Changes to car won't be coming soon
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comFor NASCAR fans hoping changes are coming to the Sprint Cup car -- aka Contraption Of Turmoil -- you can keep on waiting. The league seems convinced the car is not a problem.
Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009A Chase with more sizzle, less fizzle
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comYou want Chase drama? Let's end the 10-race playoff at Daytona ... on a figure-eight course ... and force the winner to run a match race against Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the title.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009Pearson's plight could be bad news for Johnson
Ed HintonCONCORD, N.C. -- This is about consensus disrespect for greatness, which is a chronic neurosis with NASCAR and its following. Never has there been a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009Nice guys do finish first
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comWhat's this? Mark Martin, the cleanest, fairest racer in all the land, suddenly embroiled in controversy after his Chase-opening victory at New Hampshire? Hardly.
Story | Conversation | September 20, 2009Tighter weekend at the track may just fly
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comThe track is quiet on a Friday for the first time in a long time. Give Atlanta Motor Speedway credit for this weekend's tighter schedule; it might just be the wave of the future.
Story | Conversation | September 04, 2009More than Tim Richmond died in 1989
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comTim Richmond wasn't the best driver, but he may have been the most fun. He succumbed to AIDS 20 years ago with little acknowledgment. It was the end of a wild life ... and the party in NASCAR.
Story | Conversation | August 12, 2009Racing royalty looking shaky these days
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comThree families rule American racing, with the head of one -- Tony George -- recently rolling. It raises the question: Is the current generation of Frances, Smiths and Georges capable of maintaining its empires?
Story | Conversation | July 20, 2009Race goes on, but change is in the Michigan wind
Ed Hinton...GM, both of whom are subsisting now on a combination of bankruptcy and government bailouts. The primary news story of the weekend here has been GM's announcement of NASCAR-wide cuts in cash support...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2009Kyle Busch a man of his words
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comSometimes, the truth hurts. And Kyle Busch -- the most honest man in NASCAR -- caused considerable pain with his take on fan darling Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Story | Conversation | June 04, 2009Bankruptcy won't keep GM out of NASCAR
Ed Hinton...is what assures me that GM's racing brand of choice, Chevrolet, will go on in NASCAR. News agencies are reporting that GM will file for bankruptcy at 8 a.m. ET Monday, and that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2009JJ restores order in topsy-turvy season
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comIt's that time of year again. Days are getting longer. Tempers are getting shorter. And Jimmie Johnson is making noise on the Sprint Cup circuit.
Story | Conversation | May 31, 2009With past as a guide, postponement the right call
Ed HintonCONCORD, N.C. -- Well, the good news is, the Coca-Cola 600 is going to a true Memorial Day running. Just this once. After...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 24, 2009For Mark Martin, it's not about the title
Ed Hinton...coming back for one more shot at the championship," Martin said at Darlington Raceway, in his first news conference since re-upping for another full season with Hendrick Motorsports next year. Martin, 50, known in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2009Wreckers work overtime to clear up Dega carnage
Ed Hinton, ESPN.com(AP Photo/Dale Davis) The first "big one" struck just seven laps into Sunday's Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. Ho-hum. Another Talladega r...
Page | ConversationThey're hearing voices at Talladega
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comThe so-called experts of the supernatural have nothin' on Ed Hinton. At least not in Talladega, Ala., where our resident ghostbuster tries to debunk the lore of the Dega Jinx.
Story | Conversation | April 22, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
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