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Steve's NASCAR Racing Blog July 2007 Archive

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

NASCAR Drivers Don't Use Drugs

Tuesday July 31, 2007
Drugs seem to have become a way of life in professional sports. The 2007 Tour De France which recently finished in Paris saw a number of top riders disqualified for using ... Read More

Tony Stewart Wins Brickyard 400 Then Curses

Sunday July 29, 2007
Today's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard started out with a bang. The finest stock car drivers in the world bent up a lot of sheet metal in the first part ... Read More

2007 Allstate 400 At The Brickyard Preview

Thursday July 26, 2007
This Sunday afternoon the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup stars will take over the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 400 miles of racing. This week's race carries a huge payout for the ... Read More

Is the Brickyard 400 Truly One of the Best?

Wednesday July 25, 2007
This weekend the NEXTEL Cup stars will gather at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 2007 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. There seem to be two schools of thought ... Read More

What is the Difference Between Driver Points and Owner Points?

Monday July 23, 2007
One confusing part of the NASCAR point system is that there are in fact two separate point systems. The driver points and car owner points are calculated separately and used ... Read More

See Future NASCAR Stars Today

Thursday July 19, 2007
The current NEXTEL Cup stars have this weekend off. However, instead of going through withdrawal head out to your local race track and experience the grass roots of NASCAR. ... Read More

How NASCAR Splits The Money

Tuesday July 17, 2007
Did you ever notice that the payout after a NASCAR race doesn't always make sense? That is, that sometimes the guy that finishes twentieth can get paid more than ... Read More

Tony Stewart Picks Up First Win Of 2007

Sunday July 15, 2007
The NEXTEL Cup stars did not have the fans on the edge of their seats today at Chicagoland Speedway. This just wasn't a terribly interesting race. Tony Stewart lead the ... Read More

NEXTEL Cup Stars Roll Into Chicagoland

Thursday July 12, 2007
This Sunday the NEXTEL Cup series visits Chicagoland Speedway for the 2007 USG Sheetrock 400. Last year Jeff Gordon punted Matt Kenseth out of the lead with less than ... Read More

Sprint To Replace NEXTEL As NASCAR's Top Brand In 2008

Tuesday July 10, 2007
Between the controversy of Friday's rained out qualifying and the excitement of the 2007 Pepsi 400 finish NASCAR fans had a lot to talk about this weekend. One ... Read More

Jamie McMurray Wins Thrilling Pepsi 400

Sunday July 8, 2007
Tonight's 2007 Pepsi 400 featured a side-by-side finish that is tied for the second closest finish in the history of electronic scoring. Jamie McMurray overcome a black flag for driving ... Read More

Rain Crushes Boris Said's Pepsi 400 Dreams

Friday July 6, 2007
Boris Said had his hopes crushed during qualifying for Saturday night's Pepsi 400. Boris was on the provisional pole. Unfortunately the rain came before qualifying was complete. ... Read More

Pepsi 400 Marks 2007 Halfway Point

Thursday July 5, 2007
The Pepsi 400 marks the traditional halfway point of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season. Daytona International Speedway is the first race track that the drivers will return to for ... Read More

Hate Commercials? Try TNT's "Wide Open" Pepsi 400 Coverage

Tuesday July 3, 2007
NASCAR fans have been complaining for years about the number of commercials during the races. Very little has been done about the problem until now. This weekend the ... Read More

Denny Hamlin Holds Off Jeff Gordon For NHIS Win

Sunday July 1, 2007
Today's 2007 LENOX Industrial Tools 300 in New Hampshire was won with a great strategic call by Denny Hamlin's team. Hamlin took two tires on the final pit stop ... Read More

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