Five Lessons Learned: Joe Gibbs Racing Seems Unstoppable

By Jared Turner 1. JJ, Hendrick Remain In A Funk Just when it seemed like Hendrick Motorsports’ recent slump and the struggles of Jimmie Johnson, in particular, couldn’t get any worse, think again. In Sunday’s race at Michigan, Johnson suffered a tire failure, overshot his pit stall and spun out – all separate incidents. The end result: A 39th-place finish and a failure by Johnson to finish in the top five for the eighth time in nine races. Of course, Johnson’s woes are just a microcosm of the issues that are ailing Hendrick as a whole. Since Johnson triumphed at Dover on…

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Team Chevy Is Ready for Michigan

George Moore said “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”  The drivers and teams in the Chevrolet camp certainly are living this quote in recent weeks.  Team Chevy has been on the cusp of traveling to Victory Lane over the last few weeks at different venues across the United States, only to have their efforts dashed by pit strategy, fuel mileage, or unforeseen on-track incidents. As the series travels back to the home state of Chevrolet World Headquarters stationed in Detroit, Michigan, the Bowtie Brand and its associates hope this journey…

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Read more about the article Five Lessons Learned: Joey Logano Is Crushing It
At Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on August 9, 2015. CIA Stock Photo

Five Lessons Learned: Joey Logano Is Crushing It

By Jared Turner 1. JoLo Is Crushing It Already on a roll before arriving at Watkins Glen for Sunday’s race, Joey Logano is now arguably the sport’s hottest driver. With his win at The Glen, the Team Penske wheelman has finished in the top five in seven of the past nine races. In one of the two races where he didn’t finish in the top five, he led before running out of gas with three laps to go. Making Logano’s victory at The Glen all the more sweet was that it enabled him to complete the weekend sweep after dominating Saturday’s XFINITY…

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Kyle Busch Is Virtually Unstoppable

By Jared Turner 5 Lessons Learned at Indy Kyle Busch Is Virtually Unstoppable With four wins in the past five races, Kyle Busch is head and shoulders above the competition right now in the Sprint Cup Series. Will he remain there? Maybe not, but considering he had never won at Indianapolis and did on Sunday, it’s a good sign that his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team has found some serious magic under the hood. Or, heck, maybe it’s that the driver nicknamed “Rowdy” is just really enjoying this parenting thing. After all, all four of his wins have come since wife…

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Dale Jr. Is No Fan of Indianapolis Motor Speedway

By Jared Turner Struggling with the handling of his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet all day, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished a dismal 22nd in the Brickyard 400 after spinning late in the race following contact of his own making with Hendrick teammate Kasey Kahne. For some reason, NASCAR’s 12-time most popular driver just can’t seem to get his arms wrapped around what it takes to run well at the Brickyard, a place where his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson have enjoyed tremendous success in combining for nine wins. Junior has just one top-five finish – a fourth-place result in…

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Read more about the article Close, But No Lobster: Earnhardt Jr. Not Satisfied with Top-Fives
At New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire on July 19, 2015. CIA Stock Photo

Close, But No Lobster: Earnhardt Jr. Not Satisfied with Top-Fives

By Aaron Burns Dale Earnhardt Jr. did something on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that he’s done on many occasions throughout this season: he finished in the top five. Earnhardt’s fifth-place finish in the 5-Hour Energy 301 marked the veteran Hendrick Motorsports driver’s 10th top-five in 19 races, and the eighth top-five of his career at NHMS. It’s an impressive mark, but it’s also a dubious one: Earnhardt now owns the record for most top-fives at New Hampshire without a victory. He had a chance to win on Sunday, but Earnhardt – who had fresher tires than the cars in front…

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