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June 10th, 2013
Volume VII, Edition CI
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June 10th, 2013
Volume VII, Edition CI
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What to Watch For: Monday
- Today, Brad Keselowski is conducting an AMA, or "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit's NASCAR sub-Reddit. In an AMA, more or less anything goes. As a result, viewer discretion is advised in advance, due to a high probability of "gutter language." The AMA starts at 11:45am EDT and goes until Question Marks. In order to ask questions, you must have a Reddit username. Go here to register.
Sprint Cup Race Recap: Johnson Dominates The Party At Pocono
by Justin Tucker
Jimmie Johnson came into Sunday's race at Pocono looking for redemption. Just a week ago, Johnson had a certain win at Dover taken away because of a penalty on a restart with under 20 laps to go. On Sunday, Johnson left the race in no doubt as he absolutely dominated the field from start to finish leading 128 of 160 laps, claiming his third win at Pocono and his first since sweeping both races in 2004.
Johnson, who scored his third win of the season at Pocono on Sunday, pulled away on restarts with 10 laps to go and would gap the field in the closing laps beating second-place Greg Biffle by 1.208 seconds.
Afterwards, Johnson was convinced that he had one of the best race cars of his entire career on Sunday.
"That [was] the best car I have had in a long time," Johnson said. "What a race car. Not only a great race car, but an engine, had fuel mileage and plenty of power. It was awesome on the straightaways today to be able to do what I wanted around other cars. Hats off to chassis, aero and the engine shop for this awesome race car. I'm very happy for Lowe's/Kobalt Tools to get this car into Victory Lane. It's been a long time since I've won here and very excited to do it."
"That [was] the best car I have had in a long time," Johnson said. "What a race car. Not only a great race car, but an engine, had fuel mileage and plenty of power. It was awesome on the straightaways today to be able to do what I wanted around other cars. Hats off to chassis, aero and the engine shop for this awesome race car. I'm very happy for Lowe's/Kobalt Tools to get this car into Victory Lane. It's been a long time since I've won here and very excited to do it."
For Biffle, second realistically was about as good as he could have done.
"I really didn't have anything for Jimmie," Biffle said. "Jimmie was in a league of his own." Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart, and Ryan Newman would round out the top-5 on the afternoon.
Many were left wondering how Johnson and the 48 team would rebound after last weekend's controversial finish at Dover. That question was answered ten laps into the race as Johnson would power past Edwards taking the lead, a lead the five-time champion wouldn't relinquish most of the afternoon except for on cycles of green flag pit stops.
The Party in the Poconos 400 played out like a typical Pocono style race with lots of green flag racing. Only one caution flag during the race's first 125 circuits but a slew of cautions impacted the race's final 35 laps and put fuel mileage into the equation at race's end. There were six cautions for 19 laps and 12 lead changes among four drivers with an average race speed of 144.202 MPH.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. showed speed all day on Sunday as he drove his No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet to a third-place finish at Pocono. Afterwards, Junior paid his victorious teammate the ultimate compliment after 400 miles.
"He's one of the best drivers this sport has ever seen," Earnhardt said. However, he was also frustrated about coming up short and not making another trip back to Victory Lane.
"We want to get a win, man," Earnhardt Jr. continued. "I can see it right there in front of me. I really thought we got close."
Stewart-Haas Racing continued to turn the corner on Sunday at Pocono as Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman would score top 5 finishes.
One of the big stories on Sunday was Toyota as they would fail to lead a lap for the first time all season. Kyle Busch would be Toyota's highest finisher on the afternoon with a 6th-place finish.
Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, and Joey Logano would round out the top 10.
The Sprint Cup Series heads to the lightning fast Michigan International Speedway next weekend for the Quicken Loans 400. Can Dale Earnhardt, Jr. repeat his win from MIS last June or will Jimmie Johnson score his seconnd straight win and his first career win at MIS? The action gets underway with the green flag at 1:16 P.M. ET on TNT.
Justin Tucker is a Newsletter Contributor at Frontstretch. To reach Justin, please contact Newsletter Manager Phil Allaway at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com.
