Opinions on Racing
"Bring On The Rain," sang Jo Dee Messina. "First day in August, last rain was in May, when The Rainmaker came to Kansas in the middle of a dusty day," sang Michael Nesmith. "I love a rainy night," sang Eddie Rabbit. Well – SHUT UP! We don’t need any more rain. NASCAR’s new video screen […]
After a fourth turn spin out on lap 180, Kurt Busch came back to lead for 111 laps and held of a hard-charging Johnny Benson to pick up his second win of the season at the Old Dominion 500 in Martinsville, Virginia. Busch also made the record books at this speedway starting from the 36th […]
The Old Dominion 500, the last short track race of the season. Considerable focus has been placed here because of its position in the season and because of the point battle. Given the chaos that is so frequent on short tracks one certainly should be wary. But given the increasing spread of the point battle, […]
He did what? No one thought much of Jamie McMurray with Ganassi/SABCO Racing. Here was a driver with just two seasons in Grand National, some starts in Craftsman Trucks, and only a handful of top fives to show for it. At Talladega he was timid in traffic and gagged on pit road, losing a lap. […]
Wow, what a way to start a Winston Cup career! Just two races in the series and a win – life could not be better for Jamie McMurray today. That car was the one to beat; Bobby Labonte tried, but McMurray held him off to pick up the win. Congratulations to Jamie for a job […]
They spent a week worrying about crashing at Talladega, but Talladega and its older sister Daytona are safer racetracks than Charlotte, Richmond, and Kansas. At least that’s what one can certainly say after the appalling tragedy at Charlotte not three days after this year’s best NASCAR race. ARCA driver Eric Martin lost his life in […]
With Talladega done and Charlotte beckoning, a look at the varied winners, losers, and border liners after the Alabama 500 and entering the National 500: TALLADEGA WINNERS EARNHARDT, INC. – They are the obvious big winners – they won the race, won the $1 million, had all three cars in the top ten, and all […]
Hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! WHAT? Doesn’t anyone want to be the 2002 Winston Cup Champion? What a strange season, first SQUEEGEE Gate back at The Winston with Jeff Gordon and now ROOKIE Gate at Talladega with Jimmie Johnson. I know the Winston Cup veterans do not want to […]
Talladega is the greatest racetrack in the world. With all the loose talk about "they need to change this or that racetrack," a good template for a speedway would be Talladega – Chicagoland, Kansas, Fontana, and even Pocono (which I love as is) would be better racetracks if rebuilt as 2.5-2.66 mile superovals (or triangle […]
DEI takes the prize again at Talladega – Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the winner again! And, he can thank Tony Stewart for making sure that happened. Tony parked in second place, did not even attempt to go for the win; settled for blocking and taking the point lead in the championship race. I suppose you […]