With his championship hopes all but dashed after a late race altercation with Kurt Busch at Martinsville last weekend, Jeff Gordon has nothing to lose and only that elusive win to gain this season.
It's both appropriate and interesting that the next round of NASCAR's Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship is being held at the Talladega Super Speedway on Halloween day.
The spring race usually comes after the excitement of the high banks of Bristol, but the fall race—the only short track in the playoff system known as The Chase—comes after a series of boring race tracks.
Denny Hamlin backed up his statement that he would win in Martinsville, but his offense may not be strong enough against Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick going into the final four of the Chase.
We witnessed a rowdy moment between two Chase contenders and former champions and we were overjoyed to see the return of two of NASCAR's most popular drivers.
If you could pick just one person to win this weekend’s Amp Energy Juice 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, it may be best to pick either Jamie McMurray or Kevin Harvick.
Ragan on racing at Talladega Superspeedway: “It’s kind of crazy going straight from the shortest track we race at to the longest track, but I really enjoy racing at Talladega."
In the only short track race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series Chase, more drivers than not were reaching for the race sponsor Tums during this intense 500 lap dash to claim the grandfather clock.
In the only short track race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series Chase, more drivers than not were reaching for the race sponsor Tums during this intense 500 lap dash to claim the grandfather clock.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas, Nevada, is set to become the 20th competitor overall to reach 700 career starts in NASCAR's premier series at the Brickyard.
