Anger and anguish describe Greg Biffle’s season-to-date, perfectly. The Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) veteran driver remains winless through 2014, and has only notched one top-10 finish in February at Daytona International Speedway.
Tony Stewart won the Coors Light Pole award at the Texas Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon with a qualifying time 27.628 seconds or 195.454 miles per hour.
Six races in the books, six different Sprint Cup Series winners. Though in each look at the list, a big name is missing -six-time Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson. With this year's points format making wins so important, one would think that'd be a big issue. However, Johnson says that he's felt no pressure so far.
Chase Elliott is certainly not your average 18 year-old. Most kids his age are not racing full-time, let alone winning a race at the national level. Elliott’s competing on a week-to-week basis in the Nationwide Series with some of the best drivers in NASCAR and beating them on a consistent basis, making him one extraordinary teenager.
During driver press conferences at Texas Motor Speedway Friday, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was asked if he felt the reduction in horsepower would make the racing more competitive, whether it would change his driving style and his thoughts on less horsepower.
Harvick backed up that time in the following two rounds of qualifying to score the pole for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick scored his first Texas Motor Speedway Nationwide Series pole with a lap of 29.195 seconds. It marks Harvick’s 25th career Nationwide Series pole.
In the midst of a two-week whirlwind period, lot of has gone down with relation to Denny Hamlin, health issues and the metal in his eye. There's a lot to be learned from the discussion and certainly things that should be noted moving forward.
Last year, it was the NRA. This year the Texas race is brought to you courtesy of Duck Commander, representing the first family of Duck Dynasty. While some might be a touch torqued to have another gun-endorsing group as a sponsor, I find it less offensive than, say, Chick-Fil-A.
Kurt Busch's nickname is the "Outlaw", but in realityCurtis Turner was a true outlaw. He was barred forever from NASCAR in 1961 because he tried to start a drivers union.
Ryan Preece, driver of the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse, is currently in a battle to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series Chase, which will begin at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 6.
It was just three years ago that one of the sport’s most iconic venues, North Wilkesboro Speedway, was revived to welcome NASCAR back to its hallowed grounds.
