Chase Tracker – The Contenders after Talladega

By Jordan Dodson & Sharon/Fan4Racing

This week’s Chase Tracker after Talladega gave drivers a bit of a shakeup with the last lap wreck involving 25 drivers, including 8 Chase contenders, but left the top-three Chase contenders the same. Keselowski came in the points leader and left as the points leader, with Jimmie Johnson remaining in second place and Denny Hamlin, third in the point standings.

Also, Kyle Busch remains the Best of the Rest non-Chase contenders, after race four of the 2012 Chase season.

Starting with drivers ranked 12th through 1st, the following gives our assessment of each  Chase contender after Talladega’s Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500. Continue reading

Kenseth Survives Wild Last Lap for Win at Talladega

Kenseth leads at Talladega
Photo – Butch Dill/AP

By Jason Schultz

The new king of the restrictor plate races took home his second restrictor plate victory of the season.

Matt Kenseth was up front all day and by the time he crossed the finish line, he was first. Kenseth has been up front in all four restrictor plate races this season and he was leading on the last lap in three of them. Kenseth started off the season by winning the first restrictor plate race at Daytona. Then Kenseth went on to run well in the three remaining restrictor plate races. With Kenseth’s track-record at the restrictor plate races this year, he could be called the restrictor plate king. Continue reading

Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 Preview

Photo – ESPN

Race Info

Date- Sunday October 7th, 2012

Location- Talladega, Alabama

Start time- 2:20 PM EST

Distance- 188 Laps, 500.08 Miles

Broadcast TV- ESPN

Broadcast Radio- MRN Continue reading

Fan4Racing’s Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk – October 1, 2012 Replay

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    • Top-three championship contenders – Keselowski, Hamlin, Johnson – Can anyone else break into top-three?
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AAA 400 Preview

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By Jason Schultz

Race Info

Date- Sunday September 30th, 2012

Location- Dover, Delaware

Start time- 2:15 PM EST

Distance- 400 Laps, 400 Miles

Broadcast TV- ESPN

Radio Broadcast- MRN Continue reading