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Steve's NASCAR Racing Blog March 2005 Archive

By Steve McCormick, About.com Guide to NASCAR Racing since 1997

Carl Edwards Profile

Monday March 28, 2005
He burst on the scene in Atlanta with wins in both the Busch and NEXTEL Cup series. But how much do you really know about Carl Edwards? Here ... Read More

Back To Business

Monday March 28, 2005
With the Easter holiday behind us the NEXTEL Cup series drivers will get back to work this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Incredibly, this was the final off-weekend for ... Read More

Busy Day In Nashville

Saturday March 26, 2005
The NEXTEL Cup and Craftsman Truck Series drivers have the weekend off but it's a busy day in Nashville for the Busch Series drivers. They have a one day show ... Read More

Easter Break Predicts Season

Wednesday March 23, 2005
Interesting statistics from NASCAR today. Did you know that early season driver performance is a fairly accurate predictor of the final season standings? As the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series pauses for ... Read More

Cheaters Never Win... Except In NASCAR

Monday March 21, 2005
NASCAR is one of the few places in sport where it actually does pay to cheat sometimes. Recently in Las Vegas both winner Jimmie Johnson's and second place driver Kyle ... Read More

Carl Edwards Breaks Through

Monday March 21, 2005
I think it is safe to say that Carl Edwards will never forget the spring race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He ran away with the Busch race on Saturday ... Read More

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Friday March 18, 2005
The focus will be on NASCAR itself this weekend as a string of extreme penalties last week brings the focus to the sanctioning body. Is NASCAR getting too extreme ... Read More

NASCAR Takes Away Points Lead

Tuesday March 15, 2005
Jimmie Johnson left Las Vegas thinking he had the point lead over Kurt Busch. Today NASCAR announced a 25 point, $35,000, and a two race suspension for crew chief ... Read More

2005 Early Season NEXTEL Cup Power Rankings

Monday March 14, 2005
The 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season is underway and now we can start to get a feel for who is fast and who isn't. One bad race can confuse the ... Read More

Harvick Penalized For Qualifying Infraction

Saturday March 12, 2005
Kevin Harvick had his qualifying run disallowed Friday as he became the first driver to be penalized under a rule that requires all teams to qualify with a full 22 ... Read More

Newman Smokes 'Em In Vegas

Saturday March 12, 2005
Ryan Newman had an early spot in the qualifing line that should have been a slight disadvantage but he had enough to hold on to win the pole for Sunday's ... Read More

Aero Package Reviewed By The Drivers

Monday March 7, 2005
Last week's race in California saw the debut of the new aero package and softer tires that NASCAR will be using for all non-plate races in 2005. The intention ... Read More

Local Driver In One-Off Gets Mexico Pole

Saturday March 5, 2005
This weekend the Busch Series ventures out of the US for the first time in its history. The historic moments keep on coming as Jorge Goeters put his Ford ... Read More

Busch Series Crew Chief Fined, Suspended

Tuesday March 1, 2005
Todd Lohse, crew chief for Shane Hmeil's #32 TrimSpa Chevy in the Busch Series found himself $10,000 poorer today and suspended for the entire month of March. This is ... Read More

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