So maybe I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, talking about Jimmie Johnson and his continued success as we get through the final laps of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) season, as he tamed the Wild Asphalt Circus in his win at Texas in the AAA Texas 500, leading 168 of the 334 [...]

Jimmie Johnson served notice that he was serious about getting his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) Championship this year, as he made a classic “Team 48″ victory last week at the Martinsville Speedway, winning from the Pole.   Kyle Busch posted a very good run finishing second, with Kasey Kahne, Aric Almirola, and Clint Bowyer completing [...]

Going into last week’s Federated Auto Parts 400, we knew that nine of the ten Chase contenders were locked in.  What we didn’t know, was if Tony Stewart would hold his tenth-place spot, and who the Wild Card drivers would be.  Tony Stewart needed a strong finish to remain in tenth, and a handful of [...]

It’s the Fourth of July week, and that traditionally means the NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) schedule brings us back to where we started the year: The Daytona International Speedway (DIS).  Amazing how fast this season has gone by so far, and who doesn’t remember not only the delayed Daytona 500 back in February, but also [...]

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 [...]