Cup Series

(Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR via NASCAR PR)First, let me first say that I created this list before Sunday’s race at New Hampshire, it was in response to last Sunday night’s WindTunnel question of the week, What will the final 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings be? They asked to send the list in by Thursday and this is the list I sent in and am sticking with,

(Photo Credit: Robert Laberge/Getty Images for NASCAR)For the first time this season, it was the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series turn to embark on a different type of adventure leaving the oval tracks behind for the art of turning left and right on the road course at Infineon Raceway located in the beautiful Sonoma Valley in Northern California (wine country) and what a sight it is.For some reason or ano

Now let me state the obvious, I am a huge NASCAR fan that has been watching the sport since the early 1990’s, I’ve watched drivers like Jeff Gordon make his first Cup Series start at the 1992 Hooters 500 in Atlanta, while at the same time, same race, watched Richard Petty in his last race. Since those days in the NASCAR, there has been a lot of changes to the NASCAR landscaping which has inclu

For the past couple of weeks, numerous media, drivers including Jeff Gordon (and here), teams and fans have noticed this new tread in how to get this COT Cup Series car to handle better with adjusting the rear end so the COT car turns better in the corners, but goes sideways down the straightaway’s and in a world were NASCAR is penalizing so many drivers and teams for messing with the COT, how i

With a much needed off weekend for the drivers and teams that falls just after the five races of the 2008 season, NASCAR fans have already begun to see the top contenders emerge for not only the race victories, but also for the Chase for Sprint Cup and at least in my opinion, the results are surprising in some ways, remember it’s not about where you start the race, but were you finish and some drivers just can’t seem to endore the entire race for whatever reason.So far the top contenders, the successful one’s seems to be with all four manufacturers, starting first would be Toyota, I know that some fans didn’t want to see that, but it is what it is and Toyota’s Motorsports program at least in NASCAR is paying off. The Gibbs drivers (Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin) don

When it comes to picking the biggest story so far this season, that’s a tough one considering all that had gone on in just the first four races (Daytona, Monday in California, Las Vegas and Atlanta), so what are the top four?First, the manufacturer war between not just Chevrolet and Toyota, but Ford and Dodge has started to step up too.When Toyota signed Joe Gibbs Racing last year, it gave Toyota a huge piece of the puzzle that they were looking for to compete with the Detroit big three on a weekly basis and since the beginning of the season at Daytona, all four manufacturers – Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge and Toyota have all been running up front, first Dodge won at Daytona with Ryan Newman, then Ford won with Carl Edwards back-to-back races at California and Las Vegas and just this past we

When you look towards the future of the sport, a lot of issues has to be addressed and throughout last season, several people who have been in the sport for years came out about what should the future should behold, well from this racing fan (who has been a NASCAR since the early 1990’s – before Jeff Gordon came in to the (the Cup Series in 1992 at Atlanta), why not think about these suggestions…The Length of season, 34 to 37 races should be the max for the Sprint Cup Series and what we have now (36 races) is dead-on, no problems here.The Length of race, If we are talking race per race changes, start with Pocono going to 400 miles, however one idea could be 3 hour timed races (not counting red flag periods) for most races except the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Coca-Cola 600, (would s

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With just 9 days before the Daytona 500 and in my look ahead to the 2007 Nextel Cup Series Season, we come to my Final Thoughts on this subject.2007 Predictions:There are five drivers that stand out in my opinion and they are my picks of who to watch in 2007, these are should be no surprise considering they all finished inside the top 11 in points last season.First up is Tony Stewart, even after missing the chase last season by just a little bit, he still was the most talked about during most of the chase when he won a couple of races including a coaster on zero fuel at Kansas. On the opposite side, Kasey Kahne who had six victories and if he can back that up this season with his domanation on 1.5 and larger tracks and the way the new chase format is layed out, he could be champion. I did choose Kahne to win last years chase for the Nextel cup and I choose him again because of his victories.This ones going to be tough, last years Nextel Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson, it has been at least

Looking ahead to the 2007 Nextel Cup Series Season, the next theme that comes to mind is Changes, what changes are fans going to see in 2007.TV Package:One of the biggest changes in 2007 is going to be the Television package, including NBC is leaving and the huge return of ESPN/ABC making there come back. There comeback will highlight one of the biggest races of the season at non-other than the Brickyard for the 400. Personal, the coverage has not been bad at all, I liked the TV package in 2006, but now, it might just get better. ESPN always has great coverage, but it’s the ABC coverage that has me looking at this and saying..is ABC going to stay with these races live even if the time limit is gone over. That means cutting into evening news on the East Coast or even the nightly news? I had raised this question before last year and it got quite a response on my FoxSports Blog, after ABC cut off live coverage of an IRL race from I think Michigan.Read "My Take" Could there be a problem

(Image was taken by me at the 2006 New England International Autoshow in Boston this past November)When I think about the upcoming 2007 Nextel Cup season, one of the first subjects that comes to mind is the who or what is making there debut.Juan Montoya's debut:NASCAR fans got a preview last season of what Montoya's impact in NASCAR could be when he first made his ARCA debut at Talladega, followed up with his Busch series debut at Memphis and in completing his ABC schedule with his Cup Series debut at Homestead. The Cup series debut at Homestead was impressive when he first qualifyed around the 12th-13th position and followed that up with a good run until a brush with the wall.Now looking ahead to the 2007 season with Montoya going full time, I believe the biggest question is going to be will Montoya be able to do the entire 07 season, the schedule in Cup is almost twice as long as Formula 1 and more demanding. With that in mind, his impact will be felt both on and off the track. Tha