A good day not good enough
David Newton, ESPN.comMark Martin has finished second for the championship before, and he's very likely to finish there again next Sunday. But he can live with that. Besides, there's always hope.
Story | Conversation | November 15, 2009Thank you, Carl, for the ride of my life
David Newton...miss. "I'm gonna make you guys pay for everything bad you've written about me," Carl Edwards said as he strapped in the seat belt of the four-wheel-drive, all-terrain vehicle...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009Danger lurking in Johnson's rearview
David Newton, ESPN.comJimmie Johnson got taken out at Texas. It could happen again at Phoenix. Which drivers should the three-time defending champ try to avoid?
Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009No-bump rule frustrates fans, drivers
David Newton, ESPN.comNASCAR's 11th-hour announcement that it would not tolerate bump drafting in the turns of Sunday's Amp Energy 500 drew widespread criticism in the garage -- and on the Internet.
Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009At the end of the day, it's still Talladega
David Newton, ESPN.comYou can decrease horsepower and raise the catch fence, but you can't remove the danger element from Talladega Superspeedway. At the end of the day, it's still Talladega.
Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009Halloween at Dega: Enter at own risk
David Newton, ESPN.comThe "big one" at Talladega Superspeedway can be downright frightening. But the real horror show is found in the Dega infield, where creatures lurk and dark thoughts prevail.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Pearson squeezed out in HOF voting
David Newton, ESPN.comRichard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Bill France Sr., Bill France Jr. and Junior Johnson all deserve to be in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. But so does David Pearson.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009Martin wouldn't change his tough days
David Newton, ESPN.comMark Martin was a racer and a drinker. And he was all-in at both. But dropping the drinker description more than 20 years ago made him a real winner, on and off the track.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009Warning to Keselowski at Kansas uncalled for
David Newton...them how to drive. Nobody warned Keselowski at Talladega earlier this season when he got underneath Carl Edwards and caused that horrific last-lap wreck en route to his first Cup win. It was...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009Pushing the envelope is what good crew chiefs do
David NewtonCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Sprint Cup cars of Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin, which finished first and second on Sunday at Dover, were deemed "extremely c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009There's still time for the winless 99
David Newton, ESPN.comHis right foot is broken, but his spirit is not. Vows struggling Carl Edwards, the consensus preseason favorite to win the 2009 Sprint Cup title: "We don't ever quit."
Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009It's Johnson's title to lose
David Newton, ESPN.comJimmie Johnson still trails Mark Martin in the Chase standings, but the defending three-time Cup champ has all the momentum after his fifth win in 16 races at the Monster Mile.
Story | Conversation | September 27, 2009Lane choice critical for restarts
David Newton, ESPN.comNot only will double-file restarts shake up the Chase for the Sprint Cup -- they'll also decide the 2009 champion.
Story | Conversation | September 16, 2009Chase bigger than any one driver now
David Newton, ESPN.comThere was a time when Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s missing the Chase sent panic through NASCAR. The Chase has grown bigger than any one driver, but there's still some hand-wringing going on.
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009A lack of respect or a simple lack of funds?
David Newton...Darnell, who has finished no better than fourth in a Nationwide car, will become the next Carl Edwards. Maybe he'll be good enough to fill a spot at Yates next season when Hall...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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