Seems like a long time ago we were at the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Bank of America 500, even though it was just last Saturday night.  And what a night it was, where Clint Bowyer came home with another win, and where the NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) race has tightened even further for the top [...]

Great race, crazy finish last Sunday at the Talladega Superspeedway (TSS) in the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500.    My race recap details all the wild, last lap details, along with the finish.   And while there was really only one big piece of news this week, namely Dale Earnhardt Jr and the concussion that will sideline [...]

The Talladega Superspeedway (TSS) is one of my favorite tracks in NASCAR.  Some of the more recent races turned into nothing but high-speed parade laps, at least when NASCAR changed the rules and had a lot of restrictor plate variations, or when it was nothing but tw0-car tandem racing of the “Talladega Two-Step” (BORING!!).   The [...]

Brad Keselowski, who served notice just a few weeks ago that he was up for the challenge and the NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) Challenge, surprised many last week, coming home with the trophy at Dover in the AAA 400.  Brad took the NSC points lead, letting the rest of the top six or seven (really [...]

Denny Hamlin fulfilled his promise and rocketed into the “serious contender” category for the 2012  NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) Championship (for the recap, see my review of the Sylvania 300).  Two races now in the books, and this week we leave the Granite State and the  New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), making our way to the [...]

Denny Hamlin said it all.  After last week’s Geico 400 at Chicagoland, Denny said, almost guaranteed, that he’d win at Loudon.  And despite the mistake in tire pressure (race rather than qualifying settings) for his qualifying run, putting him 32nd when the Green Flag waved Sunday for the Sylvania 300, he ran through the pack, [...]

One down, nine to go.  The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) Playoffs have begun, and this week we’re at our last “northern” track with the Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS).  As I mentioned in my “results” recap earlier in the week, Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson served notice to the rest [...]