With Joey Logano's win at Texas, we now have 7 unique winners through 7 races. This matters a lot in 2014, because the eligibility for the 16 Chase spots is primarily based on wins, and seco… Read More

This week, BusinessWeek.com published my interview with NASCAR vice-chair Lesa France Kennedy. Here is the complete article.Here is our weekly BSports video: Moving on to this week’s p… Read More

Two races down, and two drivers are already in the Chase. Only 24 more chances to get in. The most important lesson to take away from Phoenix is that teams will do whatever they can to win… Read More

It's time to review how my Daytona 500 picks fared in yesterday's race: Daytona 500 FavoritesDale Earnhardt, Jr. (WON the race and led 54 laps)Kyle Busch (led 19 laps and finished 19t… Read More

Malcom Gladwell, in his 2008 book Outliers, tried to explain why most elite hockey players in Canada were born in the first half of the year. While growing up through the levels of youth hoc… Read More

As we saw last week, the new Chase format is practically win-and-you’re-in: drivers with a win in the first 26 races will have a spot in the 16-driver Chase field. So who’s makin… Read More

NASCAR announced last week that the championship would be determined almost entirely on race wins, rather than on accumulated points. With that giant change from the sports past, it will be… Read More

As NASCAR continues to tweak its Chase format, expanding from 10 drivers to 12 to 13 -- to possibly 16 now -- we should all remember they are never going to be able to get what they want: a… Read More

With the new season fast approaching, one of the major story lines will be the return of the famed #3 car. Rookie Austin Dillon will have a giant spotlight on him all year: in addition to… Read More

As we discussed last week, Matt Kenseth was predicted to be a huge favorite to win Homestead. He came as close as possible – winning the pole, leading the most laps, and finished secon… Read More

Let's review how my Homestead picks fared from the latest BSports video:Homestead FavoritesMatt Kenseth (won the pole, led 144 laps, and finished second)Carl Edwards (finished 12th)Greg Biff… Read More

With only one race left to go, Jimmie Johnson should have an easy time coming home with the championship. Johnson’s third place finish at Phoenix, compared to Matt Kenseth’s poor… Read More

Let's see how Phoenix picks fared today.FavoritesJimmie Johnson (won the pole, led 1 lap, and finished third)Kurt Busch (finished fifth)Kyle Busch (finished seventh)Threats for First Phoenix… Read More

By winning and leading the most laps at Texas, Jimmie Johnson’s dominating performance gave him a 7-point lead over Matt Kenseth in the standings, breaking their tie from last week. Wh… Read More

Let's review how my Texas picks turned out today:Texas FavoritesMatt Kenseth (led three laps and finished 4th including an early pit-road penalty)Greg Biffle (led one lap and finished 12th)K… Read More

Matt Kenseth had a career day this past Sunday at Martinsville, leading the most laps and finishing second to Jeff Gordon. Somebody who did not have a career day was Jimmie Johnson, whose fi… Read More

The big story from Talladega this past Sunday was that none of our Chase contenders crashed out – instead, they took 12 of the top 20 spots. Unfortunately for now-former points leader… Read More

Let's review how my picks from last week's Talladega preview video turned out:Talladega Favorites1) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (led 38 laps and finished second)2) Jeff Gordon (led 3 laps and finish… Read More

Another Chase race – another pair of top-5 finishes for Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth. By consistently finishing up front, our two leaders continue to squeeze out every other driver… Read More

In last week's BSports Video, I gave my picks for yesterday's race at Charlotte. Here's how those picks did:Charlotte FavoritesKasey Kahne (led 138 laps and finished second - got passed for… Read More

The race at Kansas finally provided an opening for the rest of the Chase field to catch up to our top 3 drivers: Jimmie Johnson (6th), Matt Kenseth (11th), and Kyle Busch (34th) all finished… Read More

In last week's latest BSports Video, I discussed the most recent championship forecast probabilities, and previewed the race at Kansas.How did my picks do?Kansas FavoritesJimmie Johnson (led… Read More

For the third consecutive week, the three best drivers in the Chase dominated.  Jimmie Johnson had a convincing win at Dover, while Matt Kenseth (7th) and Kyle Busch (5th) both led many… Read More

Reviewing my Dover picks, as featured in the latest BSports video:Dover FavoritesJimmie Johnson (WON the race and led 243 laps)Jeff Gordon (finished 4th and led 3 laps)Kyle Busch (finished 5… Read More

For the second week in a row, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch finished 1-2.For the second week in a row, Jimmie Johnson got a top 5.These are the only drivers to start this year's Chase with two… Read More