Opinions on Racing
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 […]
“My dad started winning races in 1949, so I was brought up not only in a racing family but in a winning environment… there was a time in the modified division that nobody could beat him. He won 27 features in a row once at old Charlotte Fairgrounds, and the bad part is we were […]
Martinsville, Va.- Who would have thought at the end of the Virginia 500, a Labonte would be in victory lane? After all, Bobby Labonte has never won a Winston Cup short track event and his older brother Terry, hasn’t won a race since 1999. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby, took the white and yellow flags […]
It may or may not be – as of yet there is nothing in the way of confirmation on the subject – that NASCAR and RJR are indeed serious about switching The Winston from Charlotte Motor Speedway back the rotating venues initially envisioned when the event was created. It is somewhat surprising, since the event […]
Bobby Labonte wins his first short-track Winston Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway this past weekend! I felt it coming – after a fourth place finish at the last race in Martinsville, a good finish in Bristol, it was inevitable. Congratulations! Starting 15th, Labonte worked his way up through the field, with the team making […]
IT’S A SELLOUT: Technically, the Busch race at Nashville Superspeedway was a sellout. In other words, they sold all the tickets they had for the race. The reason I qualify the sellout with "technically" is that they reduced the number of temporary grandstands enough so that they could make sure they sold all the tickets […]