Opinions on Racing
My brother is a huge Ricky Craven fan. Throughout Craven’s career he was always in the middle of Winston Cup "silly season." Rumors he was going here, or going there, flew almost every year. Ricky now has a stable ride and his name is excluded from any kind of speculation. Talk for the past several […]
After reading Rich McKay’s article Cooler ban revs up race fans in the Orlando Sentinel in which McKay had interviewed David Talley, the current spokesman for for International Speedway Corporation (ISC – Nasdaq/NM: ISCA; OTC Bulletin Board: ISCB), I found myself doing what has become a regular habit when it comes to NASCAR racing these […]
They were of course still talking about Talladega entering Phoenix. Drivers and teams were "happy to be at Phoenix." By the end of the weekend, there was little reason for them to be. Bobby Hamilton noted that the cars never have tire or chassis problems at Daytona and Talladega – Phoenix and the other tracks, […]
Tire Problems Ruin Atwood’s Run In The Phoenix Sun Casey Atwood led 71 laps and rode in the top 3 for nearly 200 laps. Tires were the talk of the day due to eight cars having flat right fronts. Atwood was one of them. While leading the race, he got a flat right front, putting […]
Jeff Burton wins the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway! This team has been struggling for most of the year, but lately appears to be back in winning form. After gaining the lead on lap 278 from Mike Wallace, Burton had an almost three second lead at the end of the race. It’s […]
MEMO TO TRACK OWNERS: I don’t care if they are a "national recording artist." You need to audition anyone who claims they can sing the National Anthem. The guy who sung it Sunday screwed it up big time. THAT’S RACIN?: Here’s what Bobby Labonte says about Talladega: "You do not have to have the best […]
If NASCAR were any other sport, the mini-assault of six drivers into the NASCAR trailer after the Alabama 500 would have earned those drivers five-figure fines for unprofessional conduct. As it was, NASCAR would probably be well advised to pass out such fines – certainly those drivers were no less guilty of unacceptable deportment than […]
Much is being made of NASCAR’s impending return to New Hampshire International Speedway on November 23 for the "New Hampshire 300." Apparently, a significant portion of the Winston Cup community – and a full 100% of the media corps – expects to freeze to death on that date, or at least lose a vital appendage […]
Crashes galore. Injured crewmen. Injured spectators. A post-race mini-brawl in the garage area. Talladega, right? Wrong. This occurred at a track that, from reading the sanctimony of Winston Cup drivers understandably angry over losing racecars on the last lap at Talladega, should be "safer." But then it seems nothing in racing conforms to the sour […]
I hate to say it but Benny Parsons is completely off-base with his comments that the door-to-door, bumper-to-bumper racing we saw on Sunday is exactly what the race fans want. At least from my perspective. I don’t care to sit and watch 500 miles of "racing" where one single hiccup from one driver can take […]