There’s a big monopoly on NASCAR’s Victory Lane. Current occupants include Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Roush-Fenway Racing.
Smaller Sprint Cup teams need to step up their game before they’re phased out of the series under the cloud of a harsh economic climate.
This isn’t a call for stock car racing’s power teams to scale back, but rather a justification for why the Car of Tomorrow isn’t doing what NASCAR promised from a competition perspective… Details
Call it a nudge-and-run. Anyone have any problems with the way Jimmie Johnson got past Denny Hamlin to win Sunday’s race at Martinsville?
David Caraviello: Absolutely not. It takes a great deal of skill to move someone out of the way like that without wrecking them, especially on a relatively narrow short track like Martinsville. Hamlin seemed to appreciate that much, too.
Raygan Swan: No, I certainly don’t, because Denny said he would’ve done the same thing had the shoe been on the other foot. Johnson touched his right front to Denny’s left rear and moved him. Johnson had the inside position.
Mark Aumann: Compared to some of the blatant chrome horns we’ve seen in the past, I thought it was a… Details
A few weeks ago while participating in a live chat for Yahoo! Sports, I explained my view that the high number of blown engines and pit road mistakes are directly related to the new car, and the fact that teams have very limited ability anymore of gaining an advantage with the car.
Since the introduction of the new car, the emphasis has shifted to other areas where opportunities to make gains still existed. The engine is one of those areas, as teams will always push the envelope to gain more power and more efficiency. Another area where potential gain always exists is… Details
NASCAR race driver Jimmie Johnson has testified in Miami federal court in the Helio Castroneves (EHL’-ee-oh kas-troh-NEH’-vehz) tax evasion case.
The three-time Sprint Cup champion testified Monday as a character witness for Michigan attorney Alan Miller. Miller is charged along with Castroneves and the driver’s sister with conspiring to help Castroneves evade U.S. taxes on about $5.5 million from 1999 to 2004… Details