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 [...]

Jennifer Jo Cobb is the focus of Part Two of my three-part series on NASCAR female drivers likely to make a mark in 2012. If you missed Part One click here. With lots of talk last NASCAR season about Jennifer Jo Cobb; the question coming into 2012 is not whether she’ll run, but how well?  [...]

The 2012 NASCAR season is nearly upon us and I’ll begin my coverage this year with a three-part series on NASCAR female drivers likely to make a mark in 2012. 2012 represents the first season Danica Patrick won’t split time between NASCAR and the IRL.  However, she will be somewhat splitting time between her full-time Nationwide [...]

And we all thought the big news this week was the David Reutimann and Danica Patrick’s press conferences.  Enter Kyle Busch, who gets parked for the entire weekend after an on-track confrontation that left his and Ron Hornaday’s trucks wrecked, and land Kyle in trouble.  But I’ll get to that in my Shoutouts… We saw [...]

By Speedglutton With now only four races remaining in the NASCAR Sprint Cup ”Regular Season”, the Race for the Chase is heating up.  Denny Hamlin and Tony Stewart’s late-race issues in a rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen on Monday left Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr in a pseudo “win” column, with KyBu’s [...]

By Speedglutton This week brings a lot of excitement to the NASCAR grid, as we head to Kentucky Speedway for its first NASCAR Sprint Cup race.  The 1.5-mile D-shaped oval hosted three races this weekend, ranging from a rare Thursday-night Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race (won by Kyle Busch), a Nationwide Series (NNS) race [...]

By Speedglutton Your favorite team already sent packing from an from the NCAA Tourney?  Not to worry, NASCAR takes the green flag again today after their early week off (1pm EDT, Fox). As we gear up for this week’s Cup race, Goodyear is scrambling to burn rubber…almost literally.  In practice for Bristol this week, unexpected tire [...]