And who thought Jimmie Johnson wasn’t going to be a contender?  After winning the Coors Light Pole for the Geico 400, Jimmie Johnson all but dominates the race, then somehow falls short to Brad Keselowski and the Blue Deuce, after a controversial call of Kesolowski “blending” back on the track too early after a late-race [...]

The hallowed ground of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) didn’t disappoint last week in the NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) Crown Royal Presents the Curtis Shaver 400, the 20th race of the 2012 NSC season.  Jimmie Johnson, stalking (and perhaps struggling) through the early parts of the season, put on quite a show, taking his fourth Checkered Flag at [...]

Demolition was the word at last week’s Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway, as race fans got to see not only a not-so “big one”, a true “big one”, but also a Checkered Flag “big one”, as Tony Stewart breezed to the win after starting way back in the forty-second position.  One could [...]

As I sat down to write last week’s predictions, I didn’t know how true my words would be.  Not only had Dale Jr redeemed himself two weeks ago at Michigan, but Clint Bowyer got the job done last week on the Sonoma Road course for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 for his first win of the [...]

Quite a race and such controversy from last week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) All-Star Race at the 1.5-mile quad oval track of the Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS).   Jimmie Johnson and his #48 Lowe’s team came home with a near walk-off win (sorry for the baseball metaphor) as he dominated not only in winning the first segment, [...]

Last week Denny Hamlin wasn’t exactly loving Virginia enough to get his second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) victory in the Capital City 400 Presented by Virginia is for Lovers at the Richmond International Raceway (RIR), bringing in a fourth-place finish.  But Kyle Busch was lovin’ Virginia for his fourth straight spring race at RIR, taking home the Checkered Flag [...]