Chasing the Chase: Johnson's Lead Exceeds A Full Race
by Phil Allaway
After the restart controversy in Dover, Jimmie Johnson was not playing around in Pocono. He was fastest on short and long runs in practice, and completely dominated the race on Sunday to claim a well-deserved perfect score of 48 points. That allowed him to increase his points lead by 21 points over Carl Edwards, who had a quiet run to 18th. Clint Bowyer had a similar day to Edwards. It was good enough to keep third in points, but he lost a lot of ground to Johnson.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had a very good run on Sunday to finish third after running up front all day. His reward was a boost up to fourth in points, while not losing anywhere near as much ground to Johnson as everyone else. Kevin Harvick once again had a quiet day at Pocono, but made up ground and earned himself a top-10 finish. That was good enough for him to maintain his fifth spot in the standings. Matt Kenseth was running well until he collided with Juan Pablo Montoya in the Tunnel Turn and spun out. Even though his Toyota was undamaged after the spin, Kenseth could not charge back up through the field and finished a disappointing 25th, costing him two spots.
Kyle Busch did quite well to finish sixth and move up a spot to seventh in points on Sunday. However, if you were to ask him about, he wouldn't be all that pleased. For Kasey Kahne, his day never really started. Kahne's HendrickCars.com Chevrolet started violently shaking as soon as he stomped the accelerator on the start. By Lap 3, Kahne was in the garage and any chance of a good day was over. A 36th-place finish and a drop to eighth in points was expected. Brad Keselowski gained one place to ninth after finishing 16th, but nearly wiped out late in the race.
Greg Biffle's second-place finish boosted him back into the top-10 for the first time since Richmond. Jeff Gordon is just two points out of the top-10 at the moment after finishing 12th. Finally, Paul Menard dropped three places to 12th after blowing his right front tire and hitting the wall in the Tunnel Turn on the last lap.
Standings: 1) Jimmie Johnson 521, 2) Carl Edwards -51, 3) Clint Bowyer -69, 4) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -82, 5) Kevin Harvick -87, 6) Matt Kenseth -103, 7) Kyle Busch -109, 8) Kasey Kahne -121, 9) Brad Keselowski -123, 10) Greg Biffle -126
Best of the Rest: 11) Jeff Gordon -128, 12) Paul Menard -136, 13) Tony Stewart -143, 14) Aric Almirola -144, 15) Kurt Busch -147, 16) Joey Logano -152, 17) Martin Truex, Jr. -157, t-18) Ryan Newman -158, t-18) Jamie McMurray -158, 20) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. -160.
Wild Cards: 1) Tony Stewart (13th in points, one win), 2) Jeff Gordon (11th in points)
Currently Ineligible for Wild Card: 1) David Ragan (29th in points, one win)
Race Winners: Jimmie Johnson (Daytona, Martinsville, Pocono), Carl Edwards (Phoenix), Matt Kenseth (Las Vegas, Kansas, Darlington), Kasey Kahne (Bristol), Kyle Busch (Fontana, Texas), Kevin Harvick (Richmond, Charlotte), David Ragan (Talladega), Tony Stewart (Dover)
Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager and a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Critic84.
Never Fear, The Underdogs Are Here: Pocono Edition
by Amy Henderson
Editor's Note: This year, we're going to switch things up a little bit. Instead of just focusing upon one underdog (or underreported) car in the Secret Star section, we will point out three smaller teams that put up good finishes each week.*
This week, we'll take a look at the best of the small teams in terms of driver points. It's unfair and unrealistic to compare most of the single-car teams or badly underfunded teams with multi-car teams with unlimited resources. However, if you look at how they stack up against their peers, it becomes clear who's getting the most done with the least. For these teams, being "best in class" in a race or for a season is an accomplishment that they work hard toward. Who's the best of the underdogs so far in 2013? Take a look!
Underdog Selection No. 1: Casey Mears for Germain Racing; 26th in driver points
This team has been the best among their peers this year many times. Mears has a comfortable lead over Bobby Labonte in this group; he's also well ahead of Stewart-Haas Racing driver Danica Patrick, whose equipment is top-flight. Mears is hard to pinpoint as a driver; there's a reason he was hired to driver for Hendrick Motorsports a few years ago, but there's also a reason he's not still there. He should have a few more wins in his career; he's talented enough and has shown that talent with his current team--he was well in contention at Talladega last fall and in his Gatorade Duel this year until he got caught in crashes in both races. The problem is consistency, and that's where the picture gets cloudy. Mears has never been consistent in good equipment…but in stints with three bigger teams in his career, he was never given consistency, either. He was bounced from car to car and crew to crew, at one point going five years with a different crew chief and crew every year.
