Bill Fleischman

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dale Earnhardt Jr. (left) won last year´s Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Montoya, Newman look to improve

By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Staff Writer

06/12/2013

Two veteran drivers are struggling to get back to victory lane.

GETTY IMAGES Denny Hamlin has four wins at Pocono, the second most of active drivers.

Hamlin ready for Pocono

By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Columnist

06/07/2013

Bill Fleischman: Pocono is one of Denny Hamlin's favorite tracks, and he is ready to run it again.

Stewart testy amid struggles 06/05/2013: By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Staff Writer

Bill Fleischman: Near the end of Tony Stewart's post-win news conference Sunday at Dover, he responded to a question with an intense rant.
Truex is upbeat heading to Dover 05/30/2013: By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Columnist

Bill Fleischman: Even though Martin Truex Jr. has gone 5-plus years without winning, his employer hasn't lost faith in his racing abilities.
Time to shorten Coca-Cola 600? 05/29/2013: By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Staff Writer

With NASCAR trying to appeal to younger fans, many of whom have the attention span of Twitter's 140 characters, asking them to follow a 600-mile race is like requiring the reading of Chaucer during a weekend.
Indy drivers cool to Danica 05/22/2013: By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Staff Writer

Bill Fleischman: Scott Dixson, Ryan Briscoe see the financial reasons Danica Patrick moved from IndyCar racing, but not much else.
NASCAR's surprises, struggles so far 05/15/2013: By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Staff Writer

Bill Fleischman: Matt Kenseth's success, Tony Stewart's struggles among the early story lines of the Sprint Cup season so far.
Newman: Cars need to stay on track 05/08/2013: By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Columnist

After watching Kurt Busch's race car temporarily "parked" atop Ryan Newman's car late in Sunday's Talladega race, I wondered whether NASCAR officials shudder when they watch major wrecks and think "We are so lucky a driver wasn't killed."
Future of Philly sports talk 04/05/2013: BY BILL FLEISCHMAN, For the Daily News fleiscb@phillynews.com

The Philly sports scene will greet a new player Monday when "Philly Sports Talk" begins airing daily from 5-6 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet. "Sports Talk" replaces "Daily News Live."
Logano is NASCAR's newest villain 03/28/2013: By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Staff Writer

The Connecticut native seems like a nice, young guy. But there is a sense among some in NASCAR that Joey Logano, 22, is spoiled.
Gordon’s meltdown was way out of line 11/15/2012: By Bill Fleischman, fleiscb@phillynews.com

Bill Fleischman: Jeff Gordon has usually been a classy spokesman and ambassador for NASCAR. My sense is, Gordon was a victim of temporary insanity.
Keselowski confident 11/08/2012: by Bill Fleischman, fleiscb@phillynews.com

OK, YOU'RE Brad Keselowski. With two races remaining in the Chase, you're only seven points behind the leader. Normally, the leader could be vulnerable.