Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Sprint Cup: 2009 Samsung 500 at Texas Edition
Jeff Gordon’s large winless streak came to an end Sunday in Texas – where everything is big. But while Gordon had a giant weight lifted …
Jeff Gordon’s large winless streak came to an end Sunday in Texas – where everything is big. But while Gordon had a giant weight lifted …
All too often, the drivers at both extremes in NASCAR are the ones who make the news these days. It’s kind of like the evaporating middle class in this country.
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As the 2009 season wears on, some of the teams that have had early success are finding themselves in a points standings freefall. As they …
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what a select few were thinking following the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Busch-whacked Kyle may be the Busch making headlines early – with wins across NASCAR’s three national series in the first month – but it was …
A week ago, Kyle Busch was in victory lane, but this week, the defending race champ watched his big brother Kurt Busch win from 18th place at Atlanta.
Like it or not, after just 380 miles the first race of the 2009 Sprint Cup season is officially in the books. Matt Kenseth was crowned the winner of just the fourth rain-shortened Daytona 500 in history, taking the lead one lap before the weather with a generous push from runner-up Kevin Harvick. But was that last-lap pass enough to leave Kenseth number one in the eyes of our staff this week? After all, Kyle Busch dominated the race, only to become an innocent victim of the day’s big wreck on lap 125. And where did AJ Allmendinger land after starting the year with a career-best third – driving for a team that doesn’t even know if it’ll exist two months from now? Find these answers, and more, by examining our first Top-15 Power Rankings poll of the year.
The most recent Daytona 500 champion to win the Sprint Cup was Jimmie Johnson in 2006, the only driver in the last 10 years to accomplish that.
The first NASCAR preview magazine that came to the local newsstand was that of The Sporting News. As I read through it, I flipped to …