By Keith Waltz An 11th-hour decision by Goodyear officials headed off what could have been a disastrous day for NASCAR’s premier series on June 4, 1995, during the Miller Genuine Draft 500 at Dover International Speedway. Racing on the high-banked, one-mile track’s new concrete surface for the first time, teams began seeing signs of tire issues during practice. Those issues turned into problems during Saturday’s 200-mile preliminary event and the decision was made to truck in different tires for Sunday’s race. Track officials had used a grinding process to smooth the new concrete surface after Goodyear had completed its tire test earlier…

By Jared Turner Winners of five of the past six races, Joe Gibbs Racing is on a roll unlike any seen in a long time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Sunday’s race at Dover International Speedway offers JGR’s competition renewed hope, however. That’s because the last time a JGR driver conquered the “Monster Mile” was 2010, when Kyle Busch went to Victory Lane in his No. 18 Toyota. There have since been 11 winners at Dover, but none have been from the JGR stable. So will this weekend see a non-JGR driver and team at least temporarily put a stop to…

By Jared Turner The 2017 Schedule Stinks In announcing the 2017 Sprint Cup Series schedule last week, NASCAR revealed that beginning next season the schedule will go from three off-weekends to just two off-weekends over the course of the 38-race campaign. Gone from the schedule is the June off-weekend that fell on Father’s Day weekend last year and is doing the same this year. As many drivers as there are with small children, wouldn’t it have been great if NASCAR had decided to make it a tradition for its top series to be off on Father’s Day? This couldn’t happen, of course,…