He's had that consistency behind him at Germain, and as the team improves, Mears has shown that he can get speed out of a car when it's there to get and put the car where it's capable of finishing most weeks. He's raced well…and the results are still inconsistent. After a hot start that saw Mears climb as high as 17th in driver points, the team had a terrible run of luck for most of April and May, between mechanical failures and getting caught in incidents not of his making. If they can put the luck behind them, this team is capable of better finishes. They come by the top spot among their peers honestly.
Underdog Selection No. 2: Bobby Labonte for JTG-Daugherty Racing; 27th in driver points
In contrast to Mears, Labonte is the picture of consistency—he has titles in NASCAR's top two series under point systems that demanded that from a champion. It's the reason he was tops among his small-team peers in 2012 driver points. Labonte avoids trouble, doesn't create mechanical problems with his driving, and always brings his car home in one piece. When the car is capable of a good finish, you can be sure Labonte will find a way to get it. For a small team needing solid feedback, and to have its cars undamaged so they can be turned around quickly for another race at minimal expense, Labonte is a huge asset. Despite this team's struggles for money and equipment, Labonte has been a steady hand and gotten the best out of his stuff. Only a handful of drivers have earned the right to wear the uniform patch identifying a Sprint Cup champion. Labonte is one of them for a reason.
The announcement that Labonte will be out of the No. 47 next week in Michigan in favor of AJ Allmendinger is puzzling, because while Allmendinger is talented, he lacks Labonte's consistency and is prone to using up his equipment too soon. He may take risks that Labonte doesn't, and that will pay off…sometimes. But, it will also tear up cars, something that Labonte does not do. Can the team afford to take risks? That's the question and the problem-they need to take them to get to the next level, but if those risks don't pay off, they can ill afford to pay for the damage. At the beginning of 2012, the team was optimistic about being a two-car operation by now and about an upswing. They have stagnated, but whether or not the problem is the driver is up for debate.
Underdog Selection No. 3: David Ragan for Front Row Motorsports; 29th in driver points
Ragan is the only small-team driver with a win in 2013. He's the first small team since 2011 to break into Victory Lane and he came by it honestly with a perfectly driven final run at Talladega. Ragan is an outstanding restrictor plate driver and both of his career Cup wins have come on plate tracks. Overall, he's solid when he's running well; he narrowly missed the Chase with Roush Fenway Racing in 2008. But as much as Ragan earned his plate track wins, he also earned the "dart without feathers" moniker that he's never been able to leave behind. Ragan is aggressive, and that's both boon and bane for his small team-he gets into tangles and has a tendency to overdrive his cars. Overall, his placing among his peers is about where it should be. While he's got the win, he's also had his share of issues. Ragan lives for the moment a lot of the time in his race car while Labonte and Mears look at the bigger picture more.
FRM has made some progress as a whole. The No. 35 is running the distance in races this year, when a year ago they were starting and parking. Ragan has the win and David Gilliland has had some sold runs as well. The question, though, of whether they'd be better off as a two-car operation has merit. The No. 13 and 47 teams are single-car operations and are probably close to FRM on the funding scale, yet are running better as a whole. So, while this team has made some strides, they still have a ways to go.
Is your favorite driver among NASCAR's underdogs? Are you frustrated with the lack of coverage they receive during the race broadcasts? Amy has all the small teams covered each and every week in The Big Six. Be sure to check it out to see how your favorites fared!
Amy Henderson is a Co-Managing Editor and a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. She can be reached via e-mail at amy.henderson@frontstretch.com. Follow her on Twitter at @Writer_Amy.
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Letter of the Race: Sunday's Party In The Poconos 400 presented by was brought to you by the Letter S, for "Stomped." That is exactly what Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team did to the rest of the field on Sunday. It appeared that no one could legitmately touch Johnson all day on the triangular track. - Phil Allaway
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Sidebar Pocono Stories
by Summer Bedgood
Toyota Racing Has Mixed Results One Week after Changes
After several high profile engine failures in 2012 and 2013, Toyota Racing Development entered the season with many eyes on its cars. While the manufacturer has enjoyed its strongest start to the year since entering the series in 2007, its many engine failures have overshadowed the successes.
