This weekend Denny Hamlin returns to Pocono poised to complete his second Pocono season sweep. Hamlin is the defending winner of this race from last fall and was also the June 2010 Pocono winner.
Denny Hamlin clearly has Pocono dialed in and must be considered the favorite to win the 2010 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway and become the first driver in Pocono history to complete the season sweep more than once.
Jack Roush is currently hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries after crashing one of his airplanes while attending an airshow in Wisconsin. Jack was flying into Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the EAA AirVenture show when he lost control and crashed.
I'm confused. NASCAR wants drivers to speak their mind and let their emotions back into the sport but only if they have good things to say about NASCAR?
What do you think? Is NASCAR correct in protecting their brand or should drivers be allowed to say whatever they like?
The 2010 Brickyard 400 was decided by a late race caution as some drivers gambled on two tires while the leaders took four. Clean air proved to be the right choice and Jamie McMurray used the clean air to drive away for the win.
This win completed an amazing feat for his car owner. Chip Ganassi added the 2010 Brickyard 400 to the 2010 Daytona 500 and the 2010 Indianapolis 500 to become the first car owner in history to sweep the three biggest American oval races in the same year.
Unfortunately there aren't many fans who will be able to say they were there to witness it. The stands were painfully empty. It seemed like there was more shiny aluminum visible than race fans. Indianapolis is just not a great place for race fans and fans are staying home by the thousands.
In eight of the last sixteen years the winner of the Brickyard 400 has gone on to win the Championship. Of course that trend was reinforced last year as Jimmie Johnson held off a hard charging Mark Martin for the win. This was Johnson's third Brickyard 400 win in his four year Championship streak.
