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Wheel2Wheel: Reutimann's Actions Understandable, But Not Fair

Do I understand why David Reutimann felt it necessary to repay Kyle Busch at Kansas? Certainly. Reutimann, still battling for respect in NASCAR despite two wins with a team still fighting to be a Chase contender, can't afford take finishes in the doldrums of the running order just because another driver lacked a bit of...

Denny Hamlin Hoping for Home Track Momentum After Struggles

Denny Hamlin didn't hesitate to put a grade on his race car in Sunday night's 500-miler at Atlanta Motor Speedway. "It was an A-plus on the racetrack," Hamlin said. "The car handled great. I was just messing around out there and having a good time." A "frustrating" blown motor -- as Hamlin labeled it -- dropped the No....

Smoke Will Win It All This Season

If I had said this six months ago, you would have insisted that I'd lost my last marble. But now the notion doesn't seem so crazy, does it? I pick Tony Stewart to win the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.That's right - my money's on "Smoke" and I'm feeling pretty confident given the way he's behaving lately. Taking the...

Numbers: Shrub's Richmond B-Day Bash

Kyle Busch celebrated his 24th birthday Saturday night with his third win in Richmond. Here's a look at it from a feature we like to call Sprint Cup Numbers:2.751 - Kyle Busch's margin of victory in seconds over Tony Stewart, the largest of the 2009 season3 - Wins Kyle Busch had over the weekend after also taking the...

Logano Gets Nashville Confidence Boost

On the Nationwide Series' first venture of 2009 away from the shadow of the Sprint Cup Series, Joey Logano spoiled the show.Logano, a full-time driver in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series, won Saturday's Nashville 300 at Gladeville, Tenn.'s 1.5-mile Nashville Superspeedway after passing teammate...