Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 Pocono Spring Race Recap
Champagne showered down on Jeff Gordon at Pocono Sunday, marking his second Cup victory of 2011 and the first multi-win season in four years for the Rainbow Warrior.”
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Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 World 600 Race Recap
Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran out of gas exiting the fourth corner on the final lap, allowing Kevin Harvick to streak by and claim his third win of the season.
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 Bristol Spring Race Recap
Kyle Busch’s team got the No. 18 car off pit road first on the final stop and while Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson kept him honest at the end there was no catching Busch.
Fan’s View: NASCAR Drivers, Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em
The sport of automobile racing has always evoked deep feelings within its fans both for the sport and for individual participants within the sport. Over the years, the icons of the sport have always seen a dichotomy amongst the fans. The fans of the big names have always been intensely loyal, and the detractors of …
No Bull: Random Thoughts on NASCAR Whiners, Plates & Winners Entering 2011
Is there a more vocal segment of a fanbase in sports – outside of the loud minority of Nebraska football fans – than the unsilent minority of NASCAR whiners?
5 Points to Ponder: Hamlin the Hunted, Pastrana/Patrick Peril & to the Aggressor Go the Spoils
Fresh off what was admittedly an incredible performance at Martinsville in the spring that landed him a grandfather clock, I penned a column that Denny Hamlin had effectively ended his year.
Happy Hour: What Are They Buying With the Danica Patrick Hype?
Where I live in South Jersey, you will occasionally see billboards for upcoming races at Dover International Speedway. A few days ago I drove by one with Danica Patrick’s face plastered on the billboard even larger that the words “Dover International Speedway.”
Fanning the Flames: Kyle Busch’s Pink Car, Tony Stewart’s Momentum & Jeff Gordon’s Mustache
I get the impression that there aren’t a lot of Kyle Busch fans out there. Oh, I know he has his little sect of followers, but it’s safe to say he’s more heel than hero. Yet while he’s such a polarizing figure, I think the one thing we all agree on concerning Kyle is the …
Beyond the Cockpit: Diversity Pioneer Lyn St. James
To some racing fans, particularly those of the stock car persuasion, Lyn St. James is not a household name. This notion is somewhat understandable, as the Willoughby, Ohio native never raced nationally in stock cars and did not even make her Indy 500 debut until 1992 – at the age of 47. But James’s ephemeral …
No Bull: Bad Calls Can Quickly Cost You Credibility
While NASCAR raced at open-wheel’s hallowed ground on Sunday, IndyCar stole the spotlight hours after the checkered flag flew at Indianapolis. As Helio Castroneves led the field to the green flag and a restart on lap 92 of the 95-lap Honda Edmonton Indy, he stayed to the inside portion of the frontstretch as the field …