Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Taming Charlotte’s Beast of the Southeast
Charlotte is a fast track that offers a big challenge to teams this weekend. The race transitions from daylight to night and is the longest on the schedule.
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Mirror Driving: Tony the Title Contender?, a NASCAR-IRL Promotional Blunder & Waltrip Playing Favorites
Welcome to Mirror Driving. Every week, your favorite columnists sit down and give their opinion about the latest NASCAR news and rumors. Love us or hate us, make a comment below and tell us how you feel about what we’ve said! This Week’s Participants: Beth Lunkenheimer (Tuesdays/Running Your Mouth & Various/Frontstretch Truck Series Reporter) Vito Pugliese (Wednesdays/Voice …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Sprint Cup: 2009 All-Star Race at Charlotte Edition
Tony Stewart took Lowe’s Motor Speedway by storm Saturday night, as the driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevy smelled victory and found it in the 25th annual All-Star Race. Stewart’s first win as a driver/owner and first All-Star win came in a race that saw tepid-at-best racing in the first three segments …
Side by Side: Is the Daytona 500 Now Bigger than the Indy 500?
Editor’s Note: The following is a special edition of Frontstretch‘s Side by Side. Occasionally throughout the season, two of your favorite Frontstretch writers will duke it out in a debate concerning one of NASCAR’s biggest stories. Don’t let us be the only ones to speak our minds, though… be sure to read both sides and …
Top 10 Ways Tony Stewart Will Spend His Million
10. A new, and this time housebroken, monkey.
Numbers Game: 2009 Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte
1 – Number of times winner Tony Stewart led the Sprint All-Star Race Saturday.
Fan’s View: Penske Teams Running Up Front – What’s With That?
Roger Penske is no newcomer, bringing entries to the Cup Series since 1972, yet he has never enjoyed the superstar status achieved by the more notable Hendrick.
5 Points to Ponder: NASCAR Notes From All-Star Week
One of the popular debates during Saturday night’s Frontstretch live blog was the debate of whether the NASCAR All-Star Race should be run at Charlotte.
Happy Hour: NASCAR Should Reconsider the 4 Cars Per Team Rule
At Darlington this past weekend, three of the top-five finishing cars were from Hendrick Motorsports. The other two got their engines from Hendrick. A part-time Hendrick team finished seventh, making six out of the top seven either Hendrick or Hendrick-affiliated teams. It was domination from one team that has rarely been seen in a single …
Beyond the Cockpit: Anne-Marie Rhodes – Miss Sprint Cup
You see her in victory lane after every race and sometimes you see double. Both Anne- Marie Rhodes and Monica Palumbo have been the faces of the reincarnation of Miss Winston, playing a similar role for mobile giant Nextel and then Sprint after Sprint bought out the company and assumed the title sponsorship of the …