It’s Thursday morning, I’m sitting on the sand of a coastal California beach after a long run, the wind is hitting my face, the sun is rising and no, NASCAR fans, the sky has not fallen.
With the dust now settled over Phoenix International Raceway, four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers have the chance to continue racing for a championship, while four others had their title runs cut prematurely on Sunday.
For the past two seasons or so, a trend has emerged of the weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winner performing a celebration that is so intense, it rivals that of a smoky eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stop at Watkins Glen International scrambled the Chase hopes of five drivers, setting up a barn-burning battle for the final postseason berths with just four races to go.
