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Tis The Season!

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The season that I am referring to is “The Chase” season.  Two races have already been run and are in the record book.  Tony Stewart has come to life from a 26 race “hibernation period”.  In just two weeks the Stewart-Haas Racing #14 Office Depot/ Mobil 1/Burger #14 Chevy . . . → Read More: Tis The Season!

Where Were The SAFER Barriers At The Glen?

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Watkins Glen International took a physical toll on several drivers Monday, when a rain-postponed Sprint Cup event on the famous road course produced a series of tooth-rattling crashes that left competitors sore in more ways than one. Thankfully, everyone walked away, but some walked extremely tentatively after too-close encounters . . . → Read More: Where Were The SAFER Barriers At The Glen?

Hamlin Doubles Up With A Nationwide Victory At Richmond

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Little did anyone know that after watching Denny Hamlin win his own charity race Thursday night at Richmond International Raceway, that it was a omen to what would transpire at that race track Friday night!

Denny Hamlin won the Bubba Burgers 250 Nationwide Series race at Richmond . . . → Read More: Hamlin Doubles Up With A Nationwide Victory At Richmond

It’s A Hamlin Weekend In Richmond, So Far

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The NASCAR nationwide and Sprint Cup drivers are at Richmond International Raceway this weekend.  As a precursor to those races, Denny Hamlin scheduled his charity race event Thursday evening at RIR.  His charity race, “The Denny Hamlin Late Model Showdown”, was housed at Southside Raceway in the past, . . . → Read More: It’s A Hamlin Weekend In Richmond, So Far

Jimmie Johnson Wins The 2010 Chase!

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As it turned out Sunday, the Hendrick Motorsports #48 Lowe’s Chevy made the fewest mistakes of the final three contenders during the race.  By finishing second Sunday in the Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Johnson secured his unprecedented fifth consecutive Sprint Cup championship!

Johnson, who started . . . → Read More: Jimmie Johnson Wins The 2010 Chase!

Hamlin Comes Out Of Texas With Guns A-Blazin!

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Denny Hamlin came out of  “the wild west show” at Ft. Worth Sunday with his six shooters a smokin’ and shot right into the Sprint Cup points lead with just two races left in “The Chase”.  Denny Hamlin held off Matt Kenseth in a three lap shootout . . . → Read More: Hamlin Comes Out Of Texas With Guns A-Blazin!

Halloween, Survival, And Talladega

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It is “wild card weekend” for NASCAR this week.  The series travels to the longest track on the circuit, the Talladega Superspeedway.  This the home to “the big one”, the one track where you are truly at the mercy of the drivers that surrounds you at any . . . → Read More: Halloween, Survival, And Talladega

Hamlin Wins The Tums Fast Relief 500

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With just five races to go at the start of Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, time is a commodity that is extremely valuable to these race teams.  Time can either be working with you, or be the biggest detriment, and work vigorously against you.  Time . . . → Read More: Hamlin Wins The Tums Fast Relief 500

JGR Prez Wants Hamlin To Zip It

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Joe Gibbs Racing president, J.D.Gibbs, doesn’t want to change Denny Hamlin, he just would like very much for the driver of the #11 FedEx Toyota to be a little smarter and use better judgement when expressing his views on controversial topics!

Race car drivers are not known . . . → Read More: JGR Prez Wants Hamlin To Zip It

Harvick Has Team Mate Bowyer’s Back

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It appears that Kevin Harvick has his team mates back.  It also appears that Harvick didn’t take to kindly to Denny Hamlin’s assertion that Harvick’s team mate, Clint Bowyer is a cheater! Additionally, it appears that Harvick didn’t like the accusation from Hamlin that Richard Childress Racing, as . . . → Read More: Harvick Has Team Mate Bowyer’s Back