At the beginning of the season I said that Jimmie Johnson’s team “is the best in Cup until someone rips the mantle from his shoulders”. Carl Edwards gave it a great tug, but for the third straight season the banner, confetti, trophy and 7 million dollar check are still in Johnson’s possession. Johnson has raised [...]

Don’t listen to DW, Jimmie Johnson doesn’t not have to worry about Homestead. Darrell Waltrip says Sunday’s race is filled with dangers for the #48 team and it’s the race of their lives. The reality is the only thing that will doom Johnson is an early wreck or an engine failure. A mistake on pit [...]

It’s election night and I hope everyone reading this exercised their right to vote. Here in South Carolina (deep in the heart of NASCAR country) I almost expected an amendment question to be on the ballot asking if the Chase format should be changed for 2009.
Just as Obama has been leading in most of [...]

Everything worked out for the #99 team at Texas, but Bob Osborne made a stupid and unnecessary call at the end. As predicted, Carl Edwards won stomped the field at Texas. What wasn’t expected was that Edwards would try and seal the win on fuel mileage. Sure it worked out, making crew chief Bob Osborne [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

OK, either Mike is just really, really good at these “pick the winner” games, or I’m beginning to think there’s a conspiracy going on against those players who have names starting with the letter J.
I know this much, there are two more races where Jeff and I have the same driver selected to win. [...]

With Kyle Busch, Bobby Labonte and Elliott Sadler in pink paint schemes on Saturday night, Dale Jarrett attempted to explain why.
Nearly everyone knows that the pink paint schemes are usually tied to the Susan G Komen foundation and the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Maybe it was Jessica Simpson singing the National [...]

I live in a neighborhood where it’s not uncommon for the residents to proudly hang the flag of our country off their front porch or garage. Even more common is the showing of support for their favorite sports team. Take enough turns around our neighborhood you’ll spot a banner or flag for a [...]

According to sports news reports, there was a race this weekend. I saw what they’re referring to as a “race,” but I’m just not buying it.
Since when is a race considered a race when the top drivers of the sport opt to hang out in the back?
Are we to go away from Talladega with the [...]