After the announced departure of TRD president Lee White at the end of the year, acting president David Wilson announced that the team would be scaling back on horsepower for the next two weeks in order to increase durability, beginning last weekend in Pocono.
Kyle Busch was the highest finishing Toyota driver in sixth, though he was anything but satisfied with the result. However, he did not directly identify the engines as the reason.
"The car was loose in turn 3 all day, but we got the car feeling pretty good towards the end," said Busch post-race. "We probably had a seventh-place car all day long and found ourselves in third on the last restart. I just couldn't get going for some reason on that last restart. I just didn't do a good job there and we found ourselves in sixth."
Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin both downplayed the engine issues, while Denny Hamlin was more critical, citing some issues with the car down the straightaway.
TRD will again test its new engine program this Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earns Top Five
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. earned his first top-5 in nine races Sunday in Pocono and his fourth top-5 in 14 races in 2013. Earnhardt had been struggling with consistency this year, finishing in the top seven in the first five races, then finishing outside of the top 15 in four of the next five.
Earnhardt had not finished inside the top five since the fifth race of the year in Fontana.
"We had a great car," said Earnhardt. "Just thank all our sponsors, National Guard and Diet Mountain Dew. The guys did a good job on pit road, and the car had good speed. We held on and had a good run."
The finish was only his sixth top-5 in 27 starts in Pocono.
Ryan Newman Gambles on Pit Strategy, Finishes Fifth
Ryan Newman and his No. 39 team decided to take a different approach to the race on Sunday, attempting an opposite strategy of what the rest of the field was following. In simplistic terms, Newman would stay out while others pitted and pit while others stayed out during green flag pit stops, and the strategy put him up front during several rounds of green flag stops.
Though the strategy did not put Newman in Victory Lane, it did give the team a top-5 finish a week after team owner Tony Stewart gave the organization its first victory.
"Strategy worked out to our benefit with the yellows there at the end," said Newman. "It was a great day for Haas Automation obviously for being in the top-five."
The top-5 finish was Newman's second of the year and he is currently 19th in points.
Letter of the Race: Sunday's Party In The Poconos 400 presented by was brought to you by the Letter S, for "Stomped." That is exactly what Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team did to the rest of the field on Sunday. It appeared that no one could legitmately touch Johnson all day on the triangular track. - Phil Allaway
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Sidebar Pocono Stories
by Summer Bedgood
Toyota Racing Has Mixed Results One Week after Changes
After several high profile engine failures in 2012 and 2013, Toyota Racing Development entered the season with many eyes on its cars. While the manufacturer has enjoyed its strongest start to the year since entering the series in 2007, its many engine failures have overshadowed the successes.
After the announced departure of TRD president Lee White at the end of the year, acting president David Wilson announced that the team would be scaling back on horsepower for the next two weeks in order to increase durability, beginning last weekend in Pocono.
Kyle Busch was the highest finishing Toyota driver in sixth, though he was anything but satisfied with the result. However, he did not directly identify the engines as the reason.
"The car was loose in turn 3 all day, but we got the car feeling pretty good towards the end," said Busch post-race. "We probably had a seventh-place car all day long and found ourselves in third on the last restart. I just couldn't get going for some reason on that last restart. I just didn't do a good job there and we found ourselves in sixth."
Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin both downplayed the engine issues, while Denny Hamlin was more critical, citing some issues with the car down the straightaway.
TRD will again test its new engine program this Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earns Top Five
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. earned his first top-5 in nine races Sunday in Pocono and his fourth top-5 in 14 races in 2013. Earnhardt had been struggling with consistency this year, finishing in the top seven in the first five races, then finishing outside of the top 15 in four of the next five.
Earnhardt had not finished inside the top five since the fifth race of the year in Fontana.
"We had a great car," said Earnhardt. "Just thank all our sponsors, National Guard and Diet Mountain Dew. The guys did a good job on pit road, and the car had good speed. We held on and had a good run."
The finish was only his sixth top-5 in 27 starts in Pocono.
Ryan Newman Gambles on Pit Strategy, Finishes Fifth
Ryan Newman and his No. 39 team decided to take a different approach to the race on Sunday, attempting an opposite strategy of what the rest of the field was following. In simplistic terms, Newman would stay out while others pitted and pit while others stayed out during green flag pit stops, and the strategy put him up front during several rounds of green flag stops.
Though the strategy did not put Newman in Victory Lane, it did give the team a top-5 finish a week after team owner Tony Stewart gave the organization its first victory.
