Opinions on Racing
What is the surest sign that racecar drivers are suffering the stick-and-ball sport mentality? Rusty Wallace, one of the most famously determined race drivers ever, says he deserves more money1. "Compared to other sports, we’ve got a long way to go," Wallace claims. "I think we’re perfect candidates for more money. That’s for sure." No, […]
Hold on – here is the bump and the SPIN OUT! Survive: to endure or live through; AND that’s exactly what I’ve done since last week’s column. Mercy, I tell you what, the Gordon fans were out in force and gave me a bashing for my SPIN OUT of Jeff Gordon. To be honest I […]
Rain played havoc with the weekend, washing out several short track events such as Thompson Speedway’s Thursday Night Thunder as well as NASCAR qualifying at Darlington. The rain also shortened the Southern 200 for the Grand National cars, leaving Jeff Burton with another Darlington win and a number of teams having to rebuild racecars after […]
I could take this time to say "I told you so," or I could explain why Jamie McMurray and his Williams TravelCenters No. 27 team have been one of the biggest breakthrough stories of the season. After only the second race of the season, I said it right here, "Jamie McMurray is one to watch […]
"Darlington used to be a disaster to try to get out of, now it’s like coming out of the supermarket." So wrote Richard Petty in 1986 about the Lady In Black. Darlington’s reputation as the nastiest track in the sport reappeared in March with Tony Stewart’s crash with 14 others off Two – take note […]
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 […]