Need for Speed
A NASCAR BLOG BY Jared Turner
Silly season is in full swing at Daytona
Silly season is in full swing this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, adding to the allure of an already much-anticipated event.
Prepare yourself for more ho-hum racing
Overshadowed by the "Busch-whacking" (forgive me) that Kyle Busch administered to his overworked competitors in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway was the overall ho-hum nature of the affair.
For once, Cup drivers aren't a detriment to Nationwide Series
CONCORD, N.C. – As much as it's easy to gripe about the manner in which Sprint Cup drivers have made the Nationwide Series their personal playground, tonight's Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway is different.
Darlington tamed me
DARLINGTON, S.C. – On Saturday evening at Darlington Raceway, I did what few people ever will. I rode in the backseat of a Dodge pace car with two fellow NASCAR writers and former NASCAR driver Brett Bodine. Let's just say that I'm glad Bodine was behind the wheel and not me or the other writers.
This is a great stretch of the NASCAR season
We are truly in a terrific stretch of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season.
Plate racing provides surprising finishing order
Did you pay attention to that top-five finishing order from Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway?
Talladega a huge deal for Penske drivers
This Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway is big for a lot of drivers for a lot of reasons. It's plain huge for Penske Racing teammates Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch.
Fewer three-day race weekends are a good idea
Three-day race weekends aren't always necessary. Never is that more true than when the race is on a Saturday.
Edwards backflip still thrills
How disappointing would it be if the next time Carl Edwards won a race he ditched his trademark winner’s backflip at the start-finish line? If that ever happened, I think the fans should riot – or last demand a refund on their tickets.
Junior still chasing elusive points victory
Dale Earnhardt Jr. must feel like the kid on the schoolyard playground who never lacks ample dodgeball or duck-duck-goose prowess but can never quite get over the hump.
Come on, NASCAR: Give your folks a real "off" weekend
NASCAR is a great sport. Fact is, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if the season went year-round.
Should Cup drivers be part-timers in truck series?
Is it healthy for the Craftsman Truck Series that Kyle Busch – the NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader entering today’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway – has started the season’s first three truck races and won two?
Johnson endures rough outing
When was the last time, prior to Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas, that Jimmie Johnson’s Chad Knaus-led Hendrick Motorsports team failed to cure a car’s handling woes?
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