nascar_nscs_cms_brad_keselowski_winWhen it comes to this year’s Chase, Brad Keselowski and Jamie McMurray are to Jesse Pinkman as Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth are to Heisenberg.

Though Keselowski and McMurray may not get the headlines, they’ve made a ton of noise, this year’s playoffs wouldn’t be the same without them – and you have to love their moxie. Continue reading “No Playoffs, No Problem for Those Outside Chase, McMurray / Keselowski”

2012 Martinsvill March NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Flyoverby Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

Only four more NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season races are left in the Chase for the Championship as the hectic competition moves from its longest track at 2.66-miles around Talladega to the one of the shortest tracks at Martinsville with its .526-mile oval.

Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Va., is not only short with 12-degree banking; it’s shaped like a paperclip with very tight corners at each end. Continue reading “FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Chase Chances Slim Heading Into Martinsville Short Track”

riki_rachtmanSHOW #277 – Guest: Riki Rachtman – We recap Talladega Superspeedway, news of the week includes Carl Edwards goin’ Country, New Leader…48, eating a Martinsville hotdog, and more NASCAR fun than you can shake a stick at. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie

(48:00 mins)

Continue reading “The Final Lap Weekly #277 NASCAR Podcast – Riki Rachtman / Martinsville Chase Preview”

2012 Memorial Day Jimmie Johnson helmetDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 24, 2013) – NASCAR announced today that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive concussion prevention and management program for all of its national series drivers. Continue reading “NASCAR Mandates Impact Baseline Concussion Testing Pre-Season Testing Begins In 2014”