Opinions on Racing
THE STREAK: Jeff Gordon hasn’t won a race since Saturday. Is he over the hill? How long can this streak last? PRICING GIMMICKS: Bruton’s at it again. His Atlanta track is offering a discount (on future tickets) for anything under 30 lead changes. In other words, if there are 29 lead changes, you get a […]
Hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! "If you built it, they will come." A statement developed for the baseball movie, "Field of Dreams", however this holds very true for racing at BRISTOL. The name alone ignites a wide range of EMOTIONS. It does not matter if you’re male or female, […]
First off, a memo to writers like Don Hamm – the crossover gate fiasco was the speedway’s fault, not NASCAR’s. And bad crashes are hardly the sole fault of unlocked crossover gates, as Mike Christopher found out at Stafford Speedway the night of the Volunteer 250 at Bristol. The Featherlite Modified Series ran 150 laps […]
On a hot, steamy Saturday night, with a couple of laps to go, occasional "bad boy" Jeff Gordon, bumped his way past Rusty Wallace to win the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway this past Saturday night. It was his first win in 31 races, and moved him into third place in the point […]
CABLE ACCESS: Thanks to Comcast Cable here in Nashville, I missed the first 70 laps of the Michigan race on TV. There was an "outage" which knocked out my cable including my internet access. I did listen to it on the radio, but it certainly didn’t sound that exciting. When I was able to tune […]
It is the most popular event of the season, and arguably the worst race. The show is dazzling and packed with spine-tingling action, and yet the racing too often leaves just about everything to be desired. Yes, that is what was originally Bristol International Raceway, a short track so packed with steroids as to be […]
Hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! Dearest Wife, put away the "honey do list", CAUSE IT’S A BRISTOL WEEKEND! QUICK BUMPS KENNY WALLACE – Kenny, when you were 100% dedicated to Busch Series racing, you looked like you were going to be unstoppable. Funny how commercials, appearances and flirting with […]
Some teams got their Irish up in the Irish Hills. A look at the weekend: Just when we thought the Silly Season couldn’t get more bizarre – it did. Greg Specht of Ford isn’t the only one stunned at Cal Wells’ decision to switch to Pontiac – the whole idea never sounded plausible. Switch from […]
Eleven years ago, on August 18th Dale Jarrett got his first Winston Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway, and the 18th remains a lucky one on the calendar for Jarrett. Today’s winning of the Pepsi 400 marks the third time Jarrett has picked up the win on the date of August 18th. Who what have […]
TANKS FOR THE GAS: I guess I’ll join the bandwagon here and wonder out loud why NASCAR thinks having a smaller gas tank will separate the cars at Talladega. As has been said by others, they pit together anyway, so now they’ll have to pit twice as often. I still maintain that my solution to […]