We're now well into Chase Number Five in the history of NASCAR's top level racing tour, and Jimmie Johnson appears a lock to win a third-straight title, a fact the first star to do so, Cale Yarborough, has expressed resignation at seeing. Certainly when Dale Earnhardt won a seventh title, it had an effect on view of the first achievement of seven NASCAR titles by Richard Petty, and seeing Johnson potentially match Cale's feat likewise puts perspective into what Cale accomplished three decades ago - in a supreme irony, Johnson's first two titles came exactly 30 years after Cale's first two titles and if he pulls off the third, it will also be on Cale's 30th anniversary. But with the Chase ... FULL STORY »
It was 2001 that Jeff Burton last won more than one race in a season. One of them was at Charlotte, which gives 2008 a sense of=2 0full circle for Burton. It's also been a surge that has taken Burton ... FULL STORY »
Gillian Zucker had it right after the Daytona 500 when she suggested making Fontana a restrictor plate track. But this Talladega weekend managed to put up competition that was eye-popping even by Talladega's standards, and in the process rewrote the ... FULL STORY »