Archive for November, 2010

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is about to have one of its tightest finishes in its 62-year history. And yet, NASCAR fans still don’t like the points system under which it will be decided. The Chase system, which has been under scrutiny since its inception in 2004, has been nothing if not a point of controversy. When created, its main purpose was to allow a NASCAR champion to be crowned in a thrilling finale and give the fans something to talk about at the water coolers for weeks to come. So far, all it’s done is give us something to [...]

Kyle Busch continues to hold a hefty lead over Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson, and the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series field in the Stock Car Spin Least Popular Driver standings. You have until after the NASCAR Awards Ceremony to vote on who you believe should earn the honors of NASCAR’s least popular driver. You can vote for as many drivers as you want, as many times as you want! So what are you waiting for? Vote now!

It seems as though we have this discussion about NASCAR and finishing races more often than Lindsey Lohan has discussions about her drinking and drug problems. Unfortunately, in both cases, the discussions have resulted in little-to-no progress. For what is seemingly the 1,000,000,000,000th time, fans of NASCAR feel cheated and enraged at the fact that NASCAR failed to let them witness a long-anticipated, nail-biting finish. Such was the case on Sunday afternoon, when the 188-lap affair at Talladega was called after 187.25 circuits. That is when a terrifying crash happened behind the leaders after AJ Allmendinger’s car got airborne and went over on [...]