DAVE GRAYSONS RACING NOTEBOOK. Darlington press release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing. Threat Is Real: Team Penske On Championship Fast Track Drivers haven’t been shy in divulging the secret to championship success since the inception of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2004. The not so secret: Crush on 1.5-mile tracks. Tracks measuring 1.5 miles in length populate half the Chase, including the all-important season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Joining Homestead in the Chase are Chicagoland Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. And one team above all has risen above the fray, nailing the new completion rules package and excelling on the two 1.5-mile tracks the series has run so far – Team Penske. They’ve swept the 1.5-mile tracks, with Brad Keselowski taking Las Vegas and Joey Logano powering his way to a Texas win. Logano was likewise strong at Vegas, finishing fourth. Keselowski was on his way to a top-five finish – and possibly a win – if not for a pit-road speeding penalty prior to the final restart. He finished 15th. And this season, that’s especially meaningful. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship race at Homestead is a “winner-take-all” affair, with the top finisher among the final four winning this year’s title.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 01:18:45 +0000
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