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Jeff-Gordon-leads-Daytona-500-2013-nascarCrossed Flags: High Speeds, Broken Records Highlight First Half

Eighteen up, 18 to go. And if the second half resembles the first, expect high speeds and passing – lots of passing.

A number of race tracks have seen their record books rewritten during the first half.

A sampling…
– At Las Vegas Motor Speedway, there were 31 green flag passes for the lead, a new track best since the inception of Loop Data in 2005.

Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Mid Season Stats Report Card”

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jimmie-johnson-nascar-daytona-500-victory-lane-2013July 6, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Another milestone for Jimmie Johnson … and another spectacular finish for Daytona International Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson beat Tony Stewart to the finish line in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 to record the first season sweep of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at the 2.5-mile superspeedway since Bobby Allison accomplished the feat in 1982.

Continue reading “Jimmie Johnson Completes Season Sweep In Wild Race At Daytona”

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martin-truex-jr-goblet-toyota-save-mart-nascar-sprint-cup-seriesJune 23, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

SONOMA, Calif.— For Martin Truex Jr., a welcome oasis called Sonoma Raceway at long last ended one of the longest droughts in NASCAR racing.

With a convincing victory in Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350, Truex ended a winless streak of 218 races dating to June 4, 2007 at Dover, where he finished 7,355 seconds ahead of runner-up Ryan Newman.

On Sunday at Sonoma, Truex beat second-place Jeff Gordon by and even bigger margin—8.133 seconds—as Juan Pablo Montoya dropped from the second position after running out of fuel on the next-to-last lap.

Continue reading “Race Recap: Martin Truex Jr. Ends 218-Race Drought With Sonoma Win”