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Thompson in Turn 5: Kurt Busch, Welcome Back
Largely lost in the hubbub surrounding Sunday’s action-packed contest at Talladega Superspeedway that culminated with a spectacular crash, a win by a part-time Sprint Cup driver with only five starts under his belt and surprising finishes by the likes of Scott Speed, Joey Logano and Marcos Ambrose was the fact that Kurt Busch is now leading …
Fanning the Flames: Making Sense of the Talladega Mayhem
Talladega never leaves us with a lack of things to discuss, huh? Interesting stuff from you guys this week, so I’ll not waste your time with some cute opening. Q: Why is everyone complaining about the [Talladega] finish? The fence held! The drivers walked away! It worked like it was supposed to! Let them race …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Remembering David Poole (1959-2009)
Things have changed so much in our sport the last few years, there’s not much left that’s stayed the same. But one of those things I could always count on for the past 13 years was logging onto ThatsRacin.com an hour or so after the race to get David Poole’s take on the event and …
Voices From the Heartland: A Yellow-Line Rant of a Different Color
What a difference a half a year makes! A little over six months ago, we had a lot to write about after the race at Talladega. Seems that a mostly unknown rookie almost won a Cup race at Talladega. That man was Regan Smith. Without rehashing the whole ordeal, in short, Regan was forced below …
Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: NASCAR Beating & Banging in the Capital of the South
With Talladega in the rearview mirror, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series turns to the cozier confines of Richmond International Raceway and good ol’ fashioned short tracking this week. But while the Series’ last downforce race at Phoenix offered a glimpse of who you’d expect to contend in Virginia’s capital, don’t discount what happened last Sunday. …
What’s Vexing Vito: 1st Plymouth, Now Pontiac – Legendary Performance & NASCAR Name Plate Sacrificed in Favor of Big, Ugly, Stupid Buicks
This week, it was announced that General Motors is pulling the plug on Pontiac. The brand that brought us so many legendary nameplates such as the GTO, Trans Am, Grand Prix and Bonneville will be put out to pasture with the rest of America’s storied nameplates such as Plymouth, Studabaker and AMC. I don’t know …
Mirror Driving: Keselowski’s Sprint Cup Future, Yanking the Yellow-Line Rule & Super Bowl-Sized Issues for Daytona
Brad Keselowski won in just his fifth career Cup start at Talladega this past weekend. In 2010 and beyond, what does Keselowski’s Cup Series future hold?
Did You Notice? Tragic NASCAR Death Reminder to Push for a Higher Standard
In four years of covering the NASCAR beat, I never “officially” met David Poole. But you don’t have to know him to understand. The word is beloved and the year is 2006. I’m asked to speak for a documentary about the past, present and future of NASCAR. The producer, a friend, chooses three writers to …
Top 10 Things Going Through Carl Edwards’s Mind on that Last Lap
10. “C’mon Kes, time to hook up! We gots to go!”
Voice of Vito: Talladega Flights – Massive Crash Highlights Superspeedway’s Continued Conflicts
As you may have noticed, much of the action that many have become accustomed to in NASCAR has been absent over the last few weeks. Matt Kenseth winning back-to-back races was nice, and it surely did many good to see Mark Martin back in victory lane. For the most part, however, this has been a …
Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Aaron’s 499 at Talladega
The wildcard that is restrictor-plate racing at Talladega certainly mixed up our rankings as much as it mixed up the standings. The Big Ones led to big changes for our experts, as multiple drivers received first-place votes and just two of 15 stayed in the same position that they occupied last week. The race ended …
Full Throttle: So Much for Emotion in the New NASCAR
Last year Brian France told everyone that he wanted to see more emotion out of the drivers. The fans wanted to see that drivers were human and actually got excited about their sport. The sanitized, corporate pitch men were supposed to be replaced by passionate racers who were out there for the love of the …
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