Opinions on Racing
The RacinDeals archive: race reports, commentary, and the conversations that followed.
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
How is it that people who should know better never seem to learn? First off, the uninspiring soap opera that is Texas Motor Speedway’s pimping for a second Winston Cup date has apparantly touched Martinsville Speedway, according to NOL’s piece on the subject. During the Texas race week several unnamed sources quoted Texas officials as […]
JC Beattie Jr. started out the week unsure if his ATI team would be able to make the Irwindale race. On the trip back to the shop in Baltimore, MD, following the previous race at Lakeland Beattie’s hauler broke down. Not once, but twice. After getting it fixed, the team headed west. Once again, there […]