"Strategy worked out to our benefit with the yellows there at the end," said Newman. "It was a great day for Haas Automation obviously for being in the top-five."
The top-5 finish was Newman's second of the year and he is currently 19th in points.
Summer Bedgood is a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. She can be reached via e-mail at summer.bedgood@frontstretch.com. Follow her on Twitter at @SummerBedgood.
Quotes to Remember: Party In The Poconos 400 presented by Walmart
compiled by Summer Bedgood
"It was a pretty good day for us. We just kept fighting and getting better and better track position. This car likes clean air. We've really struggled this season, but once we got some track position, we were pretty good. The 48 was definitely in a league of his own today. I was just hoping I could get up to his rear bumper or something would happen and I could get close enough to race with him, but we just needed a few more adjustments. We probably need to work on our car a little bit better. We need a couple more weeks before we're gonna run like that." - Greg Biffle, finished second
"It looked like to me we got beat through turn 3 pretty bad. Jimmie (Johnson) was just real fast through there. We had a great car. Just thank all our sponsors, National Guard and Diet Mountain Dew. The guys did a good job on pit road, and the car had good speed. We held on and had a good run. Want to congratulate Chase Elliott on his (ARCA) win yesterday. That was pretty awesome. That guy has a good future, and just happy to get one in the bank, you know. We've been struggling a little bit, and this is a good run for us. We'll have a good week." - Dale Earnhardt, Jr., finished third
"Really happy with it. We got kind of pinched down there in the tunnel; or not pinched down – we were the one doing the pinching, and got hit in the left rear there and moved up the track, and fell back to 12th and fought back to fourth there with all those restarts there, so pretty happy with that." - Tony Stewart, finished fourth
"We just kept working on our M&M's Camry all day. The car was loose in turn three all day, but we got the car feeling pretty good towards the end. We probably had a seventh-place car all day long and found ourselves in third on the last restart. I just couldn't get going for some reason on that last restart. I just didn't do a good job there and we found ourselves in sixth. We'll take that and go on to Michigan." - Kyle Busch, finished sixth
"We had a fast car again, ran up front but a mistake on my part on pit road stalled our momentum (overshot pit box Lap 126). But, we battled back with a solid finish. To win, you have to be perfect out there and we weren't today. But the good news is that we know how to overcome adversity and the more we perform the way we have been the better we'll get. We've made great strides in the past month and need to continue the progression. I don't see any reason why we can't." - Kurt Busch, finished seventh
"We weren't competitive. Really, we were a little bit off all weekend. Really eighth is about where I thought we were going to end up. I'm proud of the whole FedEx Ground team. My pit crew gave me a chance to at least battle those guys for a few laps by picking me up like four or five spots on the last stop. We're fighting it. We're just trying to do everything we can and grind and finish good when we don't have a winning car. And, by no means did we have a winning car this weekend." - Denny Hamlin, finished eighth
"It was frustrating. I really wish we had qualified because you think 400 miles would be enough time to get up there and it really wasn't. It was just so hard to pass today. I felt like we had probably a seventh or eighth-place car and we about got to where we needed to be. We were up there at one point and then we'd get a bad restart or something happens in front of you and you lose them back and you try to get them back again. I think what you saw were the restarts being so chaotic because it's so hard to pass after four or five laps into a run. Everyone was gonna make everything the could in one or two laps, which makes it entertaining. It's entertaining for all of us out there, but you've just got to make it happen in two laps. After that, you've got to try to out-strategize them as far as pit strategy and try keeping that clean air on your nose. I feel like we were better than we finished with the Shell/Pennzoil Ford, but, overall, a top-10 isn't the end of the world but it's not what we wanted." - Joey Logano, finished tenth
"That's probably what we deserved. We had a 17th-place car and we finished 17th with it, so we'll take it. We fought all day and rallied hard. We couldn't quite get track position there at the end on those restarts, and then I got checked there on that last restart and we lost a few spots." - Marcos Ambrose, finished 17th
"We executed a great race. We did a good job with what we had. I'm proud of the effort that everybody put in. We were just down on speed a little bit and on handling a little bit. Our engine ran good. We were fine with the engine. We just couldn't get through the corners as good as we needed to get up there and fight for it." - Mark Martin, finished 19th
