Tag archive for ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr.’
NSCS: What To Expect at Atlanta
By: Toby Christie
Jimmie Johnson comes into this race on a two race winning streak, and has won more times at Atlanta in the past six races there than anyone, but he is not my pick to win.
Johnson will however be strong, that is a given, but there are two drivers I really see contending for [...]
NSCS: Earnhardt Jr. Nabs Atlanta Pole
By: Toby Christie
Those who were in doubt that the No. 88 Amp Energy team had made improvements this season, have to at least admit that they have qualifying figured out. Earnhardt Jr., who has not been known as a strong qualifier in his career, qualified fourth last week in Vegas, and he topped that Friday [...]
NSCS: Three Races In, We are Seeing Actual Progress for Dale Jr
By: Toby Christie
I know it is nothing spectacular. I know it isn’t anything amazing. However what we have seen for the no. 88 Chevrolet this season is progress. Now I know what you are saying… Am I nuts? Earnhardt sits 15th in the driver points standings after three events this season, and in a car [...]
NSCS: Gordon Dominates, But Jimmie Johnson Wins Again
By: Toby Christie
Jimmie Johnson took his second straight victory of 2010 Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The winning move for Johnson was a pass on Jeff Gordon with 16 laps to go. The pass was setup by a call from Chad Knaus. Knaus decided to take four tires, while Jeff Gordon and Steve Letarte [...]
NSCS: Bowyer paces Rain Shortened Happy Hour
By: Toby Christie
Well we knew it was gonna have to happen eventually, but the skies held off rain for approximately 50-minutes of Sprint Cup Series happy hour.
Clint Bowyer was the fastest in this session turning a lap of 183.530 mph. Bowyer was followed by Juan Montoya, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, and Marcos Ambrose rounded out [...]
NSCS: Kurt Busch on the Pole for Shelby American GT 350
By: Toby Christie
Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway we saw a track record fall. Kurt Busch at his home track put down a blistering lap of 188.719 mph. Busch has never won a race at his hometrack, but he now will be in a great spot to do so… on the pole.
Jeff Gordon turned a [...]
NSCS: What To Expect at Las Vegas
By: Toby Christie
We are coming off of a uncharacteristically exciting race at California, and the “real” season is now underway. So that being said what can we expect to see at Las Vegas?
Jimmie Johnson will be in the running for the win… No surprise I know, but in a town where it is better to [...]
NSCS: What To Expect At California
By: Toby Christie
The Daytona 500 is in the books, Jamie McMurray has made his late-night talk show rounds, and everyone is still buzzing about the last lap surge by Dale Earnhardt Jr., but what do we have to look forward to at California?
Don’t Expect Jimmie Johnson’s slow start to spill over this weekend. Johnson may [...]
NSCS: With Frantic Finish Is Dale Jr Officially Back?
By: Toby Christie
Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked like one of the cars to beat early on in the 2010 Daytona 500. He would lead four laps during the early running of the race, and would hang inside the top-five to top-ten for most of the first half of the race.
Then something happened that has plagued Junior [...]
NSCS: McMurray Reels In Daytona 500 Victory
By: Toby Christie
Jamie McMurray was the odd man out at Roush-Fenway Racing at the end of last season, well now he is the Daytona 500 champion. This marks the fourth time a Dale Earnhardt Incorporated car has won the Daytona 500 since 2001.
McMurray survived two green-white-checkered attempts (technically three if you count the original restart [...]
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