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Honor QuikTrip 500 – Jimmie Johnson is Just Getting Started
It didn’t take Jimmie Johnson too long to pick his first win of the 2015 NASCAR season, following his fifth place finish in Daytona with winning his 71st career race in Atlanta at the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, which puts him in second place behind Joey Logano and one of the four drivers so far with two top 5 finishes to kick off the season.
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Tony Stewart Won’t & Shouldn’t Be Racing Anytime Soon
For the second straight week, Tony Stewart is pulling out of a NASCAR race following the death of Kevin Ward Jr. a week ago, as the three-time Sprint Cup Champion ran into the driver of the sprint car. For all the parties concerned, it’s a good thing Stewart is staying away from the wheel for now.
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AJ Allmendinger Wins at Watkins Glen – No One Cared About the Race
While the spotlight was on AJ Allmendinger, winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup race for the first time in his career, the atmosphere and thoughts at Watkins Glen focused on the death of Kevin Ward Jr. and the absence of Tony Stewart, who changes his mind and decided not to take part of the race so shortly after the tragic accident that took a man’s life.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins at Pocono – Feeling Like It’s The Year
Completing the sweep at Pocono with a win of the GoBowling.com 400 is nice, but the big thing about Dale Earnhardt Jr. picking up his third win of the 2014 Sprint Car race is him getting closer to entering the chase in the lead, with his first NASCAR title, finally, looking a more realistic possibility than it ever was.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins Pocono 400 – It’s Good to Have Stupid Opponents
For the first time in a decade, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins two races in one season, adding to his season-opening victory another first place finish, this time at Pocono, finishing ahead of Brad Keselowski, who had the victory in his hands but decided to make a foolish mistake that cost him the top spot for a second straight time.
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Jimmie Johnson Wins FedEx 400 – Feeling Right at Home
After breaking his race winning drought, it seems Jimmie Johnson is on some kind of streak, picking up another victory, this time in the FedEx 400 at the Dover International Speedway, advancing himself quite nicely in the driver standings of the 2014 Sprint Cup Series, dominating by leading for the most laps in a second consecutive race, fending off a less than serious challenge from Brad Keselowski.
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Jimmie Johnson Wins Coca-Cola 600: It’s Been a While
It took Jimmie Johnson, a six-time and defending Sprint Cup champion, nine years to finally get a win again at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600 race, making it a fourth for him on the track and moving him up to 6th in the Sprint Cup standings, and more importantly getting his first win of the season.
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Denny Hamlin Wins Talladega – A Turn for the Better
It’s been a season for missed opportunities for Denny Hamlin in 2014, but a surprising win at Talladega Superspeedway means he should be high enough up the standings to qualify for the Sprint Cup championship chase, giving Joe Gibbs racing their second race winner of the season.
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10 Highest Paid NASCAR Drivers
It doesn’t matter how many times Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart will win Sprint Cup titles – the face of the sport is Dale Earnhardt Jr., who continues to be the biggest earner in NASCAR, way ahead of Endorsements queen Danica Patrick as well, regardless of how well (or not) he preforms on the track.