With a chaotic Bristol race staring the drivers in the face, Tanner has everything you need to know before the green flag waves.
Tag Archives: Jeff Gordon
How I Would Fix the NASCAR Points System
NASCAR is on the verge of a fanbase revolt, so Tanner gives them a few escape ropes for their controversial points format.
Falling Short: Jeff Burton, Part 4
Jeff Burton and Richard Childress are willing to do whatever it takes to return to the top of the NASCAR Cup Series. Find out what that looks like in 2006 in the next edition of Falling Short.
Falling Short: Jeff Burton, Part 2
In the second part of Falling Short, Tanner chronicles the height of Jeff Burton’s career from 1999-2000.
Falling Short: Jeff Burton, Part 1
The first installment of Falling Short follows the onset of Jeff Burton’s career as he rises from a short track racer from Virginia to stock car racing’s highest level.
Brickyard 400 NASCAR Almanac
With the return of the Brickyard 400 on the horizon, Tanner gets fans geared up for this weekend’s festivities with the weather, odds, and much more in the NASCAR Almanac.
Jeff Gordon: Laying the First Brick
With the revival of the Brickyard 400, Tanner wrote this piece about Jeff Gordon’s path to the inaugural Brickyard win in 1994.
Jimmie Johnson Was No Slouch in the Regular Season
Jimmie Johnson has long had his seven Cup titles put beneath the microscope, so Tanner dispels the myth that Johnson was a slacker in the regular season.
The surprisingly long history of NASCAR in Japan
While NASCAR’s home has usually been seen as the southeast, NASCAR used to make yearly trips across the Pacific to Japan. Let’s run down the history of stock cars in the Land of the Rising Sun
What Can NASCAR Learn From F1’s American Success?
Jack gets up on his soapbox to explain why NASCAR doesn’t need to be afraid of F1’s big TV ratings, and how stock car racing can learn from F1, Geena Davis, and Bollywood.
