Driver Handicaps: 2007 USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Edition
Jeff Gordon – Gordon won this race last year and has top-five finishes in four of his six starts at Chicagoland.
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Matt McLaughlin’s Driver Handicaps: 2007 Firecracker 400 at Daytona
Jeff Gordon – Gordon’s Daytona record speaks for itself; he’s won a total of six points races there, most recently the 2005 Daytona 500. With the Hendrick teams on a roll at the plate tracks, that should make Gordon an automatic contender, right? Not quite; it has to be pointed out that Gordon has finished …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at Loudon Edition
The 1-mile flat track up in Loudon, N.H. proved as difficult as ever to pass on Sunday, but that didn’t stop a resurgent Jeff Gordon from giving it a shot. His last-lap battle with Denny Hamlin left the two side-by-side heading to the finish line; but in the end, Hamlin held on, squeaking out a …
Numbers Game: 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at Loudon
$235,775 – Denny Hamlin’s purse for winning the Lenox Industrial Tools 300.
Matt McLaughlin’s Driver Handicaps: 2007 New Hampshire Summer Race
Jeff Gordon – Gordon has three wins at Loudon, but none since 1998. In fact, his third-place finish at NHIS last fall put to bed a streak of three straight finishes outside of the top 10. But overall, Gordon has 13 top 10s in 24 career starts at this track – and do you want …
Mirror Driving: DEI on Edge? NASCAR Losing Credibility… Again?
Another questionable debris caution late bunched up the field and led to an exciting finish at California. Is NASCAR losing credibility “engineering” finishes?
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2007 Auto Club 500 at Fontana Edition
As the Cup Series put the Auto Club 500 in the books in Fontana, a state known for wildfires fueled the flames of several of Cup’s hottest drivers.
Matt McLaughlin’s 2007 Fontana Spring Race Driver Handicaps
Jimmie Johnson: Johnson scored his first-ever Cup victory at Fontana back in 2002 (yes, kids, they were racing stock cars way back in 2002). In addition, Johnson has scored three runner-up finishes at California, one of them in this race last year. That’s a total of four first or seconds in eight career Cup starts …
Matt McLaughlin’s 2007 Daytona 500 Driver Handicaps
Jimmie Johnson won last year’s Daytona 500 and his 32nd-place result in last year’s Firecracker 400 ended a streak of five top-six finishes at Daytona.
Top 10 Driver Excuses for Not Winning a NASCAR Pole in ’06
10. Mark Martin: “I didn’t HAVE to win one, I get in the Shootout forever-which is handy, ’cause that’s how long I’m gonna race!”