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Monday, February 8th, 2010
By Richard Allen
Only one short year removed from the biggest win of his career it is hard to believe Matt Kenseth is looking to improve upon what turned out to be a season filled with a few ups and many downs last season.
Kenseth fulfilled a long time dream when he won the rain shortened Daytona […]
Earnhardt style leadership would lessen practice crashes
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
By Richard Allen
On Thursday NASCAR Sprint Cup cars hit the track for the first time in 2010. Shortly after that, they began hitting each other and the wall. Quickly, drivers and commentators began blaming the new restrictor plates being used. The more open plates caused cars to close on one another too quickly they said, […]
Bud Shootout finish ruins a great Saturday for NASCAR
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
By Richard Allen
Everything seemed to be going so well for NASCAR on Saturday.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the sport’s most popular driver, looked to take the first step toward a comeback by qualifying on the outside of the front row for next weekend’s Daytona 500. After a disastrous 2009, NASCAR needs its top fan favorite to recover […]
What does front row start mean for 5 and 88 teams?
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
By Richard Allen
In the grand scheme of things qualifying on the front row for the Daytona 500 does not guarantee anything other than a front row start in the Daytona 500. However, for the teams of Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Saturday’s qualifying results must have been very satisfying.
As is often pointed out, the […]
NASCAR makes a good decision/Junior, Robby and Bill near the top of speed chart/and TV times
Friday, February 5th, 2010By Richard Allen
From the department of giving credit where credit is due, NASCAR made a good and fair decision by allowing those teams who did not get to practice on Friday due to the weather to have some track time on Saturday morning before Daytona 500 qualifying.
While some might argue that the track was open […]
Harvick returning to the scene of two more recent successes
Friday, February 5th, 2010
By Richard Allen
A couple of recent February trips to the Daytona International Speedway have produce big wins in the career of Kevin Harvick. Unfortunately for the driver of car #29, those are the only wins he has had in three years.
Last year Harvick scored a victory in the lucrative but non-points paying Budweiser Shootout on […]
Will practice crashes bring and end to bump drafting?
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
By Richard Allen
When NASCAR announced they were going to reverse the policy instituted last season at Talladega and again allow drivers to bump draft I had the fear that after a couple of practice wrecks they might once again take away the bump draft.
Well, they’ve now had some practice crashes. As a matter of fact, […]
What if Danica actually wins something?
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
By Richard Allen
That’s right sports fans. This weekend promises one of the biggest events of the year in all of sports. Yes, I am talking about the debut of Danica Patrick driving a stock car.
Well, you might have thought I was going to mention that other sporting event taking place just a little south of […]
Michael Waltrip Racing set to move toward the top tier
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010By Richard Allen
I’ll admit that when I first heard Michael Waltrip was forming his own NASCAR Sprint Cup team I was less than optimistic that the new team would ever be successful. It is extremely difficult for any new car owner to make it in racing, let alone as a driver/owner. And more, Waltrip’s television […]
Will Carl Edwards be turning back flips in 2010?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
By Richard Allen
Carl Edwards will win races in 2010.
Coming off a 2009 campaign in which he did not score a single Sprint Cup win, Edwards has to be chomping at the bit to get back to victory lane. Especially considering that in 2008 the Roush Fenway Racing driver took home nine trophies from NASCAR’s top […]
Is there really such a thing as a ‘golden’ restrictor plate?
Monday, February 1st, 2010
By Richard Allen
After Bobby Allison was involved in a horrific looking crash at Talladega in 1987 NASCAR has used restrictor plates to regulate the air/fuel mixture allowed into the engines of the race cars. The result is an engine that produces less horsepower which in turn slows the car.
For almost as long as the plates […]
What are the odds that Sergio Pena and Joao Barbosa will be signed by Sprint Cup teams?
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
By Richard Allen
After this weekend two drivers made headlines that will in all likelihood get them signed by Sprint Cup teams in short order.
Sergio Pena created a wave throughout the stock car racing world with his showing in the Toyota All Star Challenge in Irwindale, California. On Friday the 16 year old got attention by […]