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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 -- 9 comments

June 3rd, 2008

McMurray Denies Departure from Roush

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Earlier this week, the Charlotte Observer reported that Jamie McMurray would be parting ways with Roush-Fenway Racing at the conclusion of the 2008 season, but McMurray has denied such allegations. McMurray, who is in the midst of his third full season with Roush-Fenway, stated that those rumors […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 4 comments

June 2nd, 2008

List of the Week: Worst Trends in NASCAR

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5. “Boogity, Boogity, Boogity!” - It was pretty catchy at first, and then it just became tolerable for awhile. Let’s face it, though, at this point it’s just redundant and played out, and it brings serious question to the vocabulary range of Darrell Waltrip. Let’s find something new, shall we?
4. […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 7 comments

May 28th, 2008

Ganassi Slates Mayfield for Dover; Franchitti for Pocono

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Dario Franchitti, driver of the no. 40 Target car for Chip Ganassi Racing, returned to the track on Tuesday for the first time since incurring his ankle injury a month ago at Talladega. Dario was on-hand for NASCAR’s test session at Pocono Raceway in preparation for the […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

May 15th, 2008

All-Star Challenge Preview

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It’s another week off from points racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, but this week brings us something a little different … NASCAR’s annual All-Star weekend from Lowe’s Motor Speedway. For those of you unfamiliar with the format of this great race, it’s very […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

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 19th, 2008

Bowyer Headed In Right Direction

In 2007, as the Case for the [then] Nextel Cup dwindled down and was coming to a close, I pretty much berated Clint Bowyer at every possible opportunity. I just didn’t think that he belonged in the top tier with the Hendricks Motorsports duo of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, and I sure as hell […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

February 17th, 2008

‘08 Daytona Not Shy on Drama

Heading into the 50th running of NASCAR’s “Great American Race”, this year’s Daytona 500 has already proven to us beyond a shadow of a doubt that this track is not shy when it comes to both hype and the ability to produce storylines. The 2008 Sprint Cup season has been one of the most talked […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 4 comments

February 16th, 2008

Season Preview: Roush-Fenway Racing

 
After running runner-up for the NASCAR Cup championship on four occasions with Mark Martin from 1988 to 2002, Roush Racing finally won it all in 2003 with Matt Kenseth and then again the following year in ’04 with Kurt Busch. Additionally, the organization had runner-up finishes again in 2005 with Carl Edwards & Greg Biffle […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

February 8th, 2008

Season Preview: Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing has been one of the most successful organizations in the racing world, and they demonstrated that yet again by becoming the first team to ever win three consecutive Rolex 24 events this past January. The struggle for the team, however, has been trying to find a way translate all of their success […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

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