NASCAR: Five Predictions for the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
By Dustin Smith
It’s time for a new rivalry
Arguably, one of the best occurrences in NASCAR is when two or more drivers are upset with one another. For whatever reason, these rivalries in the sport sometimes happen late in the season. For example, Matt Kenseth spinning Joey Logano at Martinsville after Logano spun him the week before. Or who could forget Clint Bowyer being spun by Jeff Gordon in Phoenix?
Anyway, the true rivalries in NASCAR are too quiet. Sure, Brad Keselowski and Toyota drivers have had their Twitter feuding, but nothing crazy has happened on the track. One thing that will be interesting to see is if anything happens out of the Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon post-race discussion last weekend following Dover. Although Gordon no longer races, he made it known to Newman that he could have done more to help Chase Elliott in the end. The chances are that nothing will come of it, but anything is possible.
Another interesting possibility is whether any drivers will take offense to the comments made by Denny Hamlin. Hamlin, who thinks drivers are underpaid, could have ruffled the feathers of true race car drivers in the sport who care about NASCAR’s success more than their wallets. That is, of course, if there are any left…any true racer is out on the track to win and races for the love of the sport. Denny Hamlin proved he is just a puppet in it for the money.