Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 Pocono Spring Race Recap
Champagne showered down on Jeff Gordon at Pocono, marking his second Cup victory of 2011 and the first multi-win season in four years for the Rainbow Warrior.”
Champagne showered down on Jeff Gordon at Pocono, marking his second Cup victory of 2011 and the first multi-win season in four years for the Rainbow Warrior.”
After wins at Phoenix and Pocono, coupled with a strong run at Kansas, it looks like Jeff Gordon just might have punched his wildcard ticket to the Chase.
No matter how cool a NASCAR driver’s job is, it’s another day at the office. And if that’s true, then Eldora is the company picnic.
This week, the series heads to the tricky triangle of Pocono Raceway. The 2.5-mile track usually lends itself to long green-flag runs.
Despite reports declaring that the “Great Recession” is over and that America is poised for economic recovery, recent events in NASCAR would prove otherwise.
For the second week in a row the NASCAR Cup Series race came down to fuel mileage; only this time, the car in front was able to make his fuel last at Kansas.
After a Monday shakeup at Stewart-Haas Racing, any thought Ryan Newman would take his technical and driving talent somewhere else has been wiped away.
In a case of déjà vu from last week’s Coca-Cola 600, fuel mileage once again decided the race winner as Brad Keselowski managed to win the STP 400 at Kansas.
Brad Keselowski milked 57 laps out of a tank of fuel to win the Kansas race on fuel mileage.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on the cusp of breaking his victory drought. This week, he had the fuel mileage, but Brad Keselowski had better track position at Kansas.