Opinions on Racing
Here they come, marching down the street, getting funny looks from everyone they meet. But these aren’t Monkee mobiles – though the one starting 36th may be playing songs from Reba McEntire’s Girls Night Out tours. With the Twins out of the way, the field for the 500 is set. The skinny on the 43 […]
The 125s and Grand National time trials have been run, and a look back is in order: The aero-clean package proved itself less than raceable again. Jeff Gordon’s wire-to-wire win in the first Twin conjured up memories of the worst Speedweeks ever – 2000. The second Twin, in contrast, was a stirring battle for a […]
The Daytona Shootout has been run, and the verdict is what we all knew it would be going in – in aero-clean format the cars are vastly less raceable. Some of the early dicing was good, but after about ten laps the cars just stayed in line and could not pass. Remember all that talk […]
BUD SNOOZEOUT: Let’s see, take four real lead changes in 70 laps, add a dash of no passing, and what do you get? An hour of boredom. POOR PONTIACS: Actually, the only make that seemed to be able to do anything was the Pontiac. Uh, weren’t those guys just saying how pathetic their 7 year […]
Tony "the Tiger" Stewart wins the Budweiser Shootout!! For the second year in a row, Tony Stewart is the winner of the Budweiser Shootout. With 24 laps to go, Stewart retook the lead from Kenny Schrader and held on over second place finisher Dale Earnhardt Jr. Five cars in the lead draft had pulled away […]
I’m still a little on Cloud Nine from the Patriots’ win in Super Bowl XXXVI, but as far as racing goes, I was just thinking…….. – First off an apology for an oversight. In my 2002 Preview piece I neglected to mention Brett Bodine’s team. While a win is admittedly out of the realm of […]
As Travis Kvapil heads to Daytona to begin his second full season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, he has one major goal in mind: to win the Championship. With three-time Truck Series’ Champ Jack Sprague heading to the Busch Grand National Series, Kvapil has one obstacle out of the way. Well, make that two […]
DRIVING TO DISTRACTIONS: Here’s an interesting quote from Tony Stewart (via Frontstretch): "I’m just looking at what I need to do to be better this year and trying to knock out some of the distractions that we had last year." I guess the thing about this quote is, Stewart himself created all the distractions from […]
Twelve things we know won’t happen during Speedweeks (but will or should be considered): 1. Angry sportswriter, who disregards speedway announcers, gets a clue that it’s not all about him/her. 2. Driver conducts entire interview without any sportswriter’s perceived expectations. 3. Teams run the restrictor plate rules with no complaints. 4. Professional ballplayer gets an […]
Okay this is it – we’re getting ready to go! This weekend we start off with qualifying on Saturday to determine the starting lineup for next Thursday’s Twin 125s. The two fastest qualifiers will lock in their position on the front row for the Daytona 500. Drivers who qualify in odd-numbered positions compete in the […]