Opinions on Racing
The RacinDeals archive: race reports, commentary, and the conversations that followed.
THE UNDO CREW: One minute, Casey Atwood is in the top ten. Then he pits, and comes out in the 20’s? And the car never really manages to run good the rest of the day. What’s the deal? Well, hopefully, next Saturday Casey will be the master of his own domain. He’s coming back to […]
Texas Motor Speedway was repaved last year and its first race on new pavement was the IRL’s Alamo 300 in early October. The new pavement didn’t affect the racing in the least, as the IRL put on one of the sport’s greatest races ever ending in a three-wide finish won by Sam Hornish. Of late […]
SARACEN PIG! SPARTAN DOG! And that’s for Alanis Morrisette’s pain! And that’s for the Sta-Puff Marshmellow Man! The preceding is offered with appropriate apologies to Keith Olbermann, and illustrates how the NHL invaded Bristol, TN for the Palm Sunday weekend. No, not the National Hockey League, I’m talking about the OTHER NHL – the NASCAR […]
Kurt Busch gets his first Winston Cup win on the half mile track at Bristol Motor Speedway! From where I was sitting, Busch had the best car, drove a great race and was the man to beat. With less than 40 laps to go Busch retook the lead from Jimmy Spencer after giving him a […]
RESTRAINT ISSUES: The obvious question one has to ask in regard to Tony Stewart’s crash is, "Is is he still modifying the Hutchens device to render it ineffective?" Regardless of the answer, NASCAR needs to look at the situation and determine how the device acted during his wreck. If the device was found to have […]
From one hellhole to another. Now the term "hellhole" is not meant as derogatory, for Darlington Raceway has certainly had an enormous amount of history and dramatic competition, and Bristol also has lots of history and excitement to it. But these two tracks are so tough – on cars, drivers, etc. – that no blunter […]
This week brings us to one of the more favored tracks of we race fans – Bristol Motor Speedway. Word on the street is that there are over 180,000 fans expected. And, as for the racing, expect the norm – a lot of short-track "bumping and banging" going on. But, then that’s half the fun! […]
Last weekend during race weekend in Darlington, NASCAR President Mike Helton had breakfast with members of the media where he entertained questions from those present. Following is response from Mr. Helton to a question regarding the aerodynamic issues that the teams have been facing. Q – Address some of the aero issues…comment. "That can take […]
Sterling Marlin picked up his second win, just five races into the season, at the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 in Darlington, South Carolina yesterday. Marlin also remains solidly atop the points standings with a 99 point lead over Ryan Newman. As in recent weeks, Marlin will undoubtedly, once again, become the subject of discussion just […]
Erin Titman is miffed that some race fans described the wrecks at Darlington as "cool." Now there is certainly validity in Titman’s criticisms, but there is also a bit of exaggeration as well. The blunt truth is that crashes are the sport’s guilty pleasure; that doesn’t detract from the genuine concern felt when someone gets […]