NASCAR Trackside Live: Every Week, Every Sprint Cup Race: MikeMulhern.net

Sizzling speeds in 600 quals, 203 mph into the corners. And the front row: Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch

(Updated) By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net CONCORD, N.C. The Grand Prix of Monaco, the Indianapolis 500, and then the Coke 600. Makes for quite a full Sunday of racing. It s also the point in the NASCAR season where drivers and teams can begin assessing their championship potential, as they prepare to head into the... Read More

Pondering NASCAR's pit crew championship: and first, who are these guys? If they win races, why aren't they 'stars'?

By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net CONCORD, N.C. A lightning fast pit stop is a thing of beauty. A brutish ballet on pit road. Just image needing only 11 seconds to change all four tires and fill the tank with gas. Watching it happen, on a tight playing field jammed with some 30 or 40 other teams, is breathtaking,... Read More

Can NASCAR bounce back? Daytona has a whiz-bang game plan going, 18 months in now. What's working, what's not?

By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net CONCORD, N.C. Star power...Twitter...Gen-Y....Gen-6...Hispanics....Danica... NASCAR execs are pulling out all the stops to make this sport hot again. But are cars -- muscle cars or race cars -- really even relevant any more on the American sports scene? And what about NASCAR s classic core... Read More