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What started as a year full of promise for a new crop of development drivers to restore the Nationwide Series to its rightful place as a development league for the future of stock car racing has quickly unraveled. Not surprisingly, John Wes Townley continued his struggles of 2009 even with …
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5 Points to Ponder: Cup Be Damned for the Shrub, JRM’s Ego & Mears’s Ride?
Tell me again why it was so important for JR Motorsports to dump Kelly Bires? Landon Cassill’s debut in JRM equipment resulted in an 18th-place finish, a result that equaled Bires’s worst finish of the 2010 season that didn’t involve a mechanical failure.
Read More »Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2010 O’Reilly 300 at Texas
It was business as usual at Texas Motor Speedway Monday. Despite Joey Logano‘s best efforts, Kyle Busch was able to charge to the lead on a late-race restart after dominating the late afternoon, scoring his third Nationwide Series win of 2010 and his fifth at Texas. Busch was unchallenged for …
Read More »A Dream Cut Short: Kelly Bires Latest Casualty of JR Motorsports’ Development
Talk about having the rug pulled out. With the announcement made that Kelly Bires has been terminated at JR Motorsports, the Nationwide Series has seen perhaps it’s most head-scratching driver swap since Mike Bliss got yanked at Phoenix Racing last season, and one of the earliest since, well, Phoenix Racing, …
Read More »Did You Notice? Petty’s Certain Death, Roush Sucker-punched & Earnhardt’s New Prodigy
Did You Notice? How Richard Petty Motorsports is facing almost certain death?
Read More »Full Throttle: What Have You Done For Me Lately, Kelly Bires?
Remember back in the 1980s and 1990s, when people would race at their local short track and some car owner would get a tip about what a hot shoe they were? The owner would give them a tryout, put them in a good late model or an ARCA car, and …
Read More »Kelly Bires Out of JRM No. 88, Mike Bliss Out of No. 36 for TBR
Two driver changes, one each in NASCAR’s Cup and Nationwide divisions, were announced Tuesday. In Cup, Mike Bliss was released as driver of the Wave Energy Drink Chevy for Tommy Baldwin Racing, replaced by Johnny Sauter for Texas and Talladega. Car owner Baldwin says Sauter is not the full-time replacement, …
Read More »Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 Up & Coming NASCAR Stars
The second off week of the season gives us a chance to take a step back, get a little creative, and play the role of “talent scout” for the power rankings this week. This time, our experts were asked to look into their crystal ball, ranking the top-20 prospects coming …
Read More »Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2010 Scotts Turf Builder 300 at Bristol
In the thick of the chase for the 2008 Nationwide Series title, Brad Keselowski snatched victory from the hands of eventual champion Clint Bowyer under the lights at Bristol Motor Speedway, capitalizing on the veteran’s only mistake of the night. On Saturday, the tables were turned; it was the spring …
Read More »5 Points to Ponder: 2010 Shootout Aftermath Edition
Wheeling a racecar that was loose and nearly an out of control, Jamie McMurray stole the show even from race winner Kevin Harvick, scoring an impressive third-place finish in his debut race in the EGR No. 1 car.
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