The Yellow Stripe: Who Would Be the Best NASCAR Champ for 2011?
Here’s a quick look at each of the 12 drivers (in the current points standings) with some thoughts on what type of champion and ambassador for the sport they would be.
Here’s a quick look at each of the 12 drivers (in the current points standings) with some thoughts on what type of champion and ambassador for the sport they would be.
Take a look at some of the sport’s big controversies and how we, the Frontstretch Staff think they’ll turn out in a wide-ranging edition of Fact or Fiction.
Since I don’t want to pick nits, I’m going to jointly blame NASCAR and Goodyear for the type of racing we’ve been saddled with this year.
In a mystery suitable for Scooby-Doo, Tony Stewart gave a cryptic quote about deadweight being lifted off of his shoulders.
Two weeks in a row, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race came down to fuel mileage. Two weeks in a row, Tony Stewart came out on the winning end.
The new face of the Chase was the 1.5-mile cookie cutter in Chicagoland and the 400-miler played out just as anyone would have expected.
Once again, Mother Nature decided that it’s just not right for NASCAR to be run on Sundays and postponed the race to another Monday morning extravaganza.
The Chase is officially underway and after opening for the first time in Chicagoland, the Windy City blew the standings for a loop.
Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson battled until the crew chiefs screamed, “Save fuel!” and everyone ran like a cop was pointing a radar gun.
1.) Will the Jimmie Johnson/Kurt Busch feud carry into the Chase?
For such a long season, the NASCAR calendar sure does seem to fly by. With 26 races in the books, we now arrive at the pay window.
Without further ado, here is my take on how the final NASCAR Cup standings will play out.
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