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Bringing the Heat: Jerry Nadeau Talks Life After Racing, Pt. 1

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Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 Drivers You Aren’t Seeing on Sunday

Mar 25, 2008
The first off week of the season allowed our staff to take a look at the other racing series that NASCAR has to offer; as such, they did a little ranking of some other drivers that the fans love to follow. Whether they are seasoned veterans in the waning years of their career, or young …

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Top 10 Roush Fenway “Proprietary” Items Found in the Possession of “A” Toyota Team

Mar 25, 2008
10. A Roush Fenway internal memo titled “How To Get Into And Stay In The Top 35” in Michael Waltrip‘s back pocket. 9. Carl Edwards‘s golden ceremonial Gillette Young Guns shaver. Found next to the sink in Tony Stewart‘s motor coach, full of hair and right next to a torn-up coupon for a free waxing …

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Thompson in Turn 5: Open-Wheel Reunification a Lesson for NASCAR, Too!

Mar 25, 2008
One of the biggest U.S. motorsports stories of the last two decades occurred late last month, with the announcement that the Indy Racing League (IRL) and the Champ Car Word Series (CCWS) had agreed to merge. The news, however, garnered little more than a cursory nod from the stock car community, which seems reluctant to …

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The Yellow Stripe: Is Denny Hamlin Suffering a Junior Jinx?

Mar 24, 2008
In every episode of the hit Bravo TV show Project Runway, the delectable German supermodel Heidi Klum makes the solemn proclamation that, “In fashion, one day you’re in. The next you’re out.” Now, I realize you’re probably wondering if you clicked onto the wrong website, or if the esteemed editors of Frontstretch are playing some …

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Voice of Vito: 5 Ways to Save NASCAR From Itself

Mar 24, 2008
NASCAR was looking to be in rough shape towards the end of last season. Ratings were consistently down, attendance figures were beginning to wane and the general feeling amongst many fans was that the Cup Series party was over. Pessimism, not optimism, was the order of the day; the sport that had thrust itself into …

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Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in the Nationwide & Truck Series: 2008 Easter Edition

Mar 24, 2008
While Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck Series teams were home this Easter weekend – spending quality time with family and catching up on March Madness – the Nationwide Series spent Saturday afternoon roaring around Nashville Superspeedway, the series’ sixth stop this season. While this column is normally reserved for discussing the trends of the hottest …

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Confidentially, SPEED Excels While ESPN’s Chemistry Needs Work

Mar 24, 2008
Probably the best thing about racing television coverage over the Easter weekend, in my humble opinion, was the introduction of “NASCAR Confidential” by SPEED on Sunday evening. This was a fresh look at the 2008 Daytona 500, with some insights from some interesting people, including legendary photographer Warren T. Taylor. Taylor hasn’t missed a Great …

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The 2007 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookies: What Are They Up to Now?

Mar 24, 2008
As most of the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers took a week off from racing multi-colored cars in favor of cracking vibrant eggs, the rookie column was left on a little bit of an Easter Egg hunt of its own… trying to figure out how to fill this space for the week! Considering we’re only five …

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Bowles-Eye View: NCAA’s Cinderellas Reminder of NASCAR’s Fragile Glass Slipper

Mar 24, 2008
More than just the Easter Bunny occupied the NASCAR fans’ attention this weekend. Coinciding with the break in the Cup schedule was the beginning of the fastest-growing tournament-style sporting event to hit America each year; and as a result, race fan’s minds were busy being filled with basketballs, not Goodyears, this holiday season. With the …

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Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2008 Pepsi 300 at Nashville

Mar 24, 2008
The last 60 laps then saw Wimmer slowly run down Bowyer, finally making the pass for the lead with 21 laps to go to win the Pepsi 300 at Nashville.
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Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2008 Pepsi 300 at Nashville

Mar 24, 2008
Scott Wimmer ran down, then passed teammate Clint Bowyer with 21 laps to go for his first Nationwide Series win in five years at Nashville.
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10 Points to Ponder… During NASCAR’s Easter Break

Mar 24, 2008
1) Takes One to Know One! – Megastar comedian and TV personality Jeff Foxworthy talked NASCAR in a CNN interview this week, attempting to persuade host Glenn Beck that instead of taking in a race at Daytona, he would be better served going to Talladega, Ala. for his stock car racing experience. In fact, Foxworthy …

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