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Nov 2 2011 - 3:41pm

Let the Good Times Roll...

Well, it's not really a return to the good old days when sponsors were crawling all over themselves to get into NASCAR, but it's a start.Tuesday's press conference to announce that Quicken Loans would be on Ryan Newman's No. 39 Chevrolet for nine...

Nov 1 2011 - 12:09pm

Here We Are...

After the Melee at Martinsville (or Brian Vickers’ Revenge), here’s where we stand.Carl Edwards coughed up six points from his lead, but still maintains it with three races remaining. Tony Stewart beat Hendrick and Jimmie Johnson at its own game at...

Oct 28 2011 - 3:58pm

Wet and Wild

Raindrops are fallin’ on their heads in Martinsville, which means that it’s going to be an interesting weekend in the land of pink hot dogs and the huggy-pole bump and grind.The fall race at Martinsville is one of those events that lets you know the...

Oct 26 2011 - 9:07am

Told Ya...

The race at Talladega in the fall has always been a wild-card sort of undertaking. You could race all day without contact of any kind and wind up sliding across the finish line on the roof, or beat and bang and spin and end up winning the darn thing. ...

Oct 20 2011 - 3:30pm

Back to the Future

Fuel injection is, for NASCAR, a big leap forward. Up to now, the cars have been carbureted.The last car made in this country with a carburetor and not fuel injection was in the 1980s, and while I love the '80s, being a child of that decade, there's a...

Oct 19 2011 - 3:11pm

Cue the Creepy Halloween Music

Talladega is coming...hide the women and children and hunker down, because the beast is hungry.It's not Hallow-Dega as it has been the past few years, and the race is in the daylight, but it's a scary place nonetheless.Check out my take in the iNSIDE...

Oct 19 2011 - 3:08pm

Rollin' the Dice

This week’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup stop is the lovely little town of Talladega, Ala., a stone’s throw from Atlanta and a short trip on the wild side for the Chasers.To call the 188-lap race a crapshoot is to be less than honest. It’s a...

Oct 18 2011 - 4:32pm

The Last Word

Since the tragic events of Sunday at Las Vegas have been rehashed and enough grief, blame and sorrow has been applied, we won't go into what happened specifically.Suffice it to say that Dan Wheldon was killed in a monster crash on a 1.5-mile oval, and...

Oct 17 2011 - 4:36pm

Saturday a Blast, Sunday a Bummer

Saturday's Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup happenings at Charlotte were, alternately boring and exciting.Sunday's major news event was a tragedy of epic proportions.On Saturday, Matt Kenseth went large and won the Bank of America 500, while Jimmie...

Oct 14 2011 - 2:45pm

Down to the Nitty-Gritty

Charlotte's fall race is usually a watershed for the series.In years past, it was where all the sponsor/driver moves were made, announcements and the like. Recently, it's become the place where Chases are won and...Chase hopes go to wither on the...