The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will take a week off from points racing to reward its All-Star drivers. Saturday night will be the 29th running of the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon is tied with Jimmie Johnson for the most Sprint All-Star [...]
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If there was one person who best embodies the “bring me back the trophy or the steering wheel” attitude surrounding Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, it would be Kyle Busch. Busch, will drive the No. 18 SNICKERS Bites Toyota Camry Saturday [...]
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I think you can safely say the new NASCAR Sprint Cup Generation-6 car tamed the track Saturday night at Darlington Raceway. Obviously, you have to put Matt Kenseth in that same category, as well. For any driver, winning the Southern 500 is huge. Kenseth was so [...]
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It’s time for Power Rankings! After every race, we’ll opine about who we think is at the top of the Sprint Cup heap and how and why they got there. Remember, this isn’t scientific, as our formula is the perfect blend of analytics and bias against [...]
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In the days between last Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway and Saturday night’s event at Darlington Raceay, Kyle Busch has repeatedly stressed that he has nothing but respect and admiration for fellow driver Kasey Kahne. He reportedly told Kahne that by way of a [...]
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Reaching 700 starts is big in NASCAR. If you’ve made it to that number of races (especially consecutively like Jeff Gordon), you’ve no doubt had a storied career. And when you mark that 700th start by getting another top-5, to reach 300 top-5s in your 700 [...]
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Matt Kenseth has been compared to NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson more than once in his career for the way he lays back, saves his car and then comes on strong at the end. He certainly resembled him Saturday at a track where nobody has [...]
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Ryan Newman isn’t very happy with NASCAR’s lack of response to issues he has with restrictor-plate racing. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver blasted the governing body just short of being fined after Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, trying to send a message that changes are needed to [...]
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Kurt Busch ended up on top at Darlington Raceway a week after finishing upside-down at Talladega. Five days ago, Busch went airborne near the end of the Aaron’s 499 and crash landed on Ryan Newman. On Friday, Busch sped around Darlington with a fast lap of [...]
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Denny Hamlin doesn’t have a contingency plan for Darlington Raceway. He has every intention of running the entire race. Hamlin turned 23 laps last week at Talladega before turning the car over to relief driver Brian Vickers. It was Hamlin’s first race since suffering a compression [...]
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