Opinions on Racing
The actual halfway portion of the Winston Cup season does not come until Chicagoland in mid-July, but with the pending end of the June swing the halfway portion of the calendar approaches, and quite a bit has happened in fifteen races so far. So it makes some sense to take a look at where the […]
For the third time this year, Matt Kenseth was able to bring it home to pick up the win Sunday in the Sirius Satellite Radio 400 at Michigan International Speedway. A late race caution; red-flagged with five laps to go, ensured a somewhat dicey finish, but Kenseth, on old tires, held on for the win. […]
The first big story of the weekend came when Billy France made a tardy announcement – that low-ride-height violations for race winners will now result in a loss of points – tardy because the loss of points realistically should have been part of the package of punishing post race inspection failures long ago. Despite raindrops […]
As most race fans know, the explosion of NASCAR’s popularity has brought new racetracks in the country that want race dates. I live in Syracuse, NY which is not too far away from Watkins Glen. So New York does have a track and we also have the Pocono track. But these two tracks are poor […]
DAYS OF WONDER: What happened to the good old days when only country stars were interested in stock car racing? First Fox gives us their awful CD, now Britney Spears wants to play a stock car driver in a movie, and her inspiration is Days of Thunder? RACE-ISM: Some "performer" who goes by the name […]
"NASCAR officials want to strike the buzzword ‘aero-dependent’ from garage vocabulary. Later this summer, their intentions are to decrease the size of cars’ spoilers significantly and end what has become an aerodynamic war among manufacturers." So writes Lee Spencer. She also notes that in the Kansas test of a larger greenhouse earlier this year, cars […]
Hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! For a few minutes every Wednesday I read Track Smack just to see what NASCAR.com’s famous foursome are thinking about the hot topics of the week. However, this week I am walking away wondering to myself why I even waste my time. Like so […]
It was good to see Dale Jarrett back in winning form, and congratulations go out to him for picking up the win last weekend at Pocono Raceway. But, one has to feel bad for Ricky Rudd, who, once again, was the man to beat. Rudd took the lead from Jeff Burton on lap 179, and […]
The Pocono 500 has been run, and it proved a replay of sorts to 1976 when the leader blew a tire within sight of the checkered flag. Dale Jarrett’s win was his third at the track and Robert Yates’ seventh, four as DiGard Racing’s engine builder and three as a car owner. While hardly the […]
Casey Atwood has had an awkward season so far. Moving from Evernham Motorsports’ No. 19 to the new Ultra/Evernham merger’s No. 7, it took him a while to get used to his new surroundings. Now that he has, look out, this kid’s on a tear. The Nashville native started out 2002 with Kevin Cram as […]