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2009 Season Review: Greg Biffle
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2009 Ride: No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford
2009 Primary Sponsor: 3M
2009 Owner: John Henry / Jack Roush
2009 Crew Chief: Greg Erwin
Stats: 36 Races, 0 Wins, 10 Top 5s, 16 Top 10s, 0 Poles, 7th in Points.
Best Finish: 3rd, three times (Texas – Spring, Dover – Spring, Kansas...
2009 Season Review: Ryan Newman
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2009 Ride: No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
2009 Primary Sponsors: U.S. Army, Haas Automation
2009 Car Owner: Tony Stewart
2009 Crew Chief: Tony Gibson
Stats: 36 Starts, 0 Wins, 5 Top 5s, 15 Top 10s, 1 DNF, 9th in points.
Best Finish: 2nd, Lowe’s (May).
Average Finish: 14.7...
2009 Season Review: Juan Pablo Montoya
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2009 Ride: No. 42 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2009 Primary Sponsor: Target
2009 Owner: Teresa Earnhardt & Chip Ganassi
2009 Crew Chief: Brian Pattie
Stats: 36 Races, 0 Wins, 7 Top 5s, 18 Top 10s, 2 Poles, 8th in Points.
Best Finish: 2nd – Pocono (August).
Average...
2009 Sprint Cup Rookie Final Report Cards: Grading A Year Filled With Future Potential
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Another season has come to a close, and it is time for Professor Lumbis to issue final report cards to the Freshman Class of 2009, consisting of rookies and almost rookies alike. It’s a piece you’ll want to read carefully, saving for your files, because as of right now...
2009 Season Review: Brian Vickers
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2009 Ride: No. 83 Red Bull Racing Team Toyota
2009 Sponsor: Red Bull
2009 Owner: Dietrich Mateschitz
2009 Crew Chief: Ryan Pemberton
Stats: 36 Races, 1 win, 4 top 5’s, 13 top 10’s, 6 poles, 5 DNF’s, 12th in points.
Best Finish: 1st, Michigan International Speedway – Race...
2009 Season Review: Carl Edwards
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2009 Ride: No. 99 Roush Racing Ford
2009 Primary Sponsors: AFLAC, Subway, Claritin
2009 Car Owner: Jack Roush
2009 Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Stats: 36 Races, 0 Wins, 7 Top 5s, 14 Top 10s, 3 DNFs, 11th in points.
High Points: Unfortunately for the 99 team, the only high points for...
2009 Season Review: Kasey Kahne
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*2009 Ride: No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge
2009 Primary Sponsor: Budweiser
2009 Owners: Richard Petty, George Gillett, Jr. Ray Evernham
2009 Crew Chief: Kenny Francis
2009 Stats: 36 starts, 2 wins, 7 Top 5s, 14 Top 10s, 10th in points.
High Points: There are actually two...
A Season On The Brink: One Final Look At The Four-Team Battle To Finish In The Top 35
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Welcome one and all to the final bubble column of 2009, the Bubble Review. Here we’ll take a stroll down memory lane to reflect on the teams right around the bubble in 2009 and take a quick look ahead to 2010 and see what their future may hold for them. So without further ado, here’s...
Did You Notice? ... Championship Overkill, My Biggest Offseason Worry, And A Heartfelt Thank You
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Did You Notice?… That no less than 24 hours after Jimmie Johnson captured his fourth straight Cup championship, he was in front of your television practically everywhere you turned? At 1:30 Monday, while waiting at the airport in Miami, an ESPN friend of mine texted me an ...
Keeping It Real: Nationwide Series Finale Raises Some Eyebrows - and Hopes For The Future
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Denny Hamlin had quite a weekend in Florida. He won his fourth race of the year, spun a guy out, and declared himself the next threat to Jimmie Johnson’s “Drive for Five” championship quest. But while Johnson’s fourth consecutive Sprint Cup is the talk of the NASCAR world this...
Top Ten Things I Want To Say About The 2009 NASCAR Season
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Author’s note: Since the 2009 season was really just a bad re-run of 2008, I simply modified last season’s “end of the year Top Ten.” As long as there is a Chase and Jimmie keeps winning it, this will probably be a yearly tradition.
10. (2008) Brian France could disappear...
