Sorry this post didn't get posted sooner. I was waiting for the U.S. to score.
Anyway, you still have time to vote on the People's Pitstop lineup for this week's NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Please note that Boris Said is not eligible for your votes this week. (Neither is Danica.) The polls will close Thursday night to allow us to set up a lineup in time for Friday's qualifying session.
In the meantime, here are a few things you need to know about where they're racing this week.
Track basics: New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon is just over a mile in length. (The "301" refers to laps, not miles or darts.) It's also one of the flattest tracks in NASCAR; the sharpest banking is 7 degrees. By comparison, next week's track banks as much as 31 degrees.
Recent winners: Joey Logano (2009), Kurt Busch (2008), Denny Hamlin (2007).
Who wins here a lot: Jeff Burton leads active NASCAR drivers with four wins on this track. Just behind him with three apiece: Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon. Yes, that Jeff Gordon.
Why you should vote carefully: A lot can happen between the time you post some fantasy NASCAR polls and the time they actually run the race in question. First, Robby Gordon announced that he would not be driving this week, and that his car, which does not have a sponsor, would start and park at New Hampshire. Then, Bobby Labonte, another driver whose car was in search of a sponsor, announced that he would be leaving TRG Motorsports and would drive Robby's No. 7 car this week.
(Next thing you know, an ESPN analyst will admit to smoking marijuana...)
As always, you can click here to download a handy-dandy guide from the folks at Yahoo Sports. We'll be back.
[...] Jeff Burton. Longtime readers of the People’s Pigskin will recall that he leads active NASCAR drivers with four victories on this track. There’s no [...]
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