A year ago, Michael Waltrip Racing made the highlight reels across the States—for all the wrong reasons.
Michael McDowell, who drove the #00 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota Camry last season, made his mark in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with his horrifying, eyes-wide-shut accident in a qualifying session at Texas Motor Speedway.
The car, which hit the SAFER barriers along turns one and two, sheered apart into twisted pieces of sheet metal suitable for a junkyard…Â Details
We old fans of Nascar are coming to the reality of this “new†Nascar. We old fans remember the days of hard racing, non politically correct talk, fights among rival drivers, and the days when being consistent for the whole season of racing earned you a championship. Just for fun, I will compare some aspects of the old school versus the new school of Nascar.
The first subject I will cover is how the drivers worked their way up the ranks of better racing equipment. In old school Nascar, a driver had to race in poorer equipment in the back of the pack. As they got experience and respect … Details
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Carl Edwards will look to win his third consecutive race in the Lone Star State, and his first race of this season, as NASCAR goes from the circuit’s slowest track and heads to one of the circuit’s fastest tracks, Texas Motor Speedway, Sunday at 2:15 p.m. for the Samsung 500.
Texas Motor Speedway is a 1.5-mile oval with 24-degree banked turns and a surface that turns slicker as the temperatures change throughout the day, putting a premium on tires and a driver’s ability to change with the surface conditions… Details
Whatever you do this weekend around Texas Motor Speedway, or any time in the foreseeable future, don’t accuse Carl Edwards of being “off his game,” “sub-par” or anything else even borderline demeaning.
Edwards — who closed the 2008 season with a stunning display of dominance, winning six of the final eight races in the Cup and Nationwide series combined — has yet to win in 2009. According to Edwards, there’s no need to panic…. Details