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Remember some of these bold predictions? “David Ragan is going to break out this season.” “Jimmie Johnson? Look out! Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch are comin’ after ya.” “Earnhardt- Ganassi Racing is a relic. There won’t be any driver over there who will ...
NASCAR
Dale Earnhardt
Jamie McMurray
Carl Edwards
Joey Logano
Ron Hornaday
David Ragan
This NASCAR fan (that’s what most of all of us so-called “media types’ are at heart) can find a number of things to be thankful for as he looks back over the 2009. As the holiday season and the NASCAR season’s end puts this observer in a reflective mood, here are the things he’s thankful for: ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Jamie McMurray
Tony Stewart
Mark Martin
Bobby Labonte
David Gilliland
Jimmie Johnson and his extended loved ones have a lot to be thankful for this Holiday season. His racing success the last eight years, in particular the last four, is unprecedented. He has accomplished what no other driver ever has in NASCAR’s top series.
Please think of the names referenced ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Tony Stewart
Denny Hamlin
Richard Petty
Dale Earnhardt
Decades from now, when my many years from being born yet grandson reads the record books, there will be names that will jump out at him as he reads that jump out at him. Petty, Pearson, Yarborough, Waltrip, Earnhardt and Gordon will no doubt leap off the pages as the dominators of that era.
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NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
First of all, congratulations to the Hendrick Motorsports “48” team of Jimmie Johnson, going where NO NASCAR driver has gone before. It’s taken 60 years for someone to do what Johnson has just accomplished, and it may be 60 more before someone equals it. You can say what you want about ...
NASCAR
Dale Earnhardt
Jimmie Johnson
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano
Jeff Burton
The checkered flag waves on the 2009 season Sunday at Homestead- Miami. History will be made as either Jimmie Johnson will become the first NASCAR Cup driver to win four championships in a row, or Mark Martin will become the oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup champion at age 50.
TRACK FACTS
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NASCAR
Ford 400
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Kyle Busch
Juan Pablo Montoya
Jeff Gordon
What do Fireball Roberts, Davey Allison, Junior Johnson , Tim Richmond and Mark Martin have in common? Besides being numbered among the all-time greats- none of them ever won a NASCAR Cup title.
All things being equal, it appears as though Martin will finish as runner-up in the final ...
NASCAR
Mark Martin
Jimmie Johnson
Davey Allison
Dale Jarrett
His statistics aren’t what a racing fan would consider stellar, and his time in the cup series was short compared to today’s standards. However, Don Tarr is perhaps one of the most unique individuals to grace the pavement in NASCAR’s premier series. Born May ...
NASCAR
Ray Fox
Talladega Superspeedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Is it Speed Weeks yet? The thought that this season is ending is bittersweet. I’m game for a race- anyplace, anytime. By the same token, it will be good to put this one in the books, catch a break, and then gear up for a fresh start in 2010.
THE FAB FIVE
#5- Jeff Gordon- (ranked 3rd ...
NASCAR
Denny Hamlin
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Jeff Gordon
Kurt Busch
David Reutimann
Bobby Allison leaned forward and looked to his left . I couldn’t hear his voice but I could tell by his lips and the expression on his face that he was trying to communicate “what?”
Judy sat on a row of chairs about six seats away from her husband. She mouthed something back to Bobby that ...
NASCAR
Life
Junior Johnson
Bobby Allison
Donnie Allison
North Carolina Speedway
Ned Jarrett
2009 has had its share of surprises . I never would have figured Carl Edwards for being winless, I didn’t see Kyle Busch missing the Chase, and I didn’t dare dream Mark Martin would make the run that he did.
On the other hand, some things were no shock at all . Though I’ve waffled more times ...
NASCAR
Richard Childress Racing
Clint Bowyer
Jeff Burton
Kevin Harvick
Casey Mears
Those of you who read this column regularly know I am not a Jimmie Johnson apologist. It has nothing to do with Rick Hendrick (I name his other three drivers among my favorites), it has nothing to do with him being a Californian (I am one myself), and it has nothing to with any belief on my ...
NASCAR
Denny Hamlin
Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Burton
Mark Martin
Kurt Busch
Jeff Gordon
After a week of high speed stakes at Texas , NASCAR’s returns to the “big short track”, Phoenix International Raceway. With what went down last Sunday, there’s a little more intrigue involved in this race as Mark Martin and maybe even Jeff Gordon work to catch points leader Jimmie Johnson.
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NASCAR
Phoenix
Jeff Gordon
Mark Martin
Jimmie Johnson
Tony Stewart
Phoenix International Raceway
Well, well, well, looks like Caleb Hannan has his 15 minutes of fame . In case you’ve missed it, Hannan thought he’d have a little fun at NASCAR Nation’s expense with a little piece on the Seattle Weekly entitled “Attention Starbucks: NASCAR Fans Might Not Be In Your Target Market.”
Seems ...
NASCAR
Martin Truex Jr.
For being a reigning champion, Jimmie Johnson sure takes a lot of grief. When I pick apart what I’ve read fans say about him, I’ve concluded that it’s really not Jimmie that they hate.
Speaking for myself, it does get a little old watching one guy stink up the show. I wonder how old ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Phoenix
Texas Motor Speedway
A special thanks to all our Veterans. These are the TRUE HEROES. I especially want to pay homage to my step-dad, David B. Pittock, who served in the Army in Vietnam, my father-in-law Fred D. Douma, who served as an Army medic in Vietnam, and I also dedicate this post to my father, James H. Mc ...
NASCAR
Phoenix
Tony Stewart
Clint Bowyer
Kevin Harvick
Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has endured its share of critical reviews lately. The 2009 season seems to have brought more negative comments from fans then I have ever heard. Some were justified and some not. I agreed with some and some not. But I thought the 500-mile race from Fort Worth Texas ...
NASCAR
Kurt Busch
Mark Martin
Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Gordon
Juan Pablo Montoya
Carl Edwards
Leave it to Eddie Gossage - one part Humpy Wheeler, one part Bruton Smith and three parts P.T. Barnum. He had “The Fat Lady” singing after Sunday’s race. Thing is, the outcome left the stunt singing a flat note.
Did you have the same feeling I did before the start of the Dickie’s 500 at ...
NASCAR
Phoenix
Chase Austin
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
You know there’s a reason why races are run on track and not paper. Two story lines took major hits as Kurt won the battle of the Busch brothers over Kyle, and Jimmie Johnson watched his lead get sliced by more than half in the Dickie’s 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Jimmie ...
NASCAR
Kurt Busch
Jimmie Johnson
Tony Stewart
David Reutimann
Juan Pablo Montoya
Matt Kenseth
When you think Texas, you think cowboy hats , boots, Longhorns and shotguns. When you think Texas Motor Speedway, it’s about horses and having enough of them to win.
Historically, this is a track where Jack Roush’s team fares quite well, and they have to be feeling a little ...
