Mirror Driving: Toyota Triumphs, Penalties Confuse & Hendrick Heartache?
Toyota broke through with their first Sprint Cup win as a manufacturer on Sunday. What else can we expect from them throughout 2008?
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Did You Notice? Robbie Reiser Hasn’t Lost a Beat, Newman Feeling the Heat… From Montoya & Old Friends Reunite?
Did You Notice? That lost within the weeklong penalty furor surrounding the No. 99 was the quiet and successful substitution of Bob Osborne with Robbie Reiser atop Carl Edwards‘s pit box? Reiser’s the man for the next six weeks while Osborne is on suspension, and it clearly looked like he hadn’t skipped a beat since …
Top 10 Nice Things Tony Stewart Could Have Said About Goodyear, Re dux?
Author’s note: Ladies and Gentlemen, as you read today’s Top 10, dated March 12, 2008, you may feel a slight sensation of deja vu. Do not be alarmed! You are not stuck in some twisted NASCAR version of the movie Groundhog Day. But then again, maybe we are! It is very hard to tell with …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
Without further ado… here’s our latest Power Rankings following Atlanta.
Running Their Mouth: 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what a select few were thinking following the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
10 Points to Ponder… After the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
The No. 84 team had not qualified for a race until Atlanta; Mike Skinner turned in the 34th-fastest lap, securing a spot for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500.
Happy Hour: Do Hard Hits Make NASCAR Drivers Consider Retirement?
Shortly after Rusty Wallace announced his impending departure from the NASCAR traveling circus at the beginning of the 2005 season, he had to correct a motorsports media that suggested he was scared to get into a racecar. Wallace clarified that it was not that he was scared to get behind the wheel… racecar drivers can’t …
Fanning the Flames: Palm Sweat, Las Vegas Blackjack & Taking Your Chances with the NSCRC
Lesson learned the hard way last weekend: When a casino changes dealers on you, just get up and walk away – no exceptions, no questions asked. This is now one of Taliaferro’s Cannon Laws; well, after I kissed that hundo goodbye in a heartbeat. Our esteemed Managing Editor managed to get out of Las Vegas …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: What is Right with NASCAR Racing
More than occasionally, I am chided by readers for being too negative about the sport I cover. I am labeled a prophet of gloom and doom; though all too often, my predictions have borne out. That raises a question in some reader’s minds as to why I continue covering a sport that gets me so …
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
After a weekend in Sin City, there are always those select few who fly home happy after hitting the jackpot… and just as many who wind up empty handed after going bust. Case in point: if your fantasy team last week had Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth on it, you’re probably feeling a bit …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas
Without further ado… here’s our latest Power Rankings following Las Vegas.
Top 10 Victory Celebrations Other NASCAR Drivers Can Do
Since Carl Edwards has already won two races this year, NASCAR fans have been treated to his celebratory backflip twice. While Carl’s backflip is arguably the most entertaining victory celebration in motorsports, other drivers have been looking for a post-victory schtick of their own. With this week’s Top 10 list, Kurt Smith is here to …