It’s hard to believe how fast kids grow up these days. It’s been one NASCAR year since Denny Hamlin took over as driver of the JGR Fed Ex #11.
That’s right. Denny debuted his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup career at the site of this weeks race, Kansas Speedway, on October 9, 2005 at the Banquet 400. For [...]

I’ve got the answer.
I know why Tony Stewart has been so good-natured the past couple of weeks.
You know what I’m talking about. The Tony Stewart that gave us this quote after missing the Chase For The Nextel Cup.
“It takes 26 weeks to get to this point. We just missed it tonight. We couldn’t get it [...]

  NOTE: The ‘Official 2006 NASCAR Mulligan Chart’ is ’stuck’ up top until the end of the 2006 NASCAR season. There is fresh content below it

Official NASCAR 2006 ‘Chase For The Nextel Cup’ Mulligan Chart

Week
Driver
Mulligan Race
Finish
Pre-Race
Post-Race

#1
Kyle Busch
Sylvania 300
38th
4th
10th

#1
Jimmie Johnson
Sylvania 300
39th
2nd
9th

#2
Kevin Harvick
Dover 400
35th
1st
5th

#2
Kasey Kahne
Dover 400
38th
8th
9th

#2
Kyle Busch
Dover 400
40th
10th
10th

#3
Kasey Kahne
Banquet 400
33rd
9th
10th

#3
Jeff Gordon
Banquet 400
39th
2nd
6th

#4
Jeff Burton
UAW Ford 400
27th
1st
1st

#4
Jeff [...]

NASCAR Quote Machine v2
Robby Gordon was the quote machine last year at New Hampshire International Speedway. This year, it’s one of my two favorite whipping boys, Jimmie Johnson.
Pre-race Interview
During the pre-race show, Marty Snider was talking with Jimmy Johnson just before driver introductions. The conversation went like this:
Marty Snider: “Happy Birthday to Jimmie . . [...]

Old Format Nascar Points Standings
I created a page that will track the NASCAR Driver Points Standings under the old format or ‘Non-Chase For The Nextel Cup’ format.
Matt Kenseth & Jimmie Johnson have a pretty healthy lead on the other drivers. But, it will be pretty interesting to see just how the 2006 NASCAR season will [...]

There is the proverbial ‘pie in the face’ then there is the real ‘pie in the face’.
This one is real.
Kevin Harvick gets a square shot of full on face pie into Denny Hamlin during NASCAR Cup qualifying at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Happy Birthday to NASCAR’s Lucky Dog
The ‘Lucky Dog’ is offically 3 years (+ 1 day) old.
The Lucky Dog is Born
On lap 159 of the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway (my favorite driver) Dale Jarrett wrecked. I don’t recall the particulars, but I remember the race. They were showing an in-car shot of DJ [...]

Fantasy Racing Perspective
Here’s some quick statistics to help set your NASCAR fantasy racing team for the upcoming New Hampshire International Speedway ‘Sylvania 300′.
Best Average Finishes
Just like last weeks race at Richmond, once again, Denny Hamlin has the theoretical best average finish at New Hampshire Speedway. He leads all active drivers with an average finish position [...]

In case anyone is interested, here is the run down of how many points the top 10 drivers were adjusted as they move into the Chase For The Nextel Cup.

NASCAR Points Adjustment for 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup contenders

Driver
Point Adjustment

Matt Kenseth
+1265

Jimmie Johnson
+1317

Kevin Harvick
+1559

Kyle Busch
+1611

Denny Hamlin
+1682

Dale Earnhardt Jr
+1687

Mark Martin [...]

I’ve been overanalyzing Tony Stewart’s performance for the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. I’ve got an odd sort of shock over him not making the Chase.
I’m seeing 7 specific races that really knocked him out of contention for back to back championships. Of course, a few spots better in any one or combination of races [...]