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Dec 1 2011 - 4:50pm

Banquet Fever

The NASCAR awards banquet has always been an excuse for country mice to enjoy city life (and that's not a slam; I went to nine of them in New York, and that was the reality), but I'm not sure anyone is ready for four days of partying in Las Vegas after...

Nov 30 2011 - 3:01pm

The Talk Heard 'Round the World..of NASCAR

Tony Stewart had already let Darian Grubb know he wasn't coming back for 2012 prior to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.How they pulled off winning the whole darn ball of string at the end is a story that won't wait to be told. Part of it you can...

Nov 30 2011 - 2:57pm

The Call

In Las Vegas this week, Tony Stewart confirmed what most of us had guessed: the decision to go a different direction in terms of crew chief Darian Grubb was made before the Chase ever started.You heard me.Stewart sat down with Grubb and they had The...

Nov 29 2011 - 2:43pm

Changing Faces Dot '12 Outlook

How does this grab you?“The new driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, from Unadilla, Ga…David Ragan!”It could happen, given the Ford team’s hopes of attracting sponsors and doing something other than filling NASCAR’s 43-car fields.It could...

Nov 28 2011 - 3:43pm

Changing the Players

As was reported here last month, Steve Addington is the new crew chief for Tony Stewart beginning right now. Darian Grubb? He is not the crew chief for anyone right now.That might sound strange, given that he and Stewart just ripped off five victories...

Nov 23 2011 - 12:16pm

Game Over

Tony Stewart set the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet on stun Sunday night, and blasted his way to a third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title.Not to flog a run-down equine, but it was perhaps the finest moment in a career filled with big moments for...

Nov 21 2011 - 3:49pm

Bearing Up

Carl Edwards stood up and took whatever came his way.He was ticked off, upset, unhappy and despondent, in no particular order, after losing the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup title to Tony Stewart on Sunday night, but he handled it like a man.Once out of the...

Nov 18 2011 - 3:19pm

Best Man Wins

More than anything, Sunday’s battle for the NASCAR Sprint Cup trophy focuses on the men who push the loud pedal inside their respective cars.Sure, you can make the case that the machine has to match the man, but that’s a given. Just as the driver has...

Nov 16 2011 - 4:37pm

SCOOP is Up...Awaiting Your Comment!

The definitive Bill James Stat version of the iNSIDE Scoop is now posted, and for all you stat geeks out there, it's required reading.Click here to take a look at the numbers, and then make your call based upon them! Countin' on ya!

Nov 16 2011 - 4:35pm

Who's Got the Edge?

Which one of the two competitors remaining for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title has the best record at Homestead?Would you believe…neither?According to NASCAR, Edwards has two victories, four top-fives, six top-10s and two poles at...