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April 29th, 2008

Let’s Talk Contracts

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It’s admittedly WAAAY too early in the season for NASCAR’s silly season to already have gotten as it deep as it has, that’s for sure … but, alas, I must do my small part in life to contribute to this nonsense, because - well, quite frankly it intrigues […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 10 comments

April 27th, 2008

KHI Sports a 1-2 Finish in Kansas

The Kevin Harvick Inc. trucks of Ron Hornaday and Jack Sprague lined up 1st and 3rd for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday evening, and once the green dropped, the KHI drivers flexed that muscle that everyone expected from the organization at the start of the season.
Horndaday – the defending Craftsman […]

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April 11th, 2008

Qualifying: Phoenix

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Thursday night’s Sprint Cup qualifying session contained nothing near the drama that was witnessed last weekend at Texas qualifying, but it did feature “Flyin” Ryan Newman turning in the fastest lap of the evening en route to picking up his 43rd career pole award. His lap […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

April 5th, 2008

Saturday Morning Quick Fix

- Yes, just a month and a half into the 2008 NASCAR season, here we are already talking about 2009 as it seems that the ever-so-dramatic Silly Season is once again creeping upon us. There’s been quite a buzz created with Richard Childress Racing announcing their addition of a fourth team next year in the […]

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April 4th, 2008

Junior Nation Sits on Texas Pole

Dale Earnhardt Jr. turned in the fastest lap during Friday’s Sprint Cup qualifying for the Samsung 500, and for the sixth time through the first seven races, a Hendrick Motorsports car will lead the field to the drop of the green flag for the start of the race. Junior’s lap of 28.286 was about 2/10th’s […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

March 30th, 2008

Rating the Race: Martinsville - Goody’s Cool Orange 500

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The Sprint Cup Series returned to action this Sunday with 500 gut-wrenching, heart-pounding laps of the Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway, and after taking a long week off, NASCAR fans were treated to quite a […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 4 comments

March 29th, 2008

Bobby Hamilton Racing Back to Victory Lane

The Craftsman Truck Series returned to action Saturday night at Martinsville for the first time in three weeks since points leader Kyle Busch won in Atlanta. This time, however, it was Dennis Setzer taking the checkered flag in the Kroger 250, sending Bobby Hamilton Racing to victory lane for the first time since the late […]

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March 20th, 2008

Top-35 Shaking Things Up

As NASCAR heads into its first breaking point in the season and we put the first five Sprint Cup races behind us, it’s also time to put last year’s points standings behind us. That means that drivers will no longer be safe from qualifying based on the 2007 car owner points, but rather on the […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

March 15th, 2008

Bristol Qualifying / Weather Report

Yes, just as it did to us in Fontana a few weeks ago, Mother Nature has once more reared her ugly head and focused her anger on the NASCAR world.  Rainstorms cancelled qualifying for both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races. Due to Bristol being inside the first five races of the season (it […]

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March 9th, 2008

Rating the Race: Kobalt Tool’s 500

After 500 miles of hard racing, Kyle Busch pulled his no. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry into victory lane after picking up the checkered flag in the Kobalt Tool’s 500. The win not only increased Kyle’s spread amongst the top of the points standings in the Sprint Cup Series, but also permanently wrote his […]

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