2016 proved to be an eventful year in the world of sports and entertainment. 2017 is starting off with a bang in NASCAR as Carl Edwards removes himself from the #19 JGR Toyota Camry. As usual Carl seemed to talk quite a bit, but never really provided much information regarding the topic at hand – his sudden departure from the #19. So Daniel Suarez gets a rapid promotion to the Cup series as a result. Congrats to Daniel on the promotion. It’s a little too reminiscent of Joey Logano’s baptism-by-fire for me though I wish Daniel the best. If he’s lucky JGR learned from the multitude of mistakes made with Logano and will have more success in bringing Daniel along. Continue reading “2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Off Season”
2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Off Season
2016 proved to be an eventful year in the world of sports and entertainment. 2017 is starting off with a bang in NASCAR as Carl Edwards removes himself from the #19 JGR Toyota Camry. As usual Carl seemed to talk quite a bit, but never really provided much information regarding the topic at hand – his sudden departure from the #19. So Daniel Suarez gets a rapid promotion to the Cup series as a result. Congrats to Daniel on the promotion. It’s a little too reminiscent of Joey Logano’s baptism-by-fire for me though I wish Daniel the best. If he’s lucky JGR learned from the multitude of mistakes made with Logano and will have more success in bringing Daniel along. Continue reading “2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Off Season”
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards
The red carpet show was tacky. Jay Mohr again? Apparently he knows where the bodies are buried and we have to suffer for it.
Sting opened the show. Nice. For me, the jury is still out on the song, but it makes me want to hear the recorded version. Very enjoyable performance. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards”
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Six Homestead
Congratulations to Johnny Sauter who became the first NASCAR Truck Series Chase Champion.
Congratulations to Daniel Suarez who became the first NASCAR Xfinity Series Chase Champion. He also became the first Mexican-American NASCAR Champion.
Congratulations to Tony Stewart on the final race of an incredible NASCAR career. We’ll miss you Smoke! Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Six Homestead”
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Five Phoenix
Congratulations to Alex Bowman on his first Cup Series pole.
Congratulations to Brian Scott on his decision to retire in order to focus on his family.
Alex Bowman has led the most laps today. When I arrived home after errands I was pleased to see Alex Bowman leading, Kasey Kahne in third and Chase Elliott in fifth, though I was disheartened to see Jimmie Johnson in the garage. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Five Phoenix”