Winning on empty in a ‘fuel-mileage’ race

In a battle to see who could go the slowest and still be fast enough to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) on June 14, moderate Mark Martin coasted to victory, leaving Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle frustrated and their respective cars fuming, which is what race cars do when they’re totally out of fuel. It was another fuel-mileage race, the mention of which sends MIS track officials into a flat-out frenzy. There’s a perception that fuel-mileag

Mirror Driving: Cutting The Cord On Fuel Mileage, Foreign Fan Suicide, And Reviewing Road Courses

One of the fans’ biggest complaints after Michigan was that, again, it was a fuel mileage race. Is there anything NASCAR can do to change the fact that many races come down to how much gas is in the tank? Kurt: Throw more cautions for debris? I understand not liking to see your guy run out of gas, but it’s part of it. Mike: No, they can’t. Michigan lends itself to long, green-flag runs, and that can lead to fuel mileage races. I’ve complained about them in the past, but this one was v

14/06/2009: LifeLock 400 (Brooklyn – Nascar)

A fuel-mileage finish? A memorable heart-thumper? Epic? Euphoric? Heartbreaking? Fraught with twists, surprises and subplots? Yes, indeedee. Sunday’s LifeLock 400 may have been the Sprint Cup tour’s second straight fuel-mileage race, but this was vastly more entertaining than the one last week at Pocono. This was as suspenseful as any fender-slamming dogfight. Mark Martin, who inherited victory after Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle ran out of gas from dueling, ran out himself coming off the final