Opinions on Racing
2001 Nancy Osterhoudt Well things were pretty much the norm at Watkins Glens this past weekend. With 12 laps to go, Jeff Gordon overtook Jeff Burton for the lead, and that was that. It got a little "hairy" out there when Elliott Sadler had a little run in with Johnny Benson with two laps to […]
TONY’S TIGERS: So, Tony Stewart needs hired "bodyguards" now? Bodyguards who apparently have taken over the responsibility of assaulting reporters in Tony’s place. Even people who knew Stewart when he was growing up are getting tired of his childish behavior. Ah well, at least I don’t have to support Home Depot. LEAD CHANGES: I think […]
One has to take advantage of the invitation from the folks at Indy to "come on up" to the Brickyard 400, which is one of the more prestigious events for Winston Cup drivers. Congratulations to Jeff Gordon for a great win. After starting from a not so hot position, he showed great perseverance in moving […]
SIRCAM: So, how many of you were hit by the SirCam virus? I’ve received about two dozen emails with the virus attached, but since I don’t open attachments that I’m not expecting, I haven’t been infected. So what’s this got to do with motorsports? Well, one of the interesting things about SirCam is that it […]
There’s an old joke about a guy who puts a gun to his head. A bystander sees this and begins laughing. Enraged, the suicide yells out to the bystander, "Don’t laugh, because you’re next!" This may be the best analogy to describe the self-destruction of Bill Simpson. Resigning from the Simpson Safety Products company to […]
To open this column, we must consider the eerie similarities involved in Bobby Labonte’s high-side victory over Dale Earnhardt Junior at Pocono – Fifteen years and one week earlier, Pocono’s Summer 500 saw a similar finish, as Tim Richmond fought off Geoff Bodine up high in Pocono’s treacherous turns, where tradition dictated that cars could […]
WHO STOLE MY FENDERS?: So I covered the IRL race for Racing Information Systems last weekend. It was my first official open wheel event. I was supposed to help cover the 1997 Indy 500, but it rained on race day and I had to come back to Nashville, so I missed all the track activity. […]
So Tony Hirschman, what did you think of NHIS’ Mod Tour 100 this year? "Holy (expletive deleted)!" was his reply when the track announcer stuck the mike in Tony’s face afterward. It was a pretty appropriate description of another exciting Mod Tour race at Loudon, but it was also pretty appropriate for the entire weekend. […]
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Wasn’t is just a few weeks ago that Kevin Harvick knocked Robby Gordon out of the way to get a lap back? And now they’re going to be teammates for a race or two? Should be interesting… STEWART’S ACTIONS: People seem to think I’m criticizing Tony Stewart for being a competitor and having […]
The season has now reached crossed flags – eighteen down, eighteen to go. And with halfway has come the stretch to the finale, encompassing twenty straight weeks with two of them already down. The newest speedway in the sport opened with a pair of crash-torn affairs high on torn-up sheet metal, low on quality competition, […]