Score One for Johnson
Don't look now, but Jimmie Johnson has brought his "A" game to Homestead. In one of the most important qualifying runs of the year, the defending champ threw down a dynamite lap time to cement a top 10...
View Article'Twas the Night Before Homestead ...
'Twas the night before Homestead and all 'round the track, Palm trees were swaying in the tropical black. The drivers were tucked in their RVs with care, in the hopes that a trophy would tomorrow be...
View ArticleJohnson Has Nothing Left to Prove ... Almost
Jimmie Johnson hoists the Sprint Cup Championship trophy after claiming his fifth consecutive title at Homestead Miami Speedway. Love him or hate him, Jimmie Johnson is the man. He can win the Cup...
View ArticlePapis Makes a Pit Stop at Daytona
Daytona International Speedway is kinda like your Grandma's house on Thanksgiving - you just never know who's going to drop in with a homemade casserole. And although NASCAR driver Max Papis didn't...
View ArticleSmoke a Little Smoke ... All Year Long
If you're a fan of Tony Stewart, then a little Smoke is never enough.And while you may be upset that you can't see your favorite driver on TV in the off-season, the folks at Office Depot have something...
View ArticleJohnson Gets Even More "Perfect" - As If That Were Possible
His chase for the Sprint Cup may not have been perfect, but his rebound from a points deficit was about as flawless as you can get. So it's only right that five-time Sprint Cup champ Jimmie Johnson is...
View ArticleA NASCAR Christmas List
Now that "Team Earntarte" is a reality, Junior fans have reason to call Christmas merry. Logs are crackling in the fireplace. Lights are flickering on the tree. And marshmallows are melting their...
View ArticleSome NASCAR Holiday Reading: These Are a Few of My Favorite Blogs
While there are still a lot of worthy NASCAR blogs out there,one of my favorites, NASCAR This Week, will go dark later this month.There's one thing I love about the NASCAR off-season, and that's having...
View ArticleThe Twelfth NASCAR Day of Christmas: 12 Chasers Chasing
.One of the best things about the 2010 season, was that the Sprint Cup Chase was the closest in Chase history. Twelve drivers didn't just make the Chase, they made the Chase exciting. There were...
View ArticleThe Eleventh NASCAR Day of Christmas: 11 Car-a-Spinnin'
The team works on the No. 11 car before the start of the Ford 400 at Homestead. In addition to "Jimmie Johnson Wins Fifth Consecutive Title," the headline following Homestead could well have...
View ArticleThe Boys Are Back in Town
Cup cars hit the new pavement at Daytona for the first time Wednesday. For the first time since Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero 400 on July 3, race cars were back on track at...
View ArticleThe Tenth NASCAR Day of Christmas: 10 Years of Harvick
Kevin Harvick celebrated his tenth year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series in 2010. And boy, what a year it was. Harvick was the regular season champ and the perennial fan favorite. When the Chase...
View ArticleThe Ninth NASCAR Day of Christmas: 9 Car-a-Swappin'
Uncertainty. That's the word that best describes the state of Richard Petty Motorsports in 2010. It was a tough year for The King and those in his employ. They went from four cars to two. Lost...
View ArticleThe Eighth NASCAR Day of Christmas: 8 NASCAR Babies
Ryan and Chrissie Newman welcomed Brooklyn Sage on Nov. 18, 2010. In 2010, the Sprint Cup drivers' lot turned into Romper Room. And it's not because Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski got into a play...
View ArticleThe Seventh NASCAR Day of Christmas: Seventh Place for Stewart
Stewart takes a break with the Office Depot Foundation’s 2010 “Teddy B. Caring” holiday bear. The Office Depot Foundation donates a portion of proceeds from sales of the bear to help children and...
View ArticleThe Sixth NASCAR Day of Christmas: Six Weeks Suspension
Bowyer went from one to done after his car failed inspection post-Loudon. In NASCAR, fortune can turn on a dime. And no team knows that better than the No. 33 team of Clint Bowyer. The Richard...
View ArticleThe Fifth NASCAR Day of Christmas: Five in a Row
Jimmie Johnson celebrates each of his five championship wins - from 2006 to 2010. Cale Yarborough didn't do it. Dale Earnhardt didn't do it. Even King Petty didn't do it. But Jimmie Johnson, a kid...
View ArticleThe Fourth NASCAR Day of Christmas: Four for Ganassi
When Jamie McMurray returned to the Earnhardt-Ganassi fold, he brought a wave of good karma with him. Coming off a lackluster 2009, McMurray was visibly thrilled to have a full-time ride in 2010. And...
View ArticleThe Third NASCAR Day of Christmas: Three Rowdy Wins
In many ways 2010 was a banner year for Kyle Busch. He got engaged to Samantha Sarcinella. He started his own race team, Kyle Busch Motorsports. He finished eighth in the Chase, and he won three Cup...
View ArticleThe Second NASCAR Day of Christmas: Two Fighting Jeffs
Sometimes the cosmic force behind NASCAR gives fans a gift that is so unexpectedly wonderful, it lives in the annals of racing lore for years. And the fight between Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton at...
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