Passing Lane
A NASCAR BLOG BY Mike Hembree
Tale of two Talladegas
Before we close the curtain on the mayhem at Talladega Superspeedway for another season, it's worth pointing out that Sunday's Amp Energy 500 produced a range of opinions.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 3Martin's ville?
There is a school of thought that offers the opinion that Jimmie Johnson must be caught soon if he is to be caught at all.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Release hall vote totals
The powers-that-be at the NASCAR Hall of Fame seem to have patterned much of their style and business after the Baseball Hall of Fame, and that’s a good thing.
Rating: 0.0 Comment 1Welcome, Mustang
A Mustang is going racing in a major NASCAR series next season. That is a good thing.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Time for Tony to Tango
Tony Stewart put together one of the most remarkable extended runs in recent NASCAR history this summer. Over a 10-race stretch from Dover to Watkins Glen, he scored three victories, two seconds and no finish worse than 10th.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Testing: A good call
NASCAR made the right move Wednesday in extending its ban on testing but also modifying it a bit.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Chasing the Chase
The Chase For The Sprint Cup has been called unfair because it eliminates the point advantage the first-place driver builds over the first 26 races of the season and because it eliminates everyone except the top 12 from championship competition.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 2Carl Edwards puts worst foot forward
HAMPTON, Ga. – Imagine driving 500 miles on an interstate with a fractured right (accelerator) foot. You’d be stopping at every rest area and at almost every Waffle House.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Bristol battle between Mark Martin, Kyle Busch one for the ages
As Mark Martin and Kyle Busch battle for spots in the Chase For The Sprint Cup with two races left in the run up to the championship series, it’s worth revisiting their remarkable battle for the win last week at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 5Matt Kenseth faces critical 3-race run
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Roush Fenway Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the guy some say is responsible for the Chase for the Sprint Cup format after his wildly consistent but bland run to the 2003 championship, is one of only two drivers – Jimmie Johnson is the other – to have qualified for every Chase field.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Jimmie Johnson goes on the road again
Can Jimmie Johnson win a road-course race?
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Jamie McMurray still searching for traction
Jamie McMurray’s driving career has seemed to be perpetually one strong run short of catching traction.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Kyle Busch should accept defeat and move on
JOLIET, Ill. – Kyle Busch still has a bee in his bonnet about the finish of last week’s race at Daytona International Speedway, and it doesn’t appear likely that his head will clear for a while.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 15Another wet winner at Daytona?
If you’re disturbed and perturbed about NASCAR races ending early under rain clouds, don’t look now because this weekend the tour moves on to Daytona International Speedway.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 7Racing still hurts
Just for the record – yes, it’s still possible to get hurt driving a race car.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Mike Hembree
Mike Hembree has been covering NASCAR since 1975 and has been an associate editor at NASCAR Scene for three and one-half years.
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