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Mark Martin is Back, Advice for Danica and Purse Payouts
NASCAR This is what retirement is supposed to be like. “This is so much fun,’’ Mark Martin said after his third-place finish last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Well, the 53-year-old Mart...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Hendrick Motorsports, Michael Waltrip Racing, NASCAR, purse money

NASCAR Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro 1. Greg Biffle  Cemented his status as the points leader with an impressive win in Texas. Biffle has yet to finish worse than 13th this season, and is looking forward ...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, NASCAR, Power Rankings, Texas

Greg Biffle Wins in Texas
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro The NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings have always been more consistency-based than win-centric. This season alone, two-time race winner Tony Stewart found himself third in th...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, recap, Samsung Mobile 500, Texas

Sizing Up NASCAR's 2013 Hall of Fame Class
NASCAR by Vito Pugliese The 25 nominees for the 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame class were announced Thursday in Charlotte, NC. A mix of pioneers, drivers, owners and promoters pepper the list, and going thr...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Anne B. France, Benny Parsons, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Tim Flock

Pennell’s Picks: Fantasy NASCAR Trends at Texas
NASCAR The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series shrugs off the much-needed weekend off and heads to Texas Motor Speedway for this Saturday night's Samsung Mobile 500. Anytime the series makes its way to the high-...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Fantasy NASCAR, Jay Pennell, Texas

Backseat Drivers Fan Council
NASCAR 2012 surprises, tips for the track and listening to NASCAR on SiriusXM Radio by Dustin Long A weekend without racing didn’t mean that the Backseat Drivers Fan Council had a break. While o...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Backseat Drivers Fan Council, camping, Dustin Long, Michael Waltrip Racing, NASCAR, Sirius XM Radio

Waiting on Bruton's Bristol Plan and a Return to "The Rock"
NASCAR THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT by Dustin Long Everybody is waiting. It’s been nearly two weeks since Bruton Smith said that he would order changes to Bristol Motor Speedway’s track surfac...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Andy Hillenburg, Bristol, Bruton Smith, NASCAR, Rockingham Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway

NASCAR's Comers and Go'ers
NASCAR Taking Stock of the 2012 Sprint Cup at the Easter Break Six weeks into the 2012 NASCAR season, the Sprint Cup Series heads into the first of only two off-weekends of the year. With no race this...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, 2012, Chad Knaus, Hendrick Motorsports, Jay Pennell, NASCAR, Rick Hendrick, Roush Fenway Racing, Sprint Cup Series, Stewart-Haas Racing

NASCAR Throwing Caution to the Wind
NASCAR Exploring the lack of yellow flags in the Sprint Cup Series this season by Tom Bowles For years, NASCAR has given new meaning to the phrase “contact sport.” With 43 cars in close proxim...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, caution flag, Daytona, jet dryer fire, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Backseat Drivers Fan Council
NASCAR by Dustin Long Members of the Backseat Drivers Fan Council had much to talk about in regards to Martinsville. From their thoughts on David Reutimann trying to make it to the end but causing a l...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, David Reutimann, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Backseat Drivers Fan Council, Bristol, Dustin Long, Martinsville, NASCAR, Truck Series

Have Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus Lost Their Edge?
NASCAR THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT by Dustin Long Tony Stewart ended Jimmie Johnson’s championship reign last year but are NASCAR fans witnessing an end of an era? For a driver who, on average, onc...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Alan Kulwicki, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, John Wes Townley, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Chad Knaus, Dustin Long, NASCAR, Tony Gibson

It's a Long Way to the Top for Michael Waltrip Racing
NASCAR by Vito Pugliese “I’m sorry guys, I just … can’t drive my racecar …” Those words, tinged with embarrassment, pain and reservation, served as both the low point and springboard f...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Brian Vickers, Clint Bowyer, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip, 2012, Michael Waltrip Racing, MWR, NASCAR, Toyota

Backseat Drivers Fan Council
NASCAR by Dustin Long Five races into the season and a few drivers expected to make the Chase are struggling. Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne both are outside the top 20 in ...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Backseat Drivers Fan Council, Dustin Long, NASCAR

Pennell’s Picks: Fantasy NASCAR Trends at Martinsville
NASCAR by Jay Pennell Few sports crisscross the United States quite like NASCAR, and with that, the Sprint Cup Series returns to the East Coast this weekend for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martin...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Fantasy, Martinsville, NASCAR

NASCAR Wrestling with Awkward Realties After HMS Penalty Overturned
News by Tom Bowles Are you a NASCAR fan? No? Well then this first paragraph doesn’t pertain to you. But if you’re a diehard, I want you to do me a favor. Pretend you’ve never heard about this ...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News

Backseat Drivers Fan Council
News by Dustin Long Thousands of empty seats on Sunday have created questions about Bristol and the racing there. Members of the Backseat Drivers Fan Council discussed the matter and voted for which...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News

Chad Knaus Penalty Overturned
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro The National Stock Car Racing Chief Appellate Officer, John Middlebrook, reduced a penalty handed down by NASCAR to Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 team on Tuesday. Middlebroo...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Jimmie Johnson, appeal, C-post, Chad Knaus, Hendrick Motorsports, John Middlebrook, NASCAR, penalties, Rick Hendrick

The Long and Short of It: Keselowski sees benefit in running Nationwide Series
NASCAR by Dustin Long What some fans say is wrong with NASCAR is what Brad Keselowski says was right for him. Keselowski credits running against Cup drivers in what was then called the Busch Series fo...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Deny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Travis Pastrana, Bristol, Dustin Long, NASCAR

The New King of the Mountains
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro There’s something about the half-mile Bristol bullring in East Tennessee that lends itself to certain drivers. NASCAR Hall of Famers Cale Yarborough (nine wins), Darrel...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Bristol, Food City 500, NASCAR

Pennell’s Picks: Fantasy NASCAR Trends at Bristol
NASCAR by Jay Pennell It's Bristol, baby! This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the hills of East Tennessee for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. NASCAR’s modern day Colo...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Bristol, Fantasy NASCAR, Food City 500, predictions

Oh, Say, Can You C-Post
NASCAR by Vito Pugliese You could forgive team owner Rick Hendrick if he now believes NASCAR really is an acronym standing for “Never Appeal Suspensions for Chad And Ron”. Following Tuesday’...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Jimmie Johnson, appeal, C-post, Chad Knaus, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR, penalties, Rick Hendrick

Backseat Drivers Fan Council
NASCAR by Dustin Long Does qualifying matter? Are fans watching? Is there a better way? Those were among some of the questions members of the Backseat Drivers Fan Council debated this week, along with...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Danica Patrick, Backseat Drivers Fan Council, Dustin Long, NASCAR

Hendrick Penalty Upheld
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel upheld NASCAR penalties against Hendrick Motorsports and crew chief Chad Knaus on Tuesday. Knaus was fined $100,000 and, along...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR, National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel, Rick Hendrick, Ron Malec, upheld

The Long and Short of It: NNS Renaissance, Gordon's Flip & Baby Otis
NASCAR by Dustin Long Have you noticed the oddity already taking place in NASCAR this season? Don’t see it? Look at the Nationwide Series where all three races have been won by drivers not c...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Trevor Bayne, Cole Whitt, Danica Patrick, DeLana Harvick, Dustin Long, Elliott Sadler, Harvick's baby, NASCAR, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

NASCAR Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro 1. Greg Biffle  Biffle’s team was the one under the Roush Fenway banner that laid low during the offseason. The result has been third-place finishes across the board...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, NASCAR, Power Rankings

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