Archive for July, 2008
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008By Richard Allen
When Jimmie Johnson passed Kyle Busch late in the race at the Chicagoland Speedway I devised a story in my head that the pass was symbolic of Hendrick Motorsports ending its “slump” and reassuming its place at the top of the NASCAR heap. However, Busch ruined the story by making a bold move […]
Driver safety features saved the life of a friend
Thursday, July 31st, 2008By Steve Monday
Motorsports can be dangerous.
Anyone involved in racing knows and understands that accidents can occur anytime during an event. Most often the drivers will walk away relatively unhurt. Other times, the driver sustains a violent impact that appears to be very serious (MWR’s Michael McDowell’s crash @ Texas comes to mind) and yet the […]
Fantasy Picks and Predictions: Pocono
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008By Richard Allen
The last time the Sprint Cup Series visited Pocono Raceway fantasy pickers had little to go on. However, the opposite is true this time around.
If trends are to trusted and as long as the fickle hand of fate does not interfere too much, the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 should actually be one […]
Sole suppliers could bring about NASCAR’s demise
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008By Richard Allen
Last year in Atlanta water was discovered in the fuel used by teams during the Pep Boys 500. That water caused Denny Hamlin’s car to slow unexpectedly on a late race restart leaving Martin Truex with no where to go but into Hamlin’s car.
NASCAR has an exclusive deal that allows only Sunoco to […]
Is it Toyota or is it Kyle Busch?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008By Richard Allen
In 2003 Ryan Newman had a great season. He won eight races and took eleven poles in the process.
2003 was the first year Newman’s team, Penske Racing South, had switched from Ford to Dodge. At the time, some wondered if Dodge had some advantage, or if Penske had provided some new technology to […]
What a way for ESPN to start their season
Monday, July 28th, 2008By Richard Allen
ESPN was probably looking forward to having their turn at broadcasting the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2008. During the time the races were covered by Fox and TNT the ratings for the most part had experienced a modest rise over last season. No doubt, ESPN/ABC with their massive sports promotional machine counted […]
Johnson redeems himself on final restart
Monday, July 28th, 2008By Richard Allen
On the final restart of the LifeLock.com 400 at the Chicagoland Speedway Jimmie Johnson was leading as the field rolled toward the green flag. Johnson attempted to confuse his competitors by bringing everyone to the line very slowly, which is the leader’s prerogative.
However, one of racing’s hardest chargers, Kyle Busch, would have none […]
Harvick, Kenseth and Vickers hurt most by Indy debacle
Monday, July 28th, 2008By Richard Allen
After the 26th race of the season in Richmond all teams who do not make the Chase for the Championship leave with the bitter taste of disappointment in their mouths. This year that taste may be even more bitter if Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth or Brian Vickers fail to qualify for NASCAR’s playoff […]
Is “The Brickyard” still special?
Sunday, July 27th, 2008By Richard Allen
In 1994 when stock cars made their first appearance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway it seemed like a big deal, and it was.
At that time NASCAR was in the process of leaving all other forms of American motor sports well behind. As the unquestioned leader of the U.S. racing scene NASCAR should have […]
Goodyear not the only ones to blame
Sunday, July 27th, 2008By Richard Allen
The AllState 400 at the Brickyard is mercifully over. Rather, it could have been called the AllState 25, 25, 25, 25, etc…
What many hoped and expected to be a great race turned into a tire management and competition caution fiasco. NASCAR announced well before the race that there would be a “competition caution” […]
Kerr wins ‘Southern Nationals’ at Volunteer
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Kerr goes flag-to-flag in Volunteer Speedway ‘Southern Nationals’ victory
By Robert Walden
BULLS GAP, Tenn. — Tommy Kerr of Maryville has won many feature races during his career, but none bigger than tonight’s O’Reilly Southern National Series Super Late Model event presented by Rusty Wallace Toyota of Morristown at Volunteer Speedway. Kerr launched into the lead at […]
Jeff Gordon having historic season
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008By Richard Allen
Last week, I wrote about Kyle Busch having an historic season because he is on top of the Sprint Cup Series and he is also piling up wins in the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series’ at the same time.
Jeff Gordon is having an historic season of another sort.
Gordon’s season has been marred with […]