The Daytona 500 has a reputation for being able to be won from any starting spot. But is that reputation warranted? Things We Learned This Week If you’ve been following my ‘Graph of the Week’ […]
Where a driver starts at a superspeedway race and where he or she finishes often have little correlation. It’s a different story for the Daytona Duels. Superspeedway courses are notorious for defying correlation. The likelihood […]
Winning one of the Duels tomorrow night puts you up front for the Daytona 500. But does a win in the Duels make you any more likely to win the Daytona 500? Tomorrow night marks […]
Daytona qualifying is not the most exciting qualifying session of the year. Only two cars lock in their position. It’s a single-car one-lap format, but the lack of drafting is one of the few clues […]
Congrats to Erik Jones for joining the Busch Clash winners club in his third try. Starting the season off with a win can’t help but rev up the team. (I’ve expressed my doubts about momentum […]
According to jayski.com, the Busch Clash format has changed 14 times since 1979. Some of those changes were race rules, while some were eligibility changes. One consequence of race rule changes is that the length […]
Winning the Busch Clash doesn’t earn you any points, but it does get your year off to a great start. Maybe even a little momentum. But does that victory have any impact on how you […]
Yesterday, the NASCAR Hall of Fame announced a change to their induction rules. Instead of inducting five members every year, as they’ve done since 2010, they’ll be inducting only 3. One of those will be […]
You don’t need another countdown to Daytona, but perhaps a little more information about Daytona will help you appreciate it that much more when it does come. A large part of that is the banking. […]
While some people count down the days until the Daytona 500, I’ve always looked forward to the first day of practice for the Busch Clash. This year, it’s February 8th (at 11:30 EST, if you’re […]
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