After taking a week off to let things shake up, here is the latest iteration of Walker Skeeter’s power rankings.
Category Archives: Cup Series
Must Go Faster: Jeff Gordon, Ray Evernham, and the Perfect Race Car (If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 4)
The fourth entry in the Cheatin’ series covers the T-Rex, a 1997 Hendrick Motorsports chassis that is maybe the greatest individual race car of all time.
Too Soon, Junior! 1970s NASCAR’s Nitrous Problem (If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 3)
It’s a dental anaesthetic and an illegal fuel additive! The story of nitrous oxide in NASCAR, and how it led to the strangest Daytona 500 front row in history.
Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400
Recap of the Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at Martinsville Speedway.
If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 2: Junior Johnson’s Yellow Banana
Part 2 of the series sees Junior Johnson hack a ’66 Galaxie into a fruit salad to bring the Blue Oval back to NASCAR.
If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 1: The Tall Tale of Smokey Yunick’s 7/8ths-scale Chevelle
Part One of a series celebrating the innovation that only exists in the loopholes of the NASCAR rulebook, beginning with the greatest of all time, Smokey Yunick.
Checkmate: Hamlin Wins Chess Match at Richmond
Recap of the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway on April 3, 2022.
Rating Every Cup Driver’s Nickname
I evaluate every NASCAR Cup driver’s nickname in a quest to determine what makes a good NASCAR nickname, and where all the great ones went.
Week 6 NASCAR Power Rankings
There’s a new name at the top of the list as PBP write Walker Skeeter takes another crack at his weekly Cup Series power rankings.
Janet Guthrie: More Than A Woman
A look into the pioneering career of Janet Guthrie, the first woman to ever qualify for both the Daytona 500 and Indy 500.
