Happy Hour: Drivers Should Unite Again on Talladega
You can probably bank on this, too: now that Ryan Newman is OK, his airborne crash will be shown in the promo for the next Talladega race on FOX in April.
You can probably bank on this, too: now that Ryan Newman is OK, his airborne crash will be shown in the promo for the next Talladega race on FOX in April.
OK, I’m not going to tell any stories about back in the day with this writing. I’m going to voice my opinion on what to do about today’s racing and the tragedy that’s waiting to happen at Talladega and Daytona. However, I believe it bears talking about in this space because my personal remedy involves …
Almost before NASCAR could decide the results for Sunday’s AMP Energy 500 at Talladega, the sport announced they received awards for listening to their fans.
Talladega wasn’t a NASCAR race, it was a NASCAR show.
The Chase is winding down, and go figure, the No. 48 team is threatening to end the 2009 season well before the final race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnson has been on a tear of late, with top-two finishes at both Lowe’s Motor Speedway and the short track of Martinsville… not to mention surviving the …
The anti-NASCAR restrictor plate hating crowd had a heyday following the uneventful laps and the spectacular wrecks during the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega.
10. Realized that the fans in Fontana might be on to something and checked out the “shopping” under the grandstands.
NASCAR placed AJ Allmendinger on probation until Dec. 31 following a DUI arrest in North Carolina, citing “actions detrimental to stock car racing.”
One thing that is being said about Jamie McMurray that shouldn’t be said, is that he lucked into his victory at Talladega.
4 – number of times winner McMurray led the AMP Energy 500 Sunday.
We’re driving a safer car. There are soft walls at these crazy fast tracks. But before we get too excited by all that is going right, we need a reality check.
Racing at Talladega has often been called a “parade” by fans who don’t like restrictor plates, but this week actually looked like a parade.
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