This weekend the NASCAR haulers head down to the Northwest portion of the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex area, the Texas Motor Speedway. OUR TEXAS SELECTIONS As the title to this post reveals, both Mr. Seven-Time, Jimmie Johnson, and Sliced Bread, Joey Logano, seem to have a good following down there in the suburbs of Bid D…
Chase Elliott emerged from what began as a wet-weather wild-card race with a decisive victory Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval as the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs field was trimmed from 12 title-eligible drivers to eight. Elliott continued his recent mastery with his fourth straight road-course win, posting a 3.895-second margin of victory in…
Kurt Busch locked up his first victory of the NASCAR Cup Series season Sunday, opening the postseason’s Round of 12 by winning the South Point 400 as a hometown favorite at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch’s No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet led 29 of the 268 laps, claiming a .148-second margin of victory at…
Well the summer days are beginning to wane, but everyday the Sun keeps popping up in the East, despite of all the bad news of COVID and all the destructive fires from the mountains in my home state of CA. If ain’t one thing, it is another! But “every day gets a little stronger, every…
Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Cole Custer roared to his first Cup Series victory Sunday afternoon at Kentucky Speedway, emerging from a late-race restart with a bold four-wide move just after the white flag. Driving the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Ford, Custer led just five of the 267 laps in the Quaker State 400…
As the clock ticked toward 2 a.m. on Monday, in a race delayed by rain for nearly four hours, Erik Jones claimed the most important victory of his career in the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. With his contract status at Joe Gibbs Racing a source of speculation throughout much of the current Monster…
Denied victory at Daytona by an inopportune pit call last Sunday, Kurt Busch drove like lightning in a two-lap overtime dash to the finish to win Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Swapping sheet metal with brother Kyle Busch as the siblings battled for the victory throughout the overtime, Busch collected his first…
Given the statistics, you might think Joey Logano ran away with Monday’s rain-delayed Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Yes, Logano led 163 of 203 laps at the two-mile track in the Irish Hills. He had the fastest car in qualifying on Saturday and the fastest car in the 15th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series…
This week the NASCAR haulers, after offloading the crumpled sheet metal at their respective shops, will be heading southwest out their facility in Charlotte on I-85 with Georgia on their minds. Their destination is the greater Atlanta metro area. In actuality, they will be heading to the southeast suburb of Hampton, GA and the Atlanta…
As most of you who read my Wednesday post know I generally try to talk a little bit about the upcoming race track’s history and geography. Well, for those of you who have not been to the Daytona International Speedway there is a surprise when you arrive there. It sits right to the north of…
