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WRITTEN BY: Jonah Rens is 12 years old, and is a junior NASCAR reporter/writer for The Final Lap. His opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of The Final Lap. Follow him on Twitter @NascarRens

Since we’re going to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for the Food City 500 NASCAR event, it wouldn’t be fair unless we count down The Top 5 Moments from “Thunder Valley” so here’s my take.

#5 Kyle Busch wins the first Car of Tomorrow race at Bristol (2007). In a crazy last lap duel with Jeff Burton, Busch edged him out to take his first Car of Tomorrow race win at Bristol. Continue reading “The Top 5 Moments at Bristol Motor Speedway”

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Through three races, the eight drivers in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year class continue to perform. For the first time this season, two rookies finished in the top 20 on Sunday – Austin Dillon placed 16th, Kyle Larson 19th. Dillon leads Larson by eight in the rookie standings. Justin Allgaier, who finished 25th in Vegas and is third in the rookie standings (-nine), is the only rookie to have a national series win at Bristol, the site of Sunday’s Food City 500. He won the spring 2010 Nationwide race.

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One year after becoming only the second driver in the Chase era to follow up a title campaign without a trip to the postseason, Brad Keselowski virtually grabbed a spot in the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup after winning Sunday’s race in Las Vegas. With the win under his belt, the driver of the No. 2 Ford can race all out the rest of the regular season, beginning with Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Keselowski has two victories in eight starts at the short track.

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Mar. 10, 2014

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

LAS VEGAS — If there’s any doubt remaining that NASCAR’s new Chase format has caused a paradigm shift in the attitudes of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, listen to the three men who have won the first three races.

It wasn’t Las Vegas that made a gambler of Dale Earnhardt Jr. It was the newfound freedom that now is an integral part of every victory. Continue reading “New Chase format has given Sprint Cup racing an attitude adjustment”