Opinions on Racing
What a great weekend for race fans! I enjoyed the format, the fan’s vote to invert all 10 cars and the drama. I was not disappointed and I hope you weren’t either. Being a wild and crazy race fan, I wanted a bit more drama. So I put on my marketing pit cap and came […]
There has been considerable hand-wringing about Michael Schumacher’s tainted Austrian GP win because his teammate literally gave it to him per Ferrari team orders. Some have suggested such would not happen in NASCAR, others have wondered if eventually it will. Well, it already has. I still get grief from people who say the roof spoiler […]
SIMPER FI: Last year I gave the #25 Busch car a hard time, first for the lousy equipment they gave Chad Chaffin, then for the way they released him right before the Nashville Superspeedway Busch race. That still wasn’t right. When I found out they’d hired another former Fairgrounds Speedway driver, Bobby Hamilton, Jr., I […]
Hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! Just like most of you, I am ready for racing! My wife, who is the mother of my child, qualified on the POLE to enjoy the annual Mother’s Day festivities. Her comment on this fine day was "I’ve got it bad, cause I wanted […]
This week we’ll SPIN OUT a track and a popular racing organization. What a frustrating week for this NASCAR fan, so hold – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! What in the world was up with Richmond International Raceway? I love short track racing, but I was just as frustrated as the NASCAR […]
New Hampshire International Speedway’s new wide-apron corners got their first racing in mid-May with two events – the New Hampshire 200 for Grand National, and the New Hampshire 125 for GN North. All the scuttlebutt had been fairly positive, though usually with the old "the track needs more banking" caveat. The actual wider aprons don’t […]
Last July, just a scant four and one half months following the tragic death of his father at Daytona International Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr took the checkered flag at the track that claimed his father. It was this track where a large part of the Senior E legend was built. It is only fitting that […]
DRIVING THE WHELEN: Steve Park’s Winston Cup career is seriously affected when he’s t-boned while driving the #31 Busch car. Now on Friday night Johnny Benson gets some ribs broken while driving the same car and sat out the race with Joe Nemechek driving. It also looks as if Park will be getting the boot […]
Pensacola, FL — In a race where Joey Clanton broke a 35-year old record by winning his fourth consecutive race of the 2002 season, fellow driver, JC Beattie Jr. and his ATI Racing team stayed in the game and came home with a solid finish. Beattie, who started the race on the .5-mile oval from […]
First off, a belated apology is in order. My "Some People Don’t Ever Learn" piece criticized the recent Texas-Martinsville controversy. Quotes denigrating the Martinsville track attributed to Texas officials led to a public rebuke by Clay Campbell, and I seconded the rebuke by noting the apparent arrogance of Texas’ campaign to get a second Winston […]