Just what can one man do with six grandfather clocks? That’s Jimmie Johnson’s latest predicament after securing his sixth Martinsville Speedway victory on Sunday.
Martinsville’s traditional grandfather clock came with the win, and Johnson has collected five of the timepieces in the last six races. Does he put them all in his trophy room? Or does he spread them around his expansive Charlotte home? Or maybe he lends them out to friends and family.
He can ask teammate Jeff Gordon, who has seven of his own clocks, for advice. Or they can together talk to Richard Petty, who has… DetailsÂ
 It didn’t take long for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to find trouble Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.
He was reminded of it often, too — like every time he shifted gears in his No. 88 Chevrolet. From Lap 43 on in the 500-lap Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Earnhardt’s shifter was held together by a bungee cord.
When it first popped out of gear on him he fell all the way to 38th in the 43-car field after getting it, um, fixed. He appeared to be …Â Details
Everything is storybook these days for Hendrick Motorsports, an organization so good it must garner consideration as the best in the American sporting world.
Sure the New York Yankees boast an All-Star lineup, fielding the top-paid player at virtually every position. But when was the last time they hoisted a championship trophy?
Hendrick wins championships like Joe DiMaggio used to, which is to say more often than not. Joe D. won nine in 13 seasons; Hendrick’s won eight in the last 14.
And the Hendrick boys notch wins like Babe Ruth used to hit home runs. Ruth’s 60 in 1927 accounted for 14 percent of all home runs that season. Over the last three seasons, Hendrick has won 30 percent of all races.
This includes Jimmie Johnson’s victory in Sunday’s Goody’s 500 at Martinsville Speedway, which just so happens… DetailsÂ
In NASCAR racing, something I always find a little perplexing is the complaint that today “the cars all look alike” and how “back in the day” the cars were different from each other. Having lived through decades of racing, I’ve gone through a good chunk of the recent technology arms race and remain puzzled that people complain about how homogenized the cars are…. Details and PicturesÂ