Biggest NASCAR Storylines to Watch Ahead of Sprint Cup Series at Michigan

The headline from Sunday’s Pocono 400 could (and should) have read “Trash Takes Its Toll, Junior Takes Advantage.” While Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s win was a great triumph for his legions of fans and for the members of the No. 88 team, it was another “right place at the right time” moment for NASCAR. There was no thrilling pass for the lead in the closing laps as we’ve seen in several races this season. What race fans did get was a lesson on how a small object can bring down a big one. The piece of trash on the front of Brad Keselowski’s Ford Fusion might as well have been the size of a billboard. Its location on the front of the No. 2 couldn’t have been much worse, as it blocked much of the a...

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