Reel Racing: The Lowest-Grossing Films Featured on NASCAR Paint Schemes
The lowest-grossing movies ever to appear on NASCAR schemes have far more interesting stories behind them.
Stanton Barrett
NASCAR 101: Who Didn’t Return to NASCAR in 2021?
A smaller crop of drivers who raced on the national NASCAR stage in 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, equals an altogether more diminutive list of racers who didn’t return to a NASCAR national series in 2021. And of those who didn’t return, some were, as always, expected. Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Matt Kenseth …
Reel Racing: Stanton Barrett Chats Hollywood Stunt Work, Motorsports Career (Part 2)
Yesterday (April 7), the first part of our interview with NASCAR driver and Hollywood stuntman Stanton Barrett touched on most of his thoughts on racing. Frontstretch also chatted with the dual-industry veteran about his time working on movies, which he has done for more than three decades. The 48-year-old has more than 210 IMDb credits …
Reel Racing: Stanton Barrett Chats Hollywood Stunt Work and Motorsports Career (Part 1)
Stanton Barrett has enjoyed careers of more than 30 years in both auto racing and as a Hollywood stuntman, putting his prowess behind the wheel to use in both industries. Barrett has made 230 starts across NASCAR’s top three series over the past three decades, mostly in Xfinity competition, and has added some appearances in …
2020 NASCAR Team Reviews: Spire Motorsports
When the 2021 season kicks off at Daytona International Speedway in February, Spire Motorsports will be entering its third full-time season as a team in NASCAR. Yes, you heard that right. Their first two years in the NASCAR atmosphere have been interesting, to say the very least. After the unfortunate collapse of former championship-winning …
Reel Racing: The Best (& Worst) Movie Paint Schemes of the 2010s, Pt. 1
In June, I undertook a project to dig up every single movie-themed paint scheme that ever ran across NASCAR’s three touring series and, eventually, rank them. The weeks-long search yielded that exactly 100 films have been represented on stock cars throughout the years, ranging from The Wizard of Oz to Shazam. Unfortunately, 2020 became the …
Stanton Barrett: From Burt Reynolds’ Swimming Pool to Watkins Glen’s Inner Loop
Newer NASCAR fans might not be familiar with Stanton Barrett, but they absolutely should be. Not only has he competed in over 200 races in the top three national series, but he’s also worked as a stuntman on some of the highest-grossing movies, including Spider-Man, Jurassic Park III, Batman & Robin, Logan, and most recently …
NASCAR 101: The 5 Longest Active Careers in the Cup Series
Though he’s known these days more for his role on TV broadcasts, Hermie Sadler continues a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career that dates back over two decades this weekend when he steps into Premium Motorsports’ No. 7 car at Martinsville Speedway. Sadler, brother of multi-time NASCAR winner and XFINITY Series regular Elliott Sadler (well, …
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2011 Ford 300 at Homestead
For the first time since 2005, a Nationwide Series regular was crowned a Nationwide Series champion … and he nearly won the race as well.
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2010 Bucyrus 200 at Road America
Carl Edwards led 35 of the 50 laps run in NASCAR’s debut race on the Road America road course with this division, stealing the lead for good on lap 41.
Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2010 Royal Purple 200 at Darlington
DARLINGTON, S.C. – For the 36th time in the last 82 Nationwide Series races, a Joe Gibbs Racing entry visited victory lane.
Did You Notice? How to Make a Profit in NASCAR Without Racing 2 Laps & Gant’s Record in Peril
Did You Notice? The start-and-park charade hitting a crescendo this weekend? No less than 23 drivers in NASCAR’s top-three divisions pulled it in early, including a record 11 in the financially troubled Camping World Truck Series. But while the topic of field-filling has been hotly debated, for weeks those arguments have centered around a great …