Opinions on Racing
I read a very good column this week regarding NASCAR fans and driver autographs, sparking my BUMP AND GO reaction. The column mentioned how a lady waited in line for hours to get Dale Jr.’s autograph, and when it was her turn, Dale Jr. didn’t even acknowledge her presence. It’s sad for the lady, because […]
Here’s something you may think is crazy – fireworks shows can be superfluous. But if they are at racetracks, then the races can have more spectacular fireworks than the real thing. On the weekend before the 4th of July short track shootouts raged on, and there were plenty of fireworks without the literal ones. Richmond […]
Greg Biffle managed to ‘beat the heat’ at Sunday’s running of the GNC Live Well 250 in Milwaukee this past Sunday. Throughout much of the race, the number 60 was not the best, but great pit stops, and just plain perseverance seemed to be the ticket that brought him home a winner. Jason Keller, a […]
WHY THEY LOSE: I guess it’s natural for people to look at who’s to blame when things go wrong… that is, who other than themselves. Take Richard Childress. According to him, the reason they’re not running good this year is that other teams are using traction control devices. But so far, all the proof anyone […]
With Sears Point behind us the last bye week for the Winston Cup season beckons, with racing in CART, IRL, USAR, the Trucks, Grand National, and the usual myriad of short tracks coast to coast nicely filling in the gap. In the big leagues so far, the trend has been competitive depth. In sixteen Winston […]
Now, hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! Change, change and more change! I’m thinking, I’m not too hip on this NEW NASCAR that I am seeing these days. Actually, as a fan, I’m down right nervous and so should be NASCAR, the owners and drivers. Another track has gone corporate! […]
"They took this one away from me! They took this one away from me! We had it won and they took it away from me!" Well, Ricky Rudd won’t be saying that about this Sears Point race. He may still be PO’ed over the 1991 running, but now after the bitter pills of Richmond, Dover, […]
After three weeks of not winning when he should have, finally, Ricky Ruddy gets a break and wins the Dodge/Save Mart 350 on Sunday at the newly renamed Infineon Raceway located in Sonoma California. Rudd’s last win at this speedway was at the inaugural Winston Cup event in 1989. The tough luck that has plagued […]
SERIOUS MONEY: One has to wonder what would have happened had Sirius Satellite Systems given the money to the #7 team instead of spending it on sponsoring the Michigan race? And they’ve also signed on to sponsor a race at another ISC track, Watkins Glen. PROPAGANDA WEB SITES: It seems that one of the four […]
First, I must take a moment to congratulate the Detroit Red Wings on winning the Stanley Cup. I was pleasantly surprised to see Carolina play the Wings as well as they did and they deserve a ton of credit. Now, hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! QUICK BUMP ZONE! Quick […]