The wait is over. The first official race of the year — the Daytona 500 — has come and gone. It was nothing like NASCAR fans expected considering the weather decided to play havoc and shortened the “biggest race of the year” by 48 laps. It was pretty much a sour end to a much anticipated race and week. Read the rest of this entry »
Harvick Takes Shootout Win
On February - 13 - 2009
It’s all about the money, or at least for Kevin Harvick it is. Harvick, who hasn’t won a points race since the 2007 Daytona 500, stole Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout win. It was his first win since the 2007 All-Star race, another race worth a bunch of money, but no points.
From Harvick’s steal to a record number of lead changes (23), the 75-lap race was full of excitement and dramatic wrecks from start to finish. Read the rest of this entry »
Sprint Back From A Break
On March - 26 - 2008
An off weekend means, not only was I bored, but I have a chance to review the first five races of the season.
I have been very pleased with the racing, so far. I think this new car, respectfully the Car of Today (no longer should it be called the Car of Tomorrow), is worth the aggravation it brought last year. The racing has improved, maybe that isn’t just due to the new car, but nonetheless it has been enjoyable to watch.
The race finishes, most of them, have been spectacular. Read the rest of this entry »
A ‘Newman’ For The New Year?
On February - 20 - 2008
Last Thursday, all the 53 drivers entered into the Daytona 500 — the Great American Race — competed in two separate qualifying races — the Gatorade Duels. Only four were able to race their way into the Daytona 500 (John Andretti, Dale Jarrett, Kenny Wallace, and Brian Vickers).
The first duel win went to Dale Earnhardt Jr. who dominate the race and was able to secure his win thanks to Reed Sorenson, driver of the No. 41 Target Dodge, who help push him and keep in first position. This left everyone, including myself, to speculate whether he’d win the 500 or not. I was leaning towards the yes, as were many others that I talked with.
The second duel was won by Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota. This gave Toyota their first Cup win and momentum for the 500. Despite Hamlin being the first Toyota winner, he wasn’t the one everyone was eying for the first coveted win. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fun’ Start For New Season
On February - 13 - 2008
The 2008 season has begun, finally!
Last weekend proved to be exciting. Friday night before Budweiser Shootout, during final practice, two separate wrecks occurred. Eleven out of 23 cars ended up needing to make repairs or were out of commission.
Teams, including two-time champion Jimmie Johnson and teammate four-time champion, Jeff Gordon had to go to back up cars. A few of teams, didn’t have back up cars for the Shootout. They had to get one down from Charlotte (or their respective towns) in time for Saturday’s inspection and night race, if they chose not to use either of their cars slated for the Daytona 500.
The last wreck, involving Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch, caused its own little bit of controversy and excitement. Read the rest of this entry »
Woo-Hoo! NASCAR Is Back!
On February - 6 - 2008
NASCAR’s New Year’s Eve is here — with the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway!
It seems like the hiatus (that began nearly three months ago) went by fast and slow all at once. Of course, there were the three different testing sessions (Daytona, Las Vegas, and California) to help the time go by and feed our racing “addiction,” but in all honesty it really wasn’t enough. We really didn’t get to see any racing except for the few programs on ESPN2 and Speed that showed clips and highlights of the sessions. Real racing — as short as it may be Saturday night — is still more then enough to hold us over until the Gatorade Duels and the highly anticipated Daytona 500 next week. Don’t you agree?
There are several things to look forward to — good and bad. Read the rest of this entry »
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