Who… gets my shoutout of the race? While the All-Star Race is largely comprised of race winners whose talents fans are familiar with, the addition of drivers via the last-chance Open means that sometimes a driver fans don’t expect shares the spotlight. Saturday night was like that. It wasn’t a …
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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? For a small team, finishing in the top 10 at Talladega Superspeedway is a great showing, but such performance is a lot more likely at a restrictor-plate track than at an intermediate, where aerodynamics rule the day and speed comes with a premium …
Read More » Who… gets my shoutout of the race? Kyle Busch’s drivetrain failed in dramatic fashion. Erik Jones never found his mojo. Denny Hamlin was fast, finishing seventh, but he wasn’t the fastest Joe Gibbs Racing driver Sunday. That driver was Daniel Suarez, who quietly put together a career-best third-place finish, his …
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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? While David Ragan was putting on a restrictor-plate driving clinic, he’s strong enough that it’s almost expected that he’ll run well. He finished sixth for a Front Row Motorsports team which rarely cracks the top 20. Less expected was the strong run of …
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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? The knock on Jimmie Johnson has long been that his cars were better than the driver was. This year, he’s proving the opposite to be true. Johnson finished sixth after being mired in the 20s in the first half of the race. It …
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Who…gets my shoutout of the race? Still don’t think Darrell Wallace Jr. is the real deal? Were you watching Monday? Wallace’s 16th-place finish is absolutely not indicative of the day he had, at one point powering his No. 43 past the likes of Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. That put …
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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? With finishes of 16th, 19th, 36th, 26th, 17th and 26th to open the season ahead of last weekend’s Easter break, Jamie McMurray was looking rough nearly a quarter of the way through NASCAR’s regular season. Sitting 26th in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series …
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Who…gets my shoutout of the race? Most of Monday’s top 10 finishers raced in that pack for most of the day. Seven scored points in both of the first two stages. And then there was Alex Bowman. Bowman, who started 16th, lurked in the top 15 for much of the …
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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Jimmie Johnson drove his way to his first top 10 since Charlotte last fall. After a miserable start to the year, the ninth-place run was a bright spot in what’s been a difficult year for Hendrick Motorsports in …
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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? It’s hard not to be impressed by Aric Almirola in the short time he’s been in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 10 ride so far. He hasn’t finished lower than 13th this season, and this week at ISM Raceway scored his best finish of …
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