NASCAR Photos @ChicagolndSpdwy: Sunday from the Geico 400
by Charlie Turner
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September 18, 2012 9:54 am UTC No CommentsExclusive NASCAR pictures from Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. It was a perfect day for racing and round one of the Sprint Cup Series playoffs.
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NASCAR at Michigan Speedway: Joey Logano Talk
by Charlie Turner
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June 17, 2012 10:13 am UTC No CommentsWaiting out the rain at MIS for the start of the Quicken Loans 400. Amid the talk of fathers, both famous racing type dads and the more mortal kind, there is a lot of Joey Logano talk.
Sliced Bread has been on shakey ground with Joe Gibbs Racing, entering 2012 with just one flukey Sprint Cup win in three years. 2012 is the last year of his rookie contract. Talk has been, that Joey hasn’t done enough to earn another.
But he got his second Cup win at Pocono Raceway last week and has strung four NASCAR Nationwide Series wins together, including yesterday right here at Michigan Speedway. You could make a good argument that Logano is the hottest shoe in NASCAR.
Is it enough for Joe and JD Gibbs, Home Depot and Dollar General? Maybe not.
But who, of the drivers with expiring contracts, would be a better, surer choice?
Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr or Trevor Bayne?
Do you believe the Kurt Busch speculation?
Matt Kenseth is great, but would he really leave Jack Roush?
I say, ride that hot horse and stuff him full of the confidence that winning breeds. When Joey Logano was a teenager coming up, he gushed confidence. He was a cocky kid, but he backed it up. This current run is what JGR buying back then and has been waiting for since.
NASCAR at MIS: Speed? You Want More Speed?
by Charlie Turner
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June 15, 2012 3:20 pm UTC No CommentsOn Saturday, for the first time in 25 years, a driver – several drivers probably – will qualify at over 200 MPH for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Never has it happened on a track other than Daytona or Talladega, before the days of restrictor plates.
Speed is good. Fans like speed. Promoters love it. They brag about having it. Sometimes they fib when they don’t.
Someone asked Joey Logano before first Sprint Cup practice if the looming 200 MPH speeds scared him. He said no. No surprise.
Matt Kenseth was asked if it’s a good thing that drivers don’t seem concerned about the Michigan Speedway speeds. He said he’s never really thought much about wrecking or getting hurt.
Logano said, if you do, you probably shouldn’t be out there anyway.
Carl Edwards claimed that the first time he saw 206 or 207 on his car’s data screen, he thought it might be messed up. He was a little shocked that they were really going that fast. “It’s just amazing how fast we’re going.” he said.
No need to embellish anything this week. Records will fall. But some real fast guy will go too fast On Pit Row. The effects of mistakes On Pit Row will be magnified too. The law of unintended consequences say so.
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NASCAR Pictures: Friday Qualifying for the Sylvania 300
by Charlie Turner
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September 24, 2011 9:33 pm UTC No CommentsExclusive NASCAR photos from New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Our intrepid photog Glenn Bure was there and firing on all cylinders for the Friday Sprint Cup practice and qualifying action at The Magic Mile in Loudon. Nice work Glenn.
Photo credit: Glenn Bure – OnPitRow.com
Race Day NASCAR Pictures: Pure Michigan 400 at MIS
by BethAnne, Special To NASCAR commentary and driver pictures, 2012 NASCAR schedule, video, Bench Racing With Steve and Charlie
I am the field producer/photographer of the syndicated radio show/website ON PIT ROW. When Steve and Charlie ask me to 'jump', I say "Yeah right."
September 4, 2011 9:59 pm UTC 1 CommentExclusive NASCAR photos from Sunday at Michigan Speedway
Michigan is always hot on race weekend at MIS. Sunday was no different. Hot weather and hot action on the track too.
- #16 Greg Biffle #32 Kenny Schrader turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #11 Denny Hamlin #9 Marcos Ambrose turn 1 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #2 Brad Keselowski #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr #24 Jeff Gordon turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #5 Mark Martin #18 Kyle Busch #33 Clint Bowyer #56 Martin Truex Jr #14 Tony Stewart turn 1 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #17 Matt Kenseth turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #20 Joey Logano turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #24 Jeff Gordon #4 Kasey Kahne turn 1 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #48 Jimmie Johnson #20 Joey Logano turn 1 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #51 Landon Cassill #38 Travis Kvapil #36 Bave Blaney Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr #24 Jeff Gordon #39 Ryan Newman turn 1 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #2 Brad Keselowski turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #24 Jeff Gordon #22 Kurt Busch turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #42 Juan Pablo Montoya #83 Brian Vickers turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #14 Tony Stewart turn 2 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- Pitstop in turn 1 Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #4 Kasey Kahne pitstop Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #22 Kurt Busch pitstop Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
- #36 Dave Blaney pitstop Michigan International Speedway heisler sum 11
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NASCAR Pictures: Helluva Good! Sunday at MIS
by BethAnne, Special To NASCAR commentary and driver pictures, 2012 NASCAR schedule, video, Bench Racing With Steve and Charlie
I am the field producer/photographer of the syndicated radio show/website ON PIT ROW. When Steve and Charlie ask me to 'jump', I say "Yeah right."
June 26, 2011 5:22 am UTC No CommentsExclusive Photos of NASCAR Action at Michigan Speedway
Sunday at Michigan International Speedway was an exciting day at the races. I got some nice photos on the track of the action.
- #2 Brad Keselowski Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #00 David Reutimann #32 Mike Bliss #31 Jeff Burton three wide Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #1 Jamie McMurray #24 Jeff Gordon #33 Clint Bowyer #20 Joey Logano #78 Regan Smith Michigan international Speedway spr heisler 11
- #11 Denny Hamlin #17 Matt Kenseth Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #17 Matt Kenseth #22 Kurt Busch Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #18 Kyle Busch #16 Greg Biffle Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #21 Trevor Bayne Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #24 Jeff Gordon #5 Mark Martin Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #29 Kevin Harvick Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #33 Clint Bowyer Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #48 Jimmie Johnson Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #56 Martin Truex Jr #2 Brad Keselowski #31 Jeff Burton Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #56 Martin Truex Jr #4 Kasey Kahne Michigan International Speedway spr heisler- 1
- #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr #83 Brian Vickers #39 Ryan Newman #29 Kevin Harvick #43 AJ Allmendinger Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
- #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Michigan International Speedway spr heisler 11
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