Running Their Mouth: 2007 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what a select few were thinking following the Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Bobby Labonte
Matt McLaughlin’s Driver Handicaps: 2007 Charlotte Fall Race Edition
Jeff Gordon – Gordon has won here four times, including the 1994 World 600 to score his first ever Cup Series victory. (Has it really been 13 years? Wow). But he’s in a pronounced slump at LMS right now, having failed to finish the last five points races here. Jimmie Johnson – Johnson refers to …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not: Outside the Chase After the 2007 UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega
With another Chase race under our belts, it’s time to take a look at how some of the non-Chasers performed in Talladega this Sunday.
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2007 Talladega Fall Race Recap
A shove from the No. 22 car of Dave Blaney gave Jeff Gordon enough momentum to pass his teammate on the last lap at Talladega.
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: Villeneuve, Montoya Not Terrified by Talladega
Making his first Cup start Jacques Villeneuve shocked the NASCAR world by turning in the sixth-fastest qualifying time, easily making the Talladega field.
Matt McLaughlin’s Driver Handicaps: 2007 Talladega Fall Race Edition
Jimmie Johnson – Johnson has been on a roll at Talladega as of late: he won here last spring and finished second in April. He almost won last fall’s Talladega event, as well; that is, before former teammate Brian Vickers crashed the little party Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Johnson were staging on the final lap …
Matt McLaughlin’s Driver Handicaps: 2007 Lifelock 400 at Kansas Edition
Jeff Gordon – Gordon won the first two Cup races at Kansas and finished fifth in his third start at the track. He hasn’t had a top five here since then, though, and last year suffered a mechanical DNF. Tony Stewart – Stewart won this race last year, coasting to the finish line out of …
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2007 Lifelock 400 at Kansas Edition
Week three of the Chase finds the traveling road show in the Heartland of America at Kansas Speedway, the newest of the “cookie-cutter” tracks that have come to dominate the schedule in recent years. The first of five intermediate events on the rest of this year’s schedule, the race should give fantasy team owners a …
Matt McLaughlin’s Driver Handicaps: 2007 Dover Fall Race
Jimmie Johnson – Johnson won both Cup races at Dover in 2002, as well as this event in 2005. He has top-10 finishes in seven of 11 Cup starts here – but has missed the mark the last two times out. Jeff Gordon – It’s a tale of two tracks for Gordon. On the plus side, …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not OUTSIDE the Chase: 2007 Sylvania 300 at Loudon Edition
NASCAR’s playoffs may be full steam ahead after Loudon – but that doesn’t mean the other 31 drivers stop racing each week. Whether they’re building momentum for 2008, out there fighting for a job or just infused with the plain ol’ desire to win, each one has something to strive for as the races wind …