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Steve's NASCAR Racing Blog April 2006 Archive

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

Talladega Aarons 499 Postponed

Sunday April 30, 2006
Rain has forced the Aarons 499 scheduled for today to be postponed. NASCAR will try again at noon on Monday to get the show in. When the show does ... Read More

Plate Racing Preview From Talladega

Wednesday April 26, 2006
For the second time in 2006 the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers will race on a superspeedway. The massive 2.6 mile Talladega Superspeedway is the only other track (besides Daytona) that ... Read More

Fox Needs To Show The Race Restart Every Time

Monday April 24, 2006
Anyone who has ever attended a race in person knows that the crowd rises to its feet for the restarts. The reason for this is that race restarts are exciting. ... Read More

Kevin Harvick Completes Phoenix Weekend Sweep

Sunday April 23, 2006
The 2006 Subway Fresh 500 from Phoenix International Raceway had a little bit of everything tonight. Long green flag runs, hot tempers, people running out of gas and a pass ... Read More

NEXTEL Cup Race Tonight

Saturday April 22, 2006
Don't forget that the Subway Fresh 500 goes off tonight at 8pm Eastern on FOX. Kyle Busch has the pole for tonight's race at Phoenix International Raceway. Tony Stewart ... Read More

Harvick Wins Second Consecutive Busch Race

Saturday April 22, 2006
Phoenix International Raceway hosted the Busch Series on Friday night. NEXTEL Cup series stars took the top seven spots and twelve of the top thirteen. Kevin Harvick held off ... Read More

Kyle Busch Scores Phoenix Pole

Friday April 21, 2006
Kyle Busch won the NEXTEL Cup race in Phoenix last fall. On Thursday night he picked up right where he left off and claimed the pole for Saturday night's ... Read More

NEXTEL Cup Under The Lights In Phoenix

Thursday April 20, 2006
This weekend Phoenix International Raceway hosts the 2006 Subway Fresh 500 under the lights on Saturday night. Races here tend to involve a little bit of everything. Pit strategy, ... Read More

What is NASCAR Chemistry?

Monday April 17, 2006
You often hear NASCAR teams talk about chemistry. They change crew chiefs or even swap entire teams in order to try to find the elusive chemistry. But what, exactly, are ... Read More

Harvick Wins In Nashville

Saturday April 15, 2006
Kevin Harvick kept the 2006 Buschwhacking streak alive by winning this weekend's Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspwweday. NASCAR NEXTEL Cup regulars have won all eight NASCAR Busch Series races held ... Read More

Get Your NASCAR Fix at 4pm Today

Saturday April 15, 2006
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series stars have the weekend off but there is still NASCAR racing to watch this weekend. The NASCAR Busch Series is at Nashville Superspeedway today ... Read More

Kyle Busch pulled over for reckless driving

Friday April 14, 2006
NASCAR.COM is reporting today that Kyle Busch was pulled over for reckless driving near Richmond International Airport. Officers did not explain exactly what the younger Busch was doing to be ... Read More

Darrell Waltrip and DIRECTV Celebrate Easter

Wednesday April 12, 2006
This Easter weekend NASCAR's own Darrell Waltrip will be hosting an Easter Special called Songs of Praise on DIRECTV. Tune in this weekend to see Michael W. Smith, Nicole C. ... Read More

Denny Hamlin Biography

Monday April 10, 2006
This Joe Gibbs Racing rookie is on the path to superstardom. He started off his 2006 rookie season by winning the Budweiser Shootout in Daytona. Since then he has ... Read More

Kasey Kahne Keeps Texas Perfect

Sunday April 9, 2006
The ten previous NEXTEL Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway had ten different winners. Today Kasey Kahne made it eleven winners in eleven races as he won the 2006 Samsung/RadioShack ... Read More

NEXTEL Cup Race in Texas Today

Sunday April 9, 2006
Kasey Kahne will lead them to the green flag today as the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series stars take to the Texas Motor speedway. Rookie JJ Yeley starts second, on the ... Read More

Buschwhackers Dominate Texas Busch Race

Saturday April 8, 2006
The top of the finishing order for today's O'Reilly 300 Busch Series race was littered with NEXTEL Cup stars. Nine of the top eleven finishers were Cup series regulars ... Read More

2006 Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

Wednesday April 5, 2006
After two weeks of short track racing the drivers are in for a refresher course in speed. Texas Motor Speedway sees top speeds of over 200MPH and fast laps average ... Read More

How NASCAR Qualifying Works

Tuesday April 4, 2006
Each week the starting lineup for the NASCAR race is determined by the NASCAR qualifying process. With qualifying times, guaranteed starters and provisionals all factoring into the mix NASCAR ... Read More

Tony Stewart Leads Team Chevrolet To Win In Martinsville

Sunday April 2, 2006
Martinsville Speedway saw Chevrolet dominate the day as Tony Stewart held off three Hendrick Motorsports teammates to win the 2006 DIRECTV 500. There was a lot of beating and banging ... Read More

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