona.
Top 10 Driver Excuses for Not Winning a NASCAR Pole in ’06
10. Mark Martin: “I didn’t HAVE to win one, I get in the Shootout forever-which is handy, ’cause that’s how long I’m gonna race!”
2006 NASCAR Driver Review: Martin Truex Jr.
Martin Truex Jr. saved his best for last. At Homestead in November, Truex led 27 laps and came home a career-best second in the final race of the Cup season.
Bowles-Eye View: Revisiting Bad NASCAR Predictions for 2006
Whether asking me to pick your NASCAR fantasy team or to say when Kentucky Speedway will be added to the Cup schedule, you readers can be crazy sometimes.
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2006 Dickies 500 at Texas Edition
The Chase is winding down with only three weeks left until the end of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season now that Atlanta is behind us. The series now heads to Texas Motor Speedway, and of course, everything is bigger in Texas, or so they say, and events at TMS are no exception. Eddie Gossage was …
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2006 Bass Pro Shops 500 at Atlanta Edition
As the Cup Series heads back into the Southern hospitality of Atlanta, who are the drivers that can right your fantasy ship?
Becca’s Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2006 Dover 400
Jeff Burton and the Cingular team have had several strong runs early in recent races, but has been unable to close the deal until Sunday’s Dover 400.
Doin’ Donuts: Dover Monster Mashes Some Chasers’ Hopes
The multi-groove thing finally came into play late in the race, setting up a classic Dover dash for the lead with Matt Kenseth up high and Jeff Burton down low!
Frontstretch Breakdown: 2006 Dover 400
For the first time since November 2001, Jeff Burton took the checkered flag in a Nextel Cup race, scoring the win in Sunday’s Dover 400.