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Kylie Gets Pushed To Victory!

(photo by Chris Graythen/ Getty Images)

This Saturday morning started out as a gray rainy morning as we drove from Birmingham over to the track at Talladega.   For most of the 45 mile drive, it rained with varying intensities.  As we pulled into the parking lot at about 10 am, it looked . . . → Read More: Kylie Gets Pushed To Victory!

The Mysteries of Talladega

(photo courtesy Talladega Superspeedway)

The Talladega Superspeedway recipe is as follows:  Start with the fact  that Talladega is one scary place to drive a race car. Add to it that, the driver’s lives are on the line when those 3400 pound race cars are on the track racing in huge freight train-like . . . → Read More: The Mysteries of Talladega

Hendrick Motorsports Magic?

(photo courtesy Hendrick PR)

What does Rick Hendrick possess that none of the other owners have?  How are his race teams able to perform at such a continuously high level?  What is the magic piece to the puzzle?

Three of his four NASCAR race teams are fighting for the 2009 Sprint . . . → Read More: Hendrick Motorsports Magic?

Has Dale Jr Lost His Mojo?

(photo courtesy of nascar)

Over the last three seasons there has been a running debate over just what has happened to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Where did the “glory days’ run off to? Who is responsible for the total lackluster performance of the, then #8 Budweiser team, and now the HMS #88 AMP/National . . . → Read More: Has Dale Jr Lost His Mojo?

Kyle Busch Gets New Crew Chief

(photo courtesy of Leon Hammack)

Joe Gibbs Racing has just announced that following the race at Talladega this Sunday, Steve Addington will no longer serve as the #18 M&M’s Toyota crew chief.  A JGR spokesman stated that Addington will be reassigned to another position within Joe Gibbs Racing.

Dave Rogers, who is . . . → Read More: Kyle Busch Gets New Crew Chief

She Was Fast And Wild: Soon Just A Memory

(Marty Robbin’s Nashville Race Car)

What was once known for her fast, wild, and frisky Saturday nights will soon be just a memory!  The historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is closing their doors after this weekend’s race.  That will close the book of one of the most historic and fabled short track in . . . → Read More: She Was Fast And Wild: Soon Just A Memory

Hamlin Wins At Martinsville

(Photo courtesy of NASCAR)

At the last Martinsville race in the Spring, Jimmie Johnson punted Denny Hamlin for the victory.  Sunday in the Fall race at Martinsville, Denny Hamlin found the perfect fix to that problem.  Hamlin, in his JGR #11 FedEx Toyota, simply didn’t allow the #48 HMS Lowe’s Chevy to . . . → Read More: Hamlin Wins At Martinsville

Time Is Running Out For Some Teams

(photo courtesy John Harrelson/Getty Images)

With the teams unloading in Martinsville this week, the bell is tolling for all but the top four Chase teams.  All the teams that are outside 4th place now are more than one race worth of points behind the leader, and therefore, have a very daunting task . . . → Read More: Time Is Running Out For Some Teams

Martinsville Five Years Later

(photo courtesy of Leon Hammack)

It has been five years since that fateful foggy Sunday afternoon on October 24, 2004.  A Beechcraft Super King Air 200 airplane, owned by Hendrick Motorsports, bound for the Martinsville racetrack crashed while trying to land at the Martinsville airport.

There were no survivors.  Lost in the . . . → Read More: Martinsville Five Years Later

Jimmie Johnson Wins Three Out Of Five!

(photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images)

With his win last night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson just won the third race out of the first five in the 2009 Chase for the Cup.  That fete has never been accomplished before in the brief six year history of The Chase.  The Hendrick Motorsports . . . → Read More: Jimmie Johnson Wins Three Out Of Five!