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 [...]

This is it.  The final race, and it’s down to two drivers: Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards.  One on one.  Man to man.  One is the current points leader and Sprint Cup Championship hopeful Carl Edwards.  The other, two-time NSC champion Tony Stewart.  But to set up the excitement for this week’s finale, a brief [...]

What a wild week.  Tony Stewart lived up to his nickname, and his bravado with Carl Edwards this past Sunday in the AAA Texas 500 after Jeff Burton, who rolled the dice on fuel, came up short and ran out with only a few laps remaining.   Where there’s Smoke, there’s fire, and boy is he ever [...]