NASCAR Wire Service No points, no problem: Two million reasons the All-Star Race will have a checkers-or-wreckers feel to it No matter how you slice it, this year’s running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (7:30 p.m. ET, SPEED) at Charlotte Motor Speedway promises plenty of action and unbridled speed as 22 drivers vie for [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – History collides with the present, as names including Johnson, Gordon and Busch build upon a foundation laid by the likes of Waltrip, Yarborough and Earnhardt. This Saturday night, the most thrilling all-star exhibition in all of sports roars under the lights at the historic Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the 29th running of [...]
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C.—Want to know who’s a lock to make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup this year? I’ll give you six names: Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch. Typically, by the time the Cup series leaves Darlington, it’s relatively easy [...]
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. — Unsinkable. Unsinkable Matt Kenseth capped a banner week for unsinkable Joe Gibbs Racing with a victory in Saturday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with a substitute crew chief on his pit box—the unsinkable Wally Brown. The past four days could hardly have been better [...]
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C.—Kyle Busch kept it simple Friday night at Darlington Raceway. The strategy was basic—win the pole, stay out front and win the race with the strongest car, and Busch did an admirable job in every category. He dusted the rest of the field at the venerable track in [...]
