Showing posts with label NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Show all posts

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Monster Cup?

I'm curious what NASCAR will call its top series now that Monster Energy is replacing Sprint as the title sponsor.

The Monster Energy Cup Series doesn't cut it, and I'm not sure about the Monster Cup Series, either (although it's better). Monster Energy Series -- leaving out the word Cup altogether -- looks like it'll be the way to go.

But, naturally, they'll come up with a name I haven't thought of.

 What do YOU think they'll call NASCAR's top series?

 Maybe the all-star race can be the Monster All-Star Race.

 Note: I understand it'll be the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. That makes sense, but it's long. And the logo I saw is ugly.

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Friday, July 22, 2016

Jeff Gordon's numbers game

I see that Jeff Gordon will come out of retirement to drive the No. 88 Chevrolet for concussed former teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. As far as I know, it'll be the first-ever time that Gordon won't be driving the 24 in the NASCAR Cup Series.

 Until now, Gordon was probably the only driver among the all-time winners who had driven only one car number in the Cup Series. That's a broad statement, but only 192 of Richard Petty's 200 Cup wins came in the 43. He posted two wins in the 42 and six in the 41.

 David Pearson is famous for driving the 17 and the 21, but he drove other numbers as well. Cale Yarborough produced only 55 of his 83 Cup wins in the No. 11 cars. Darrell Waltrip is known for 17, but he raced 88 and other numbers. Dale Earnhardt is famous for the 3, but he also drove the 2, the 8 and other numbers.

 Rusty Wallace was a big winner in the 2 car, but he won the 1989 championship in the 27.

 The 24 has a grand total of 93 victories, all by Gordon. No one else apparently has won driving the 24.

 With Gordon going to the 88, this will leave Jimmie Johnson as the lone big-time winner to run one car number his entire career (48 in this case). Unless someone can think of another person as a one-car driver...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

Jeff Gordon, going incognito

JEFF GORDON MANY YEARS
AFTER THIS STORY.
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In 1998, Jeff Gordon was on his way to a modern-era-record 13 wins and the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup) title. We were at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, and Gordon could clinch the title that weekend. (In fact, he did.)

 On Friday, I walked into the media center, and a dark-haired young man walked out of the men's room. He was looking around furtively and had his collar up on his dark leather jacket. He was trying not to be noticed.

 We looked right at each other, and I smiled and nodded. He nodded back and half-smiled; he knew I wasn't going to give him away.

 Who was it? Jeff Gordon, of course.
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