Opinions on Racing
Tony Stewart starts from the rear; manages to stay afloat in the sea of disaster to take the win! On lap 373 Stewart took the lead from Ryan Newman, survived a couple more restarts, and brought it home. But what the heck happened to one of my favorite race tracks?? Complaints about the sealer were […]
CALI-BORIN-YA: The "Taking a Nap" 500 Sunday was a snoozer. I literally fell asleep watching the race, something I haven’t done in a long time. The only racing excitement happened at the start and at the restarts after the cautions. I don’t know how many lead changes they’re claiming happened, but as usual, most of […]
Jimmie Johnson, just a few races into his Winston Cup career, takes the win at the Napa Auto Parts 500 in Fontana this past weekend. After many years of major sponsorship, Lowe’s finally is partnered with a driver that can bring it home. Congratulations to Jimmie and members of the Hendricks Motorsports team for a […]
"After the high drama on Sunday in Alabama, this weekend’s race at California Speedway will likely be another snoozer….In part, that’s because the speeds are too fast….The action might be considerably better if NASCAR cut speeds here by 10 to 15 MPH, but there are no indications that that is going to happen." MIGHT be […]
SAFE RACING: Ah, thanks to the new (old) aero rules, we had a safe race Sunday at Talladega. There were no big wrecks like last year that initiated NASCAR’s removal of the aero anchors, which the drivers said caused the big wreck. Oh, wait a minute. Turns out there was a big wreck. Hmm, we […]
Again, here we sit a couple of days after the wild Talladega weekend, wondering why the suits at NASCAR can’t get it through their thick heads that this is not racing. Ask Mark Martin if he thinks it’s racing. Ask Bobby Labonte or Tony Stewart if they think it’s racing. They did ask Jimmy Makar […]
The winner of the Aaron’s 499 in Talladega comes as no surprise as Dale Earnhardt Jr. once again takes top honors and with Michael Waltrip, once again, bringing it home in second place. These two cars have dominated the last three restrictor plate races, and it appears the Chevy’s have had the advantage. I find […]
They came, they raced, they crashed, and they whined. And when it was over Mikey Waltrip played the patsy yet again. After Mikey gave the 2001 Firecracker to Junior, Robin Miller angered some NASCAR fans by pointing out that Mikey was supposed to pass Junior and win the race, not push him to the win. […]
TONY’S APOLOGY: Actually, this should be headed "My apology to Tony Stewart." Stupid me, believing everything I read in the media. First there was the interview with the British men’s magazine that said Stewart had called Alabama fans obnoxious. Then there was the reports of his apology that sounded worse than the original interview. I […]
Talladega now beckons and some miscellanea stands alongside the road: The silly season got hilarious with two developments – the firing of Buckshot Jones from Petty Enterprises and the release of Tony Furr from Hendrick Motorsports. The former had been the source of rumors for several weeks, while the latter exploded to the surprise of […]