Opinions on Racing
The RacinDeals archive: race reports, commentary, and the conversations that followed.
With seven laps to go, Matt Kenseth passed Sterling Marlin and Bobby Labonte for the lead and held on to become the winner of the Subway 400. But, as usual, the race ended not without its share of controversy. The #17 car was dominant, and more the likely would have been the winner, but the […]
Second-year Busch Series driver Jamie McMurray is grabbing attention after only two of the series’ 34 races. After finishing 11th in the season opener at Daytona, McMurray followed that up with a 15th place run at Rockingham. During his run at Daytona, McMurray started the race 21st and ran in the top 10 most of […]
The Carolina 400 is always among the toughest races in the season, a marathon of ground-up tires, a small group of cars that hit the setup and a pile of cars who look like they’re down 200 HP, and at least three grooves that the field runs through the day. 2002’s running of course proved […]
BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU: Looks like some "minority" shareholders in Speedway Motorsports, Inc. have filed a lawsuit against NASCAR for failure to grant Texas a second race. Hmm, let’s see. If I’m a majority shareholder in this company, and I want to sue NASCAR, but I don’t want it to look like I’m […]
The Daytona 500, what a crazy race. Than again, what part of the weekend wasn’t crazy? The Winston Cup guys gave us a rookie on the pole, an 18 car pile-up, another six car wreck, a red flag, an illegal car repair, and somehow Ward Burton found himself in victory lane at Daytona. That’s what […]
The inevitable whining about restrictor plate racing has begun, and among the worst pieces in a subject genre in which there are far too few accurate analyses is Jerry Bonkowski’s lament about Daytona. Bonkowski has displayed an annoying streak of getting it wrong on several issues, and he does it again here, griping about the […]
Was this a race or the re-fighting of Black Hawk Down? Whatever it was, it left a lot of cars smashed up, a perennially underrated driver and team holding the Harley Earl Trophy, a forgotten superstar team of the past one spot short of a return to its greatest triumphs, another forgotten star in one […]
Somehow first thing this morning, I knew I would hear from my brother who has been living in Brussels for the past year and a half. He’s an avid NASCAR fan, and was bound and determined to find a place to watch the race. I thought I’d share what he had to say. Here goes: […]
Ward Burton wins the Daytona 500! When all when said and done, amidst a day of "business as usual" restrictor plate racing, Ward Burton came out the winner! This is a good thing because he’s one of those drivers that everybody seems to like, and it’s a happy occasion when he wins. This was Burton’s […]
Ryan Newman’s performance in Sunday’s Daytona 500 made a statement, that last year wasn’t a fluke. After splitting 2001 into a campaign Newman and his Penske team labeled as the "ABC’s of NASCAR", entering races in the ARCA, Busch, and Winston Cup Series, he competed and proved his ability in all three. In 2002 Newman […]