Fast Times
A NASCAR BLOG BY Kris Johnson
So much for predicting Kurt Busch as champion
Kurt Busch "won" yesterday at New Hampshire. But I'm still losing.
Ready for some road-course racing
Sunday’s Sprint Cup event at Infineon Raceway marks the 16th race on the 2008 schedule, and it’s high time we had a road-course event. There’s been enough chatter about the new car’s struggles on the intermediate tracks, but that should not be a problem Sunday in Sonoma.
Strange season resumes Friday the 13th
With Friday the 13th looming at week's end, a look at the rundown for yesterday's Pocono 500 revealed some of the wacky and weird already in evidence.
Should fans vote a driver into all-star race?
I’m no Humpy Wheeler, but I do have a prediction for tonight's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race: The driver who gets voted in by fans will not win.
Compound interest
Tires will be a topic of great interest as the Sprint Cup Series heads to Darlington Raceway this weekend. Colleague Bob Pockrass provides an insightful, behind-the-scenes look at Goodyear’s production of race tires in this week’s Scene that will help readers understand just how much work goes into the process.
You can't top Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway has no equal as far as I’m concerned. In terms of adrenaline, excitement and a true NASCAR experience, it is the ultimate.
Is China next for NASCAR?
I’m not sure what's more surprising, that a guy could do heroin and finish fifth in a Craftsman Truck Series race, or that someone would actually consider racing under the influence of anything stronger than coffee. Even with the safety advancements that have been realized in NASCAR since 2001, this obviously remains a very dangerous business.
Jimmie Johnson's one track mind on racing, not basketball
See you in a few, boys. Jimmie Johnson's one track mind. In addition to the Samsung 500 here in Ft. Worth, there's another little sporting event taking place down the road in San Antonio this weekend called the Final Four. But don't bother asking Jimmie Johnson who is going to win - one curious scribe already did - because the reigning two-time Cup champ doesn't even know who is playing besides Kansas.
Two McMurray fans doing their part to fight autism
FORT WORTH, Texas – Amidst the perpetual roar, there’s a lot of good going on in the NASCAR garage each race weekend. Here at Texas, two fans of Jamie McMurray and his No. 26 Roush Fenway Racing team are having one to remember.
Burton bites back
Say this for tiny Martinsville Speedway: It can make even the most even-keeled competitor cranky.
Fairytale finish at Cup level? Forget about it
For all you stick-and-ball haters out there, it probably means little or nothing that March Madness begins for real today as the NCAA men's basketball tournament tips off.
Tough start for Hamlin
Sprint Cup Series points leader Kyle Busch is all the rage. You don’t have to look far or listen hard to know Tony Stewart has made his presence felt – on and off the track – early in the season. But where has the other member of Joe Gibbs Racing’s illustrious driver lineup been lately?
Out with the new, in with the old
Has it really been a year since NASCAR’s new race car was used for the first time in actual competition at Bristol Motor Speedway?
Coming soon: In-car reporter
Not that I buy into most fan complaints about the TV networks and their coverage of NASCAR, but here is an outlandish idea to spice up the coverage that some of you think is so sorely lacking: in-car reporter.
Stepping up to the plate?
Geepers, weepers. So, Michael Waltrip would like Auto Club Speedway to become a restrictor-plate track?
It's early, but parity being realized
Two races down and not a victory recorded yet by Hendrick Motorsports or Chevrolet.
Northern exposure
Growing up within shouting distance of Quebec – the U.S.-Canadian border was a mere 20 minutes up the road on I-87 – it was interesting to me to watch two natives of the province start the season as Sprint Cup drivers.
Good guy finishes first
NASCAR’s much-ballyhooed 50th running of the Daytona 500 proved a few things, among them that Ryan Newman is alive and well as a competitor and that the sanctioning body doesn’t rig races.
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