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Steve's NASCAR Racing Blog November 2005 Archive

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

2005 NEXTEL Cup Awards Banquet Viewers Guide

Wednesday November 30, 2005
The 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup awards banquet will be held this Friday night, December 2nd in New York City. Tony Stewart will be honored for his incredible season and ... Read More

How to win the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship

Monday November 28, 2005
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship is the pinnacle of American motorsports. What does it really take to win the NEXTEL Cup title? Here are the step-by-step instructions that the 2004 ... Read More

2005 NASCAR Holiday Gift Guide

Thursday November 24, 2005
The 2005 NASCAR season has drawn to a close but don't forget the NASCAR fans on your list as the 2005 holiday shopping season opens. From NASCAR tickets and ... Read More

Tony Stewart Home Depot Gifts

Wednesday November 23, 2005
Tony Stewart and his Joe Gibbs Racing Home Depot NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team have stirred up race fans with his incredible driving skills and his short temper. As a two-time ... Read More

Multiple-Time NEXTEL Cup Champions

Monday November 21, 2005
With Tony Stewart's second NEXTEL Cup Championship win he enters an even more elite group of NASCAR drivers, those who have won multiple titles. Twenty-seven drivers have won the ... Read More

Biffle Squeaks the Race While Stewart Gets the Championship

Sunday November 20, 2005
The 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season went out with a roar as Homestead-Miami Speedway saw the race decided by a fraction of a second. Greg Biffle beat Mark Martin ... Read More

Winning the Final Race and the Championship?

Saturday November 19, 2005
The best way for Tony Stewart to win this tight points battle would be to win in Homestead this weekend. But just how many times has the NEXTEL Cup Champion ... Read More

Martin Truex Jr. Wins Back-To-Back Busch Titles

Saturday November 19, 2005
It was an eventful day for Martin Truex Jr. in the Busch Series. He wrecked his primary car in qualifying and had to start in the back of the ... Read More

Ted Musgrave Claims Truck Title

Saturday November 19, 2005
The Craftsman Truck Series Championship was in doubt until late in the race but Ted Musgrave was able to keep Dennis Setzer in his sights all day long and claim ... Read More

Truck Race Postponed

Friday November 18, 2005
The Ford Championship weekend got off to a slow start as the Ford 200 race for the Craftsman Truck Series scheduled for tonight got only 12 laps in before the ... Read More

Ford Championship Weekend Preview

Wednesday November 16, 2005
We started this journey in Daytona more than nine months ago. Now it all comes down to this. One last race in each of the top three series to determine ... Read More

2005 Chase Contenders are headed for Homestead

Tuesday November 15, 2005
This weekend the 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup charges into Homestead-Miami Speedway for the final race of the season. The last nine races have sorted out the ten potential ... Read More

Kyle Busch on top as brother Kurt Busch is on the outs

Sunday November 13, 2005
It was an interesting day in Phoenix as in the morning defending NEXTEL Cup Champion Kurt Busch was suspended for the rest of the year by car owner Jack Roush. ... Read More

Kurt Busch suspended for the rest of the season

Sunday November 13, 2005
After this weekend's scandal where Kurt Busch was taken into custody by Phoenix area authorities for suspicion of drunk driving Jack Roush has decided to suspend Busch for the remainder ... Read More

Kurt Busch gets off easy

Sunday November 13, 2005
On Friday night Kurt Busch was taken into custody by Phoenix area authorities for suspicion of drunk driving. Kurt was pulled over for driving 60 in a 45MPH zone and ... Read More

Checker Auto Parts 500 Preview

Wednesday November 9, 2005
There are only two races remaining in the 2005 Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and all eyes are focused on the drivers at the head of the pack. ... Read More

Ricky Rudd announces imminent retirement

Tuesday November 8, 2005
Ricky Rudd announced today that he will be retiring from NEXTEL Cup competition after this season. Rudd made his NASCAR debut in 1975. Now, 30 years later, he has ... Read More

10 Tony Stewart Questions

Monday November 7, 2005
Tony Stewart has already had an incredibly successful career as a race car driver. He is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Champion and is well on his way to winning ... Read More

Edwards charges to Texas victory

Sunday November 6, 2005
Texas Motor Speedway made the most of their brand new race date. Starting in the daylight and finishing under the lights the Dickies 500 delivered an interesting challenge for drivers ... Read More

Fast Fast Fast

Wednesday November 2, 2005
After last weekend's high speeds in Atlanta the NEXTEL Cup drivers keep it going with another very fast race track. Texas Motor Speedway sees top speeds of over 200MPH and ... Read More

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