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The 10 Closest Finishes of the Last 20 Years
NASCAR NASCAR checkered flags don't get better than these. ...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jimmie Johnson

Alabama Slamma!
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Restrictor-plate racing at NASCAR’s two largest ovals in Daytona and Talladega has always been known as a high-speed chess match — one that, more often than not, produces...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

An Old Friend Returns
NASCAR by Mike Neff Scientifically Treated Petroleum has been a staple of shade tree mechanics since 1953, but the product is perhaps best known for its involvement in motorsports. STP teamed up with ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Talladega, Ala. Specs: 2.66-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turns:33°; Banking/Tri-Oval: 18°; Banking/Backstretch: 2° 2010 Winners: Kevin Harvick (A...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Kyle Busch   After runs of first, third and third, Busch slumped to 16th in Texas, courtesy of a persistent loose wheel. It can’t be a good feeling to run 200 ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Intermediate Masters
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro So much has been made of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s winless skid and the just-broken streak of Jeff Gordon that Matt Kenseth’s 76-race bout of futility has largely been overlooke...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Fort Worth, Texas Specs: 1.5-mile quad-oval; Banking/Turns: 24°; Banking/Quad-Oval: 18°; Banking/Straightaways: 5° 2010 Winners: Denny Haml...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Hamlin's Hangover
NASCAR by Tom Bowles In sports, as in life, success and failure have an undeniable history of rotating in cycles. But for superstars, like MLB’s Derek Jeter or even NASCAR’s own Jimmie Johnson, th...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Kyle Busch  Young Rowdy nabs the top spot from Carl Edwards this week thanks to four top-3 finishes in the last five races. He’s led a race-high 151 laps in ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

The Closer
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Kevin Harvick’s new nickname, “The Closer,” is a well-earned moniker. Harvick rallied late in the afternoon at Martinsville Speedway to overtake Dale Earnhardt Jr. and ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Not Dead, Can't Quit
NASCAR by Vito Pugliese The U.S. Navy SEALS have a certain code and mantra they live by: Not dead, can’t quit. That came to mind when looking back on the storied carrier of one of NASCAR’s mo...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro 1. Carl Edwards  One win, three top 5s, four top 10s, two poles, an average finish of 7.8 and leading the point standings. There’s really no doubt who the man to bea...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Where'd He Come From?
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro As the saying goes, the only lap that matters is the last. And in no race was that more evident than Sunday’s Auto Club 400. Kevin Harvick pushed Jimmie Johnson into Tu...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Auto Club Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Fontana, Calif. Specs: 2-mile oval; Banking/Turns:14°; Banking/Straightaways: 11° 2010 Winners: Jimmie Johnson (February), Tony Stewart (Oct...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Different Kind of Track
NASCAR by Mike Neff Bristol Motor Speedway is sometimes referred to as the “Cathedral of Racing.” For years obtaining tickets to the events at the alter of speed was harder than getting the homeco...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Carl Edwards  The train kept a rollin’ ... Edwards and crew churning out great runs, with five finishes of second or better in the last six races dating back t...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Rowdy Win
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Domination at the tough Bristol bullring in East Tennessee doesn’t come often, but when it does, it tends to run in streaks. Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Bristol Motor Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Bristol, Tenn. Specs: .533-mile oval; Banking/Turns: variable (24°-30°); Banking/Straightaways: 16° 2010 Winners: Jimmie Johnson (March), K...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

NASCAR's Spring Brake
NASCAR by Vito Pugliese The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season is but three weeks old, yet off to one of its best starts in a decade. A genuinely thrilling Daytona 500 helped remind us why we started watch...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Like every other NASCAR landing page on the web, Athlon Sports has a little fun each week ranking the drivers and teams of the Sprint Cup circuit. Our rankings go beyond how ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Pair of Nines Wins in Vegas
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro In Las Vegas, the hand you’re dealt doesn’t have to be great, just better than those you’re playing against. Such was the case on Sunday, when Carl Edwards outran a dom...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Las Vegas Motor Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Las Vegas, Nev. Specs: 1.5-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turns: 20°; Banking/Tri-Oval: 9°; Banking/Backstretch: 3° 2010 Winner: Jimmie Johnson ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Rockingham, 1981
NASCAR by Mike Neff Generally speaking, everyone points to the 1979 Daytona 500 as the seminal point in the evolution of NASCAR as a sport of the masses. The famous end to that race, when Cale Yarboro...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Like every other NASCAR landing page on the web, Athlon Sports has a little fun each week ranking the drivers and teams of the Sprint Cup circuit. Our rankings go beyond how ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Winner Again
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Jeff Gordon looked and sounded more like an unlikely 20 year-old Daytona 500 winner than a 20-year veteran with four titles in Phoenix International Raceway’s Victory Lane....
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

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