Opinions on Racing
The RacinDeals archive: race reports, commentary, and the conversations that followed.
Now have come the first races of Speedweeks 2001 and already it is a vastly different atmosphere from that of 2000. Where last year fans were wondering if the racing would be competitive, this year we know that it will be very much so. With the annual race fest at Daytona International underway, comments from […]
Sssh! Once again, the best kept secret in Daytona this year has nothing to do with Ray Everham’s sandbagging, or Hendrick Motorsports bending the rules, or Robby Gordon thanking his lucky stars his name isn’t Pruett, or Greg Biffle’s impending cