Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The Fourth of July weekend is full of food, fun and fireworks.
To a race fan, the Fourth means all this and more. It means NASCAR makes it way back to Daytona for the annual Pepsi 400. However this year, with Coca-Cola taking over as the ‘Official Cola of NASCAR’ the Pepsi 400 was renamed the Coke Zero 400.
It also means any driver has the best possibility to win under the lights. Of course there are the drivers that excel at Daytona International Speedway, but there are always those drivers, or that driver, that surprises even their biggest fan(s).
Who were you rooting for too win Saturday night? (more…)
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
I know it may be a little early for this, but I thought I’d share my predictions for the rest of the season. Maybe in doing so, I can give you a little more insight as to who my favorite driver is — or maybe not.
He may have it in him, but I don’t think Jimmie Johnson will actually win a third championship in a row. I don’t think he’ll drop out of the Top 12 in points, either. He’s high enough up and he’s got very “Jimmie Johnson friendly” tracks up ahead.
I’m sure he’s going to win a few more races. What would the season be if Johnson didn’t win a handful of races and wasn’t a threat to win? (more…)
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Wednesday, March 26th, 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. (more…)
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Wednesday, February 13th, 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. (more…)
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Wednesday, February 6th, 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. (more…)
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