Ever since Tony Stewart won his last Sprint Cup Series championship in 2011, life has been awful rocky. Stewart let his crew chief, Darian Grubb, go after the 2011 season and picked up Steve Addington as his crew chief. He won three races in 2012, but was nowhere near the success he had, finishing ninth in points. With only three wins, 12 top-five and 16 top-ten finishes, Stewart’s downward spiral had actually begun. But not in the way anyone could have ever imagined. Continue reading
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Harvick Needs More Wins to Regain the Sprint Cup Title in 2016
Being a defending Sprint Cup Series champion is never easy.
Once a driver becomes champion, they have a huge target on their back. The wins are harder to come by when the new season begins, and the same strategy from last year doesn’t work this year.
For Kevin Harvick in the 2015 season, he easily could have had more wins. Not because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but because he finished second more times than any driver last season. And that is just not rewarding enough. Harvick has 12 second place finishes against three wins and that doesn’t seem to sit well for Harvick as he heads into this season. Continue reading
Fan4Racing News Now: for the Week of January 18, 2016
Fan4Racing News Now – highlighting NASCAR Pre-Season breaking news for each week leading up to NASCAR season openers at Daytona International Speedway in February.
Check back throughout the week for new updates as they become available. Thanks! Continue reading
Rick Allen Finds his Home on NBC Sports Network
When NASCAR returned to the NBC Sports Group this past season, it wasn’t too much of a hassle to fill the spots needed to analyze and call Sprint Cup Series races. NBC could have reached out to Adam Alexander or Allen Bestwick, since TNT and ESPN lost their rights. Alexander moved on to FOX and Bestwick stayed on at ESPN for other duties. Marty Reid could have been a near perfect fit, but he was let go by ESPN over two years ago for prematurely giving Ryan Blaney the win at the Kentucky 300 during the 2013 XFINITY Series race. Continue reading
Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk with Hot Topic Sound Off – Monday, January 18, 2016
Guests include, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver, John Hunter Nemechek, with NEMCO Motorsports as he chats about his 2015 and his expectations for the 2016 season.
Matt Jackson, with Traction1Media chats about their upcoming 2016 season.
Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk! .Joining us is Fan4Racing writer Brian Eberly
NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off is 10 to 10:30 pm ET with Sharon Burton hosting an interactive discussion with co-host Chris Knight, for the fastest half-hour in motorsports!
We’re chatting about the hottest topics during the NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the K&N Pro Series and ARCA Racing Series pre-season!
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Our show begins at 8:30 pm ET on Monday, January 18, 2016.
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