The second half of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series schedule begins Sunday in New Hampshire (Noon ET, TNT) with the running of the Lenox Industrial Tools 301, and last week gave some signs that we might see a repeat of 2011’s finish. Tony Stewart struggled through the first half of 2011, just as he has […]
The drivers of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series are in Kentucky on Saturday night for the Quaker State 400, but the minds of the racing community are on the big news that came out of Matt Kenseth’s camp this week. The standings leader and winner of the Daytona 500 announced he will be leaving the Roush Fenway Racing team at the end of this year, making him the biggest free agent to hit the open market since LeBron James and The Decision in the summer of 2010.
Its road course week in NASCAR, as the Sprint Cup Series goes to Sonoma, CA on Sunday afternoon for the Toyota/Save Mart 350. The track at Sonoma is so referred because it’s literally set up as a road, with its sharp turns the same way you’d drive if you were going through a neighborhood (well, I guess I hope not too much like the way you drive in a neighborhood, but I trust the point is clear).
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is back to where it started after the Daytona 500. After a spring and early summer of seeing Greg Biffle atop the standings, his recent struggles have finally caught up to him and Matt Kenseth is back on top for the first time since winning the Daytona. Its Kenseth’s only win of the year but a strong consistency kept him on Biffle’s heels the last several weeks and have now resulted in a 10-point lead in the wake of a standings shakeup following Joey Logano’s surprise win last week.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series goes to Talladega’s Super Speedway for the Aaron 499 on Sunday at Noon ET (Fox). The race for the Cup, currently in the early second quarter of the racing schedule, has gotten tight. Greg Biffle is still on top, but you have now three other drivers all within ten points of the lead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is just five back, closely followed by Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth.