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The Downside (And Upside) to Tyler Reddick’s Early Season Success – With five wins in the first nine races, Tyler Reddick is the early favourite for this year’s Cup Championship. But what happens if he falters and doesn’t win the title? And, is this a question we need to be asking already, or should we just enjoy what Reddick is accomplishing?
Future Headline: Busch to the #48 in 2027 – One of the hottest topics in NASCAR seems to be Kyle Busch’s struggles. With his looming free agency, could Busch take advantage of Alex Bowman’s struggles and make a return to Hendrick Motorsports.
Celebrity Sizzle Is Fine…But There Needs To Be Substance – With Tyler Reddick’s win in the Daytona 500, a lot of media coverage seemed to forget that Reddick, and not team co-owner Michael Jordan, was driving the car. With Jordan’s involvement in NASCAR comes a lot of media and a lot of new fans. The goal for NASCAR: Keep the fans coming back.
Cletus McFarland to RCR – Too Much, Too Soon? – YouTube star Cletus McFarland has run a handful of ARCA races, mostly at the superspeedways of Daytona and Talladega. Suddenly, he has a ride with RCR in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. While it’s great to have characters like McFarland in NASCAR, he needs more experience before he jumps that far up the ladder.
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My Top 50 All-Time Favourite Drivers – Everyone has their favourite driver…well, if you watch NASCAR you do. I decided to make a list of my Top 50 NASCAR drivers. I wouldn’t necessarily say these are the Top 50 “Greatest” Drivers of all time – although many would appear on both lists, if not necessarily in the same order.
Ranking The Top 25 Crew Chiefs – Throughout the history of NASCAR, the focus has mainly been on the great drivers. Names like Earnhardt, Petty, Allison, Yarborough, Gordon, Johnson, Elliott. But behind every great driver has been a great crew chief. And so, in addition to compiling a list of my Top 50 favourite drivers (coming soon), I decided to create a list of the Top 25 crew chiefs.
Predictions for NASCAR in 2026 – An annual tradition here at John Milner’s Track Talk, I make some predictions for what we could see in NASCAR in the coming year, from the winner of the Daytona 500 for the champions of all three major series, to who steps into the iconic #3 car and who gets their first career wins.
Six Drivers Who Could Become NASCAR Superstars in The Years to Come – Let’s take stock of what NASCAR has going for it, and who might be on the horizon to help lead NASCAR over the course of the next few years.
Talladega 500 – Elliott and Allison race “for the whole banana” at NASCAR’s biggest track.
Summer 500 – Can Kulwicki outrace Earnhardt at Pocono as “the Intimidator” tries to pad his points lead.
Pepsi Firecracker 400 – NASCAR makes the return trip to Daytona with race coverage that’s cutting to other sports more than it’s covering NASCAR and ends with one heck of a confusing finish.
#10 – “The 2016 Daytona 500 – Canada’s best chance at a Daytona 500 win“
#9 – “The 2018 Daytona 500 – The Legacy Becomes the Legend”
#8 – “The 1985 Daytona 500 – Dawsonville Dominance”
#7 – “The 1976 Daytona 500 – A King Dethroned by a Fox”
#6 – “The 1989 Daytona 500 – Waltrip’s Gamble Pays Off”
#5 – “The 1993 Daytona 500 – “Call Your Boy Home!”
#4 – “The 1988 Daytona 500 – Triumph and Tragedy”
#3 – “The 1979 Daytona 500 – ‘And There’s A Fight’”
#2 – “The 2014 Daytona 500 – Junior’s Redemption”
#1 – “The 1998 Daytona 500 – Dale”
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