Mirror Driving: Making History, Penalizing Fairly, And Winning NASCAR Fans Back In 2010
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Jimmie Johnson won his fourth consecutive title last weekend, the first driver to win four in a row and fourth to win four or more titles in the history of the sport. But should an asterisk go into the record books because Johnson won under the Chase system?
Phil: I’d argue...
Frontstretch Sprint Cup Power Rankings: Top 15 After Homestead
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As expected Sunday, Jimmie Johnson finished what he started and came home with his fourth consecutive championship. But did his fifth-place finish prove enough to keep him on top of our season-ending poll for the fourth straight year? Read on to find out who our experts tabbed...
Nine Drivers (Who Don’t Race for Hendrick) To Watch In 2010
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I want to start out in this, the final Yellow Stripe of 2009, by recognizing the efforts of Jimmie Johnson. Even if your personal flavor preference is not vanilla, any true fan of our great sport should recognize the level of achievement for the entire No. 48 team: a worthy champion...
Talking NASCAR TV: Championship Overkill
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Greetings, race fans and welcome to this week’s critique, entry No. 43 in a long running series where I look into the quality of the race broadcasts. We’ve got a lot to talk about, so let’s get right into it.
On Friday night, the Truck Series held their season finale...
Raking Up The Remains Of The Race
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Well, golly…
The conclusion to the 2009 Sprint Cup season was…expected. I’ve tried really hard for the past 24 hours to come up with something clever and insightful to describe Jimmie Johnson’s historical year – but it simply isn’t there. Much like the remains of...
Running Their Mouth: Ford 400
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Each week, we’ll go through media reports, interviews, PR, and all of our own stuff to find the best quotes from the Sprint Cup race, capturing the story of how the weekend unfolded. It’s the most original commentary you’ll ever find: the truth, coming straight out of the mouths...
Matt McLaughlin's Thinkin' Out Loud: Homestead Race Recap
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The Key Moment: Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin made quick work of Kurt Busch on the final restart and Hamlin prevailed in the battle of the JGR teammates to drive to an uncontested win.
In a Nutshell: With a whimper not a bang, the 2009 Cup season finished imploding upon itself with...
Appreciating History Rewritten
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He may not be the most popular driver and he may seem a bit ‘vanilla’ to some, but Jimmie Johnson is without argument one of the best to ever strap into a race car. Earning his fourth straight NASCAR title Sunday night, Johnson separated himself from some of the greatest in the...
Five Points to Ponder: Chase Race #10 Edition
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ONE: With four consecutive titles, is Jimmie Johnson’s championship run the best ever?
Fan Vote – YES: 50%; NO: 50%
You can’t fault Jimmie Johnson for dominating the sport in its current points format, but nonetheless the fact that he has won four consecutive titles in the...
Bubble Breakdown: Andretti, Front Row Overcome Wreck to Lock Into Top 35 for 2010
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With the waving of the checkered flag at Miami on Sunday evening, the 2009 NASCAR season came to a close after 36 points races and ten long months of racing. And John Andretti needed every one of those races to finally lock himself and his Front Row Racing’s No. 34 Chevrolet team...
Logano Captures 2009 Rookie of the Year Award Despite Rocky Finish
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Joey Logano:
*Start: 35th; Finish: 24th *
Summary: Joey Logano certainly did not start the final race of his first-full time Sprint Cup series from the most opportune position. However, the 19-year old displayed how much he had grown since the Daytona 500 back in February, as he...
Nationwide Series Breakdown: Ford 300
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If nothing else, the Ford 300 was certainly a microcosm of the 2009 season. Brad Keselowski and Jason Leffler ran hard with good cars, but not good enough to challenge Carl Edwards or Kyle Busch (though in all fairness, both were also involved in incidents). And as for the two Cup...
Tracking the Trucks: Ford 200
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In a Nutshell: Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag 0.949 seconds ahead of Matt Crafton to win the Ford 200 Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The driver of the No. 4 Georgia Boot Chevrolet took the lead for the final time on a green-white-checkered finish to score his second...
All-Star Cast Of Drivers Trying Desperately To End Victory Shutout
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The old proverb says, “To the victor, go the spoils.”
But as the Cup season hits the homestretch this weekend, there’s an All-Star cast of drivers who have yet to earn themselves a crumb.
With just one race remaining, a full one-third of the Chase field – four of twelve...
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