Bonus Points up for grabs

More On Those Bonus Points – They’re Crucial To Championship Chances Prior to the Chase, the 12 drivers who qualify have their point totals re-set to 5,000, whereupon 10 bonus points are tacked on for each pre-Chase race win. Those adjusted point totals establish Chase seedings. Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin have the prospective top [...]

Two Chase Spots Locked Up…Who’s Next?

Two Chase Spots Locked Up…Who’s Next? Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon have already clinched berths in the 2010 Chase. A number of drivers can add their names to that coveted list. Leaving Atlanta, a driver must be 196 points ahead of 13th place to officially clinch a spot in the Chase. A few seem likely [...]

Realignment 2011, Race To The Chase Are Puzzlers

Guest Column by Cathy Elliott The past few days in NASCAR have started to resemble a Sudoku puzzle. You know the pieces are going to fall into place eventually. You’re just not exactly sure how. Sudoku is a number puzzle, usually a block of nine individual squares combining to make one big square, where you [...]

Chicagoland Speedway kicks off 2011 Chase

(Joliet, Ill. – Aug. 9, 2010) – Chicagoland Speedway will celebrate its 10th year of operation in undisputed style – square in the national media spotlight as the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Chicagoland Speedway’s NASCAR weekend, historically held in early July, will now take place in the fall – [...]

Audio Podcast: NASCAR Changes

SHOW #121 – We recap the Pocono/Iowa weekend, the Elliott Sadler wreck, changes coming to NASCAR, plus road course racing from Watkins Glen.  Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop. LISTEN HERE (About 52 mins) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] SUBSCRIBE HERE DOWNLOAD HERE SUBSCRIBE FROM iTUNES: Take us with you! Subscribe to [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. back in the top 12

Earnhardt Jr. Moves Into The Top 12 After a six week stint hovering outside the top 12, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finally moved back into a coveted Chase position with a fourth-place finish at Daytona. He is now 11th. His momentum might carry him even higher. Earnhardt has finished inside the top 10 in three of [...]

Add Kurt Busch to the contender list

Older Busch Suddenly A Championship Favorite Kurt Busch completed the rare All-Star-Coca-Cola 600 sweep last weekend, the seventh time that has occurred. In doing so, the 2004 series champion penciled his name on the short list of 2010 championship favorites. The 600 victory was Busch’s second of the season, and it gave him another 10 [...]

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