Opinions on Racing
RETROACTIVE SPONSORSHIP: Did you ever notice that when a new sponsor comes along for a race, suddenly every race in the past was sponsored by that company? For example, when DieHard and Winston swapped race weekends at Talladega a few years ago, suddenly every prior race corresponded with the switch. Where the Winston 500 was […]
Once again the Joe Gibbs team brings home a win in Atlanta, only this time it was the Home Depot number 20 driving into the winners circle. Stewart ran with the front group throughout the day leading for a total of 143 laps, but there was plenty of "fussin and fightin" going as there were […]
Atlanta was supposed to be a good race – but this was a little ridiculous. Actually, it was a bit of a mixed bag. The racing up front was good, but it involved a curiously low number of cars – only eight leaders, not exactly a number to expect in modern NASCAR. And while Tony […]
If you haven’t been paying attention, you will be soon. Ryan Newman is definitely the one to watch in 2002. Not only is he a contender for the 2002 Raybestos Rookie of the Year, but if he stays on the roll that he’s on now, he may also be involved in a thrilling title contention. […]
One of the traditional big dates in the first half of the season is the Atlanta 500, historically the first superspeedway race after the Daytona 500, and for many years the first race televised on over-air television after Daytona – those of you who remember the days without cable will understand the context here. Atlanta’s […]
CRAPS, NOT AGAIN: It’s Saturday night as I write this paragraph, and I’m already sick of the Las Vegas puns. It was one after another today during the Busch race and happy hour, and after about the 5,000th reference to gambling, it gets a little old. NOT SO GRAND PRIX: No, I’m not talking about […]
DA ROCK: Hmm, where to start. I thought the Rockingham race was a little better than the Daytona race, but it could have been better. Drivers just seem to be happy turning laps. For a while there, it looked like qualifying, only with all the cars on the track at once. At least the winning […]
With seven laps to go, Matt Kenseth passed Sterling Marlin and Bobby Labonte for the lead and held on to become the winner of the Subway 400. But, as usual, the race ended not without its share of controversy. The #17 car was dominant, and more the likely would have been the winner, but the […]
Second-year Busch Series driver Jamie McMurray is grabbing attention after only two of the series’ 34 races. After finishing 11th in the season opener at Daytona, McMurray followed that up with a 15th place run at Rockingham. During his run at Daytona, McMurray started the race 21st and ran in the top 10 most of […]
The Carolina 400 is always among the toughest races in the season, a marathon of ground-up tires, a small group of cars that hit the setup and a pile of cars who look like they’re down 200 HP, and at least three grooves that the field runs through the day. 2002’s running of course proved […]