30 Nov
You hear it all the time now that Jimmie Johnson has accomplished this unprecedented feat.
Those labeled as “Haters”(i.e. anybody who doesn’t like Jimmie Johnson) make a point stating that NASCAR is fake, or that everything that is done in NASCAR is a big act, or that Rick Hendrick is funneling money into NASCAR so that [...]
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25 Nov
Stock Car Spin would like to wish each and every one of you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy some turkey and some football!
I wonder if the Detroit Lions can finally start a winning streak?
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25 Nov
It seems that nobody can agree on a championship formula.
On one side, you have the old-school fans/Jimmie Johnson “haters” who believe that the old system is the way to go. It may not have been the most exciting formula, but it was always fair, and did produce some tight points finishes.
On the other side, you [...]
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24 Nov
Now that Hendrick Motorsports has history out of the way, the team is now ready to focus on getting NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver back near the top.
According to Yahoo.com, getting Dale Earnhardt Jr’s team back on track is Hendrick Motorsports’ “top priority”.
Team owner Rick Hendrick said about getting the struggling #88 team out of its [...]
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22 Nov
Jimmie Johnson made history on Sunday by becoming the first driver ever to win 4 straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships. Johnson stands alone in that category, but I am about to tell you, from a die-hard NASCARĀ fan’s perspective, why this unprecedented accomplishment will forever have an asterisk next to it in many fans’ minds.
And [...]
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22 Nov
Surprise, surprise. Jimmie Johnson made history on Sunday by winning his fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Joey Logano took Rookie of the Year honors, making it a clean-up season for home improvement chains.
Congratulations to both these drivers on their accomplishments.
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22 Nov
30 years ago, in the 1979 Daytona 500, a pair of drivers fought a war against each other for 200 laps. On the last of those, the two made contact battling for the win in NASCAR’s most prestigious event, lost control of their cars, and careened into the outside wall.
Neither of them won, and afterwards, [...]
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21 Nov
After 5 years of trying, Kyle Busch won his first championship in one of NASCAR’s premier divisions. Busch merely needed to start Saturday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway to clinch the NASCAR Nationwide Series title.
But that wasn’t enough for Busch, who held of a Kansas-like charge from his Nationwide Series rival, Carl Edwards, to win the [...]
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