Back to back 1.5 mile tracks creates a dearth of storylines. The top cars last week will be the top cars this week. The tires are likely similar, although Texas offers more grip than Atlanta. Jimmie Johnson will enter Phoenix with the points lead, so nothing to see there. There weren’t any feud-starting wrecks at [...]

There are few sponsors as visible as NAPA in the Cup garage. Between a fulltime sponsor of the #55 car and a comprehensive ad campaign, the auto parts company is spending big bucks on NASCAR. Since 2001, they have backed, some might say blindly, Michael Waltrip. Despite only four wins–none since 2003–and a litany of [...]

Few would consider the weather to be party to a Hendrick conspiracy.
Of course trailblazer Darren Fauth believes otherwise:
“I saw a headline (I think over at ESPN) a few weeks ago about Mother Nature giving the Championship to Johnson. I mildly thought it interesting when I saw it. Of course being a ‘Johnson hater’ I was [...]

If you saw Carl Edwards’ Victory Lane interview, he looked like a bank robber that had done everything right, taken the loot planned his escape and then gets caught after he got home. “Are you kidding me? Man, you’ve rained on my parade all day. I could have done without that one.” The good news [...]

The good folks that help promote the Shell brand have given us some ‘Americans for a Gunk Free Nation’ hats to give away to you.
The hats are signed by Kevin Harvick.
We are running this contest for three races: Atlanta, Texas & Phoenix. The winners for the Atlanta race are posted here.
This post represents the second [...]

Here are the results for the first round of Kevin Harvick “Gunk Free Nation” hats.
Remember, we were looking for the closest cumulative guess for Kevin’s position after the first yellow flag and his finish position.
There was a tie for second place. I hated to have to pick a random winner between the two, but I [...]

It seems like everyone loves Atlanta. The high banking and even higher speeds means people can pass wherever their cars work. The downside is that cars get very strung out, so while your car might be able to pass anywhere on the track you first have to have someone in sight before overtaking said cars. [...]

UPDATE: Entrant’s scores and the two winners are available here.

“I hate engine gunk!”
“I know you do.”
Do you know (at least one of) the people exchanging those lines?
If you watch NASCAR you have surely seen the commercial with Kevin Harvick and the two ’scientists’ on their daily car pool commute.
The good folks that help promote the [...]

Chase For A Cause - Charity Split
I’d like to share some information about a Charity Splits program that Pay The Fan is presenting. It’s called Chase For A Cause. Here is an opportunity to help out some worthy causes, and possibly pocket yourself some cash as well. I know I’m going to participate [...]

So last week I pointed out that Mike was bucking Jeff’s fantasy preview advice. He also bucked the trend of taking either Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson to win Martinsville. Instead, he took Earnhardt Jr. and backed up his decision by pointing out, “The last two fall races Junior has run in the top [...]