The Cool Down Lap: I’d rather hear fighting words from Denny Hamlin By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 22, 2011) On a recent trip that required a connection through the Atlanta airport, I grabbed dinner between flights at an Asian fusion restaurant on “E” Concourse. The name of the place was “One [...]
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August 16th, 2011 
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Posted in Chase Point Leaders, NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive The Cool Down Lap: Going once … going twice … Any takers for the Chase wild cards? By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 16, 2011) Based on Monday’s rain-delayed Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen, apparently the only drivers who really want to take advantage of NASCAR’s new wild-card provision are the [...]
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March 7th, 2011 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive The Cool Down Lap: It’s time for struggling drivers to adjust their thinking By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (March 7, 2011) Jeff Burton and Greg Biffle are in deep trouble. So are Jamie McMurray and Joey Logano. Burton and Biffle are Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup regulars. Neither McMurray nor Logano [...]
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Vickers has a new appreciation for life By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 22, 2010) Brian Vickers will be the first to tell you—there’s nothing he loves more than hurtling around a racetrack at 200 mph. “What I love to do is race,” Vickers said Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. “It’s not [...]
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All comments aside, NASCAR’s new car proves its mettle By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 2, 2010) Once again—in one of the most brutal and potentially dangerous crashes since its introduction in 2007—NASCAR’s new racecar vindicated the enormous time, effort and money required to design and produce it. At the same time, [...]
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July 11th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive Roush turnaround, or one-hit wonder? By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 11, 2010) JOLIET, Ill.—The race that brought Roush Fenway Racing to its knees last year provided what may be a glimpse of salvation for the organization on Saturday night. Clearly, race runner-up Carl Edwards and his No. 99 Ford team found [...]
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Proceed with caution on changes to the Chase By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 4, 2010) Be careful, NASCAR. Brian France, the sanctioning body’s chairman and CEO, said Friday at Daytona that NASCAR was contemplating changes to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup format that could be “significant.” If that’s the [...]
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It’s time to get the politics out of plate racing By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (October 24, 2011) TALLADEGA, Ala.—There were two redeeming aspects to Sunday’s Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. First, Richard Childress Racing teammates Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton settled the issue between themselves, side-by-side at the finish [...]