Five Reasons Why Dale Earnhardt Jr Is Still NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver


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  There is always something that NASCAR fans must talk about. For the last 10-years or so, that something has been Dale Earnhardt Jr. Before him, it was Bill Elliott. Even before him, there was “The King,” Richard Petty. It’s a trend that occurs in the NASCAR world with a transition of roughly every 15-20 [...]

The Camping World Truck Series Returns This Weekend at the Paperclip


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NASCAR’s third tier series is making a return this weekend. The Camping World Truck Series has been on a two-week hiatus since the race at Talladega where Parker Kligerman won his first career NASCAR sanctioned race. Ty Dillon leads the standings by a lone point over runner-up, James Buescher, who has had a breakout year [...]

Norm Benning penalized by NASCAR


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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver, Norm Benning, has been fined by the sanctioning body. The fine probably stuns most avid NASCAR fans that realize the already small budget Benning and his team have. According to a press release from NASCAR, Benning was an offender of “Section 20B-2.3A: (any weight added to the truck must [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to be a whiny baby


Marvin Gentry-US PRESSWIRE

Stupidity. Immaturity. Popularity. All of this describes NASCAR’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr.  This time, he is complaining about his failed efforts at Talladega this weekend. “If this is what we did every week I wouldn’t be doing it. I will just put it to you like that. If this is how we raced [...]

Matt Kenseth Wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega


Matt Kenseth, driver of the #17 Ford Ecoboost/National Breast Cancer Foundation Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway Credit: Sean Gardner/Getty Images for NASCAR

Where other NASCAR drivers were using a strategy of staying in the back to avoid problems, Matt Kenseth raced hard to stay at or near the front.  Matt avoids the big one and goes on to win the race. Matt said, “Since the evolution of changing these cars and making them where we can pass [...]