Opinions on Racing
One does not have to look far to see what creates the magic surrounding this great event. It is obviously not the favorite race track for some of the drivers, but for the fans it’s "the one!" What brings it alive is the crowd. I don’t think there is a more energetic, alive bunch out […]
STEWART MAKES SENSE: I’ve done my share of criticizing of Tony Stewart because of his actions on the track after races (and his action in a post race interview Saturday night doesn’t help). But in regards to wearing a head restraint (or not wearing one), he makes a lot of sense. "We know how it […]
NASCAR didn’t knuckle under to the safety overkill crusade. Of course, from reading such pieces as Gil Lebreton at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Bob Lipper of Media General News Service, and Ben Blake this fact is supposed to be worth mourning. Lebreton keeps asking, "Do they really know what happened in that fatal instant on […]
Gather round little ones and let me tell you a tale that is sure to warm your hearts and answer every question you ever had. Well, every question we feel you need answered. Now, if you find some of the answers a little hard to believe, let it be known that gold as high as […]
UNHAPPY HOUR: I just happened to tune in to TNT’s coverage of Happy Hour at Michigan, right about the time Michael Waltrip wrecked. His car came to rest with the driver’s side next to the wall and caught fire. Waltrip, wearing the HANS® device, had to take the device off in order to get out […]
The Pepsi 400 was run on a rain-threatened day. Sterling Marlin and Tony Glover knew what they had to do, and they did it, and when the rains that would stop the race finally hit around the 300-mile mark, they were out front, and they claimed the win for their sponsors…….. Kodak, Delco Remy, and […]
Well Dodge finally got its first win since 1977. Sterling Marlin took the checkered flag for the rain shortened event with 38 laps remaining. One has to speculate that the rules change may have helped the Dodge teams, with four cars finishing in the top ten, but if you had to pick a Dodge driver […]
GORDON WINS, GORDON LOSES: I guess when Lady Luck is smiling on one person, she’s taking a dump on another. How wierd is it that a "black box" would catch on fire in Robby Gordon’s car and basically give Jeff Gordon the win? AFFECTING THE OUTCOME: Just three or four months ago, people were wondering […]
Michigan International Speedway opens its second NASCAR weekend of the season and as always there is a lot to talk about, not just in NASCAR but in racing in general. The IRL ran at Kentucky Speedway last week. There was internal controversy over the track surface and a reported resignation within IRL’s safety committee because […]
2001 has 14 races to go, and already a lot of news is circulating regarding 2002. One of the bigger – pun – rumors concerns the racecars, as supposedly NASCAR will mandate cars with a three-inch taller roofline, three inch wider snout, and straighter angled windshield. Such a car was tested at Talladega in April […]