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July 3rd, 2008

Race Preview for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona

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This week, NASCAR returns to Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400, one of the biggest races of the year on the Sprint Cup schedule. With Daytona being one of NASCAR’s two restrictor plate courses, the track has fallen under quite a bit of scrutiny over the years. […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 7 comments

June 29th, 2008

Rating the Race: New Hampshire - Lenox Industrial Tools 301

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They added an extra scheduled lap this year to the Lenox Industrial Tools 301, but it was all for naught as the race was halted for rain on lap 284 of the scheduled 301-lap event, and in the end, it was surprise-winner Kurt Busch standing in Victory […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

June 29th, 2008

Fantasy Follow-Up: New Hampshire

TZ’s Picks (New Hampshire):
1. Matt Kenseth - 18th - No points
2. Denny Hamlin - 8th - 39 points
3. Ryan Newman - 15th - 35 points
4. Kevin Harvick - 14th - 35 points
5. Tony Stewart - 13th - 35 points
6. Kyle Busch - 25th - No points
Lock of the Week - Denny Hamlin - Top Ten […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

June 27th, 2008

Carpentier Wins First Career Pole

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Much to pretty much everyone’s surprise, Patrick Carpentier won his first career Sprint Cup pole award when his no. 10 Gillette-Evernham Dodge turned the fastest lap during Friday’s qualifying session, clocking in at 29.349 seconds. Patrick, whom some people feel may be in danger of losing […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

June 27th, 2008

Loose in Turn Three: Can the Biff Hold it Together?

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It’s Friday, folks … need I say more? As is the case every week, myself, Bruce, and Charlie are all here to bring you another scrumdidliumpcious (not sure if it’s even a word … and, definitely not sure on the spelling) redention of our ever-so-over-glorified “Loose in Turn […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 4 comments

June 26th, 2008

Fantasy Preview: New Hampshire

Recent Winners:
2007 - Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin
2006 - Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch
2005 - Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
Recent Pole Winners:
2007 - Clint Bowyer, Dave Blaney
2006 - Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman
2005 - Tony Stewart, Brian Vickers
Best Driver Ratings (from racingone.com):
1. Tony Stewart - 117.9
2. Jeff Gordon - 108.7
3. Ryan Newman - 102.7
4. Denny Hamlin - 102.4
5. Kevin […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

June 22nd, 2008

Rating the Race: Infineon - Toyota Save/Mart 350

Heading into Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway, most people weren’t talking about points leader Kyle Busch as a favorite to win, especially since he was starting all the way back from the 30th position … well, they were wrong. Busch put his no. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota out front on lap 32, […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 8 comments

June 19th, 2008

NASCAR Rivals: Kenseth, Vickers vs. NASCAR Rulebook

It’s been tough to find a fan in America that wasn’t happy to see Dale Earnhardt Jr. FINALLY reach Victory Lane this past weekend at Michigan. While the majority of the NASCAR garage area was also happy to see the likeable Dale Junior get the win as well, some drivers brought into question the validity […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 4 comments

June 17th, 2008

An Historic Weekend for NASCAR

If you talked to most race fans last week, you probably didn’t pickup on a ton of excitement heading into this weekend’s action. The Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck Series were both heading to Michigan, and the Nationwide Series was set to take to Kentucky Speedway … two tracks that probably don’t rank up there […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 5 comments

June 15th, 2008

Video: Dale Earnhardt Jr Wins the Lifelock 400

For those of you that were forced to miss the race due to Father’s Day - and, for those of you that just want to relive the glory - here’s the footage of Dale Earnhardt Jr. trying to conserve his fuel in the closing laps of Sunday’s Lifelock 400 as he goes onto break his winless […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

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