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NASCAR Mid-Season Grades
NASCAR by Tom Bowles It’s hard to believe that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is already halfway through its regular season, but as the circuit heads to the melting mountains of Pocono, Pa., (seriousl...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro 1. Carl Edwards   Leads the series with seven top 5s and 10 top 10s through 13 races, including his most recent masterful performance — a fifth at Kansas. 2. J...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

High Plains Dealer
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro For the second week in a row, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and crew chief Steve Letarte played the fuel mileage game. And for the second week in a row, they came up just shy. In...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Tale of Three Drivers
NASCAR by Vito Pugliese Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 was its typical showcase of endurance, stamina and mechanical frailty — peppered with an F-bomb — and the cries of favoritism and foul luck for NAS...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Kansas Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Kansas City, Kan. Specs: 1.5-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turns: 15°; Banking/Tri-Oval: 10.4°; Banking/Backstretch: 5° 2010 Winner: Greg Biffle (...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Carl Edwards  The day faded to night at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Edwards’ car struggled to keep up. Regardless, he’s the man to beat on most weekends. ...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

"The Closer" Strikes Again
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Jimmie Johnson was still celebrating in Victory Lane at Auto Club Speedway on Feb. 21, 2010, when runner-up Kevin Harvick addressed the media and uttered a quote that still b...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Test of Man and Machine
NASCAR by Mike Neff Racing means many things to many people. There is the spectacle of the entire event, the crowds of people, the sounds and smells, strategy and pure speed. Perhaps the oldest — an...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Charlotte Motor Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Concord, N.C. Specs: 1.5-mile quad-oval; Banking/Turns: 24°; Banking/Straightaways: 5° 2010 Winners: Kurt Busch (May); Jamie McMurray (Oct.)...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Carl Edwards Not that an exhibition All-Star Race factors too heavily into the Horsepower Rankings, but Edwards was on top of the list before the race, then he won th...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Flippin' for Cash
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro The 2011 Sprint All-Star Race certainly wasn’t as dramatic as past editions. The conclusion was no where near as exciting — or destructive — as 1992’s “One Hot Nigh...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Rainbow Warrior-ed Out?
NASCAR by Tom Bowles If fans are fascinated with an athlete’s rise to greatness, they’re guilty of being further fixated on the fall. It’s the strange way dynasties work in competitive sports â€...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Carl Edwards  The bad news: Edwards’ finish at Dover was his worst since early April. The good news: He finished seventh. Yeah, that’s the type of year itâ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Gambling on a Pair
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro The top two drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings were the two drivers to beat in the FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday. Carl Edwards and Jimmie ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Dover International Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Dover, Del. Specs: 1-mile oval; Banking/Turns: 24°; Banking/Straightaways: 9° 2010 Winners: Kyle Busch (May); Jimmie Johnson (Sept.) 201...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

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