1. Unbelievable stat
When you think powerhouse NASCAR team, you dont go much further than Hendrick Motorsports, long considered the New York Yankees of stock-car racing. Well, even the Yankees have down years, and Hendrick is in a slump. If Rick Hendricks team doesnt win at New Hampshire, then Hendrick Motorsports will have cycled through 12 months with no wins. Its last win was July 23, 2017. Yikes!
2. More Hendrick
With seven more regular-season races before the playoffs, two Hendrick Motorsports drivers are precariously close to the cut line. Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman are 15th and 16th in the playoff rankings. The top 16 drivers go into the playoffs. William Byron is 22nd in points while Jimmie Johnson, a seven-time Cup champion, is hanging on in 14th place. A couple of wins by underdog drivers could spell disaster.
3. It aint over
The feud that started in Daytona between Kyle Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is not over. Busch complained that Stenhouse didnt apologize after crashing him at Daytona. The two had a verbal exchange at Kentucky while Busch was strapped into his No. 18 Toyota waiting to qualify. I told him why I didnt reach out, Stenhouse said to NBC. I felt like he ran his mouth enough that I didnt have anything to say to him.
Godwin Kelly, [email protected]
