A rumbling undercurrent of conversation around this season’s NASCAR Sprint Cup broke through in a geyser last Sunday. When Joey Logano confronted Kevin Harvick after a perceived slight late in the Pocono race, it marked a breakaway from the go-along, get-along nice-guy persona he’s displayed so far in his career. (Image credit: Flickr member: plstt [...]
Who’s Racing Where? Kicking off race week all over the map: NASCAR Sprint Cup: Michigan International Speedway: Sunday, 1pm Eastern NASCAR CampingWorld Truck Series: Companion race at Michigan: Saturday, 1:30pm Eastern NASCAR Nationwide Series: Kentucky Speedway: Saturday, 7:30pm Eastern Formula 1: Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Sunday, 12:00noon Eastern NHRA: Supernationals, Old Bridge Township [...]
Emotional Roller Coaster Runs Through Pocono After the quickest track-drying operation in recent memory, the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target at Pocono went from near washout to nearly washing out its bored audience to a drama-filled finish. In a race marred by two of the most welcome phantom debris cautions ever, Denny Hamlin [...]
Thoughts, prayers and “thank goodness-es” for Simona de Silvestro after a horrible wreck experience at Texas. Racer David Richert offers some perspective in a Winnepeg Free Press guest column. (Yes, I guess we have to depend on the Canadians to cut through the fog.) Saturday night played host to the Firestone 550 at Texas Motor [...]
@NASCAR_RealTime counting on a Quick yellow? #nascar By JJFan1993 at 06/06/2010 18:09 i hope @AJDinger wins this race. #FairWeatherFanHasReturned #NASCAR By beallhigh26 at 06/06/2010 18:09 I’m a fair-weather AJ fan, too. He’s good when he’s good! Should be a great finish! #NASCAR By Flavorofdasouth at 06/06/2010 18:09 Crazy, ain’t it? Lousy race, GREAT FINISH! Crazy, [...]
Racing on a windy, wet day in Long Pond, PA From ESPN’s David Newton He’s the one scowling? More Twitter photo fun after the jump:
It would not be race week in Texas, especially IndyCar race week in Texas, if somebody didn’t don an engagingly inappropriate cowboy hat. Who better than Will Power? (Sorry. No embedding. It’s worth the click) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4PL4Ung_zA IndyCar Practice Highlights from YouTube Practice 2 Highlights from Texas Highlights from practice two for the IZOD IndyCar Series [...]
Todd Bodine loves him some Texas Motorspeedway, don’t he? Something about that place brings out the tough guy in those truck racers, and Todd’s 6th victory proves he’s tough enough to tangle with any of them. A strong performance, with enough stamina to hold on through the green-white-checkers, all just to get to this: More [...]
TMS always seems to rock the truck races. Maybe it’s something about trucks in Texas, but the fans, the heat and the energy of those trucks seems to bring out something unique and awesome. Let’s hope that carries over into tonite’s race. 8:30 pm (Eastern,) according to NASCAR’s broadcast schedule. IndyCars, on the other hand, [...]
Winding down the work week just means race week is hitting its stride. Friday is a big day on NASCAR’s senior circuit, and this week is no different as the teams puzzle over and ponder Pocono. An Honest Man! Yahoo’s Jay Busbee always adds a unique style and flavor to racing commentary. A true blogger, [...]