"I mean, disappointing. I thought we had a pretty solid car. I thought we had a top-five at the very worst or seventh or eighth-place car. Whenever you don't finish where you are running it's always disappointing." - Matt Kenseth, finished 25th
"We have no idea yet. They (the crew and engineers) have been looking at things, but they're still unsure. I know that when I took off, in second gear, I had no power and it was just vibrating like crazy; and then in third (gear) and fourth. The faster I went, the worse the vibration was. I came in and they changed a bunch of stuff and went out and was perfectly fine and had a lot of speed. They changed a lot of things, but nothing was wrong. In looking at everything, it all looked fine. But still, you can't make up 20 laps at Pocono." - Kasey Kahne, finished 36th
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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
Thinkin' Out Loud: Pocono-1 Race Recap
by Mike Neff
by Mike Neff
Pace Laps: Toyota Triumphs, Troubles And The Dark Side To Driver Development
by the Frontstretch Staff
The Big Six: Questions Answered After the Party In The Poconos 400
by Amy Henderson
Toyota at Pocono: A Tale of Two Races
by Summer Bedgood
by Amy Henderson
Toyota at Pocono: A Tale of Two Races
by Summer Bedgood
by Beth Lunkenheimer
by P. Huston Ladner
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q: The 1982 Gabriel 400 was supposed to be aired live, flag-to-flag on CBS. However, less than one-quarter of the race was ultimately televised at all. Why?
Check back Tuesday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Friday's Answer:
Q: The late Kenny Irwin, Jr. never really had much in the way of luck during his Cup career. He started out with a bang at Richmond in 1997, nearly winning the pole, then earning a top-10 finish in the race. In the 1999 Pennsylvania 500, Irwin qualified well, but didn't even last long enough to do much of anything in the race. What happened?
A: Irwin was racing for position with Jimmy Spencer, entering Turn 3 when the two drivers collided. Irwin spun and hit the concrete outside wall, left front first. The impact lifted the front end off the ground before it came down on all fours. A small fire erupted out of the engine compartment as well. The crash can be seen at the 26:20 mark of this clip.
Irwin was helped from the car by track workers. He appeared to suffer a leg injury during the crash since he was limping noticeably. However, the limp didn't stop Irwin from angrily gesturing towards Spencer.
Frontstretch Trivia Guarantee: Take the shirt off our backs! If we've provided an incorrect answer to the Frontstretch Trivia question, be the first to email the corrected trivia answer to trivia@frontstretch.com and we'll send you a Frontstretch T-Shirt ... FREE!
Coming Tuesday in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News by Tom Bowles
-- Fan's View Commentary by S.D. Grady
-- Numbers Game: Party In The Poconos 400 presented by Walmart by Tom Bowles
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, and more!
Tomorrow on the Frontstretch:
Coming Tuesday in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News by Tom Bowles
-- Fan's View Commentary by S.D. Grady
-- Numbers Game: Party In The Poconos 400 presented by Walmart by Tom Bowles
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, and more!
Tomorrow on the Frontstretch:
Five Points To Ponder by Danny Peters
Danny returns for his weekly edition of talking points, which will wrap up the action at Pocono and get us ready for the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Danny returns for his weekly edition of talking points, which will wrap up the action at Pocono and get us ready for the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Couch Potato Tuesday by Phil Allaway
This past weekend, the Sprint Cup Series welcomed TNT back into the fold at Pocono Raceway, while the Nationwide Series braved out rain delays in Iowa. Meanwhile, the Camping World Truck Series raced on the high banks in Texas. How were the telecasts of these races? Find out tomorrow.
Who's Hot / Who's Not in Sprint Cup: Pocono-Michigan Edition by Brad Morgan
Brad gets us set for Michigan while tracking the trends of the past few weeks to see which drivers are on a tear... or tearing their hair out.
Racing To The Point by Brett Poirier
Brett is back with another commentary to make you think.
Going By The Numbers by Kevin Rutherford
Kevin enlightens us with his weekly statistics column based on trends we've been seeing in the Cup Series so far this season.
Brad gets us set for Michigan while tracking the trends of the past few weeks to see which drivers are on a tear... or tearing their hair out.
Racing To The Point by Brett Poirier
Brett is back with another commentary to make you think.
Going By The Numbers by Kevin Rutherford
Kevin enlightens us with his weekly statistics column based on trends we've been seeing in the Cup Series so far this season.
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