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Monday, September 22nd, 2008Mountain Salutes Champions
By:Michael Nuchols
Maryville, TN- The 2008 class of champions has something most tracks do not see year to year. In the 2008 edition there were no repeat champions, showing exactly how hard the competition is at the Mountain Raceway year to year, just cause you had it last season does not promise a thing […]
Junior can’t quite maintain momentum
Monday, September 22nd, 2008By Richard Allen
Last week it seemed as though the Hendrick Motorsports team for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had turned a corner of some sort. After getting off to a good start in New Hampshire, his car began to fade. Unlike other occasions though, he and his crew were able to remedy the situation and hold on […]
That’s the way racing ought to be
Sunday, September 21st, 2008By Richard Allen
At the end of the Camping World RV 400 several announcers and others claimed it was the best Dover race ever. I take issue with that statement. It was the best NASCAR race on ANY track in quite some time, with the possible exception of the restrictor plate tracks.
After a lap 350 caution […]
Kyle Busch: From favorite to fall out
Sunday, September 21st, 2008By Richard Allen
Since NASCAR began using the Chase for the Championship format in 2004 there may not have ever been a driver who entered the playoff as heavily favored as Kyle Busch did this year.
Coming into the 2008 version of the playoff, he had eight wins which had secured for him 80 bonus points. Those […]
Bowyer not off to the start he hoped for
Saturday, September 20th, 2008By Richard Allen
Last year, Clint Bowyer got off to the best start possible in the Chase for the Championship. He won the Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Besides winning the race he also led the most laps which gave the Emporia, Kansas driver maximum points.
In the land rush that would eventually be […]
Would an Earnhardt championship help NASCAR?
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008By Richard Allen
NASCAR Is an oddity in that the sport’s most popular figure has not been a regular winner in some time and has never won a championship.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is without question the most popular driver in the sport despite the fact that he has only one win over the last two years of […]
Kenseth eliminated?
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008By Richard Allen
The odds going into the Chase for the Championship were stacked against Matt Kenseth. Even the driver himself said he was a long shot at best.
With no wins, and thus no bonus points, Kenseth entered Sunday’s race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in a hole of sorts. He was already 80 points […]
Jeff Gordon’s struggles continue
Monday, September 15th, 2008By Richard Allen
It is hard to imagine using the term struggle to describe any driver who has made the Chase for the Championship, but when that driver has set the incredible standards of Jeff Gordon the term struggle fits.
Gordon raced to a 14th place finish in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. […]
Stewart has troubles with his “other” team
Sunday, September 14th, 2008By Richard Allen
Last week in Richmond Tony Stewart harshly criticized his Joe Gibbs Racing crew for their work on pit road. The two time Sprint Cup champion believed a slow pit stop cost him a race win and he let his crew know about over the in car radio.
This week in New Hampshire, it was […]
Not quite the same old, same old for Junior
Sunday, September 14th, 2008By Richard Allen
The Sylvania 300 looked like it may follow what has become an all to familiar pattern for Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Junior started off strong. He took the lead early of the race and pulled away from the competition. That does not sound like a bad thing but many of the popular driver’s fans had […]
Busch “Mulligans” everyone back into the Chase
Sunday, September 14th, 2008By Richard Allen
Going into to today’s Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway it looked as if Kyle Busch had a chance to eliminate much of the competition from Chase for the Championship contention.
Starting from the pole due to the rain out of qualifying Busch had the opportunity to get out front early, lead […]
Sept. 13th results from The Mountain Raceway
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Weekly Results September 13, 200
Super Late Model Feature: 1.Anthony White 2.Randy Weaver 3.Mark Vineyard 4.Roger Best 5.David Crabtree 6.Herman Goddard 7.Bobby Giffin 8.Dan Tipton 9.Frank Merritt 10.Tim Rucker 11.Brad Coffey 12.Mike Hill 13.Chad Ogle Points Champion-Mark Vineyard
Sportsman Late Model Feature: 1.Jake Teague 2.Adam Beeler 3.Greg Martin 4.Robby Moses 5.James Kelso 6.Wilbur Hawkins 7.Chris Wilson 8.Sammie Russell […]
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