One year after earning rookie-of-the-year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series, Dale Earnhardt drove California businessman Rod Osterlund’s No. 2 car to the series championship
Milestones and records are a huge part of sports in general and that definitely trickles down to motorsports, where it seems there’s a milestone moment every weekend. However, there are some racing milestones that are unlikely to ever be matched.
Kyle Larson is hoping to become the fifth driver to complete the so-called “Double” by running the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the same day May 26.
Mostly silent on the issues of NASCAR since entering the Cup Series as a co-owner, basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has let his voice be known more frequently of late, including regarding the charter situation.
Tony Stewart has already scored his biggest victory in this year’s Indianapolis 500, and it came in a courtroom in April, not on the race track in May.
I can’t imagine going to a race, watching a winner celebrate in victory lane and finding out five weeks later that the driver and his or her team were disqualified and a new driver was awarded the victory.
