One heck of a race last week in Phoenix, with Denny Hamlin outlasting Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle to win the Subway Fresh Fit 500.  While it rarely is planned to be (except at tracks like Pocono), last week turned into a fuel mileage race, when the caution flag that was expected to allow drivers [...]

What a wild week.  After the first rain-delayed Daytona 500 in NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) history, fans and those expecting to see “House” on Monday night got a rare treat of “Monday Night NASCAR.”  Even some were joking about FOX getting Hank Williams Jr to do the opening theme (considering his new-found availability after last year’s firing from ESPN’s [...]

By Speedglutton As noted sports analyst Dick Vitale would say, “Coast to Coast, Baby!”  This week the NASCAR Sprint Cup moves from the rolling hills of the Sonoma Valley to the beautiful beaches of Daytona, Florida for the Coke Zero 400 (broadcast begins at 4:30 pm EDT on SPEED with NASCAR Raceday, followed by Countdown [...]

By Speedglutton Current Update from Talladega: The rains have come and gone and the sun is shining.  Although the tornado sirens blared three times last night, no major damage came to any of the campgrounds around the track.  The only thing that remains right now is the high winds keeping the flags waving straight, and [...]

  Well, the Daytona 500 is here, and boy has it been an interesting week running up to tomorrow’s race (Sunday, 20 Feb 2011, 1pm EST on FOX).  Lots of hype, lots of trash talking, and lots of changes.  One big thing learned from testing, the Shootout, and the Duels, is that the two-car tandem [...]

We welcome our newest contributor speedglutton who will be covering NASCAR and everything right and relevant in this world. As the fourth quarter expired on one Superbowl, NASCAR fans could hear the revving up of another Superbowl of sorts: the 2011 Daytona 500, the return of Speed Weeks, and the promise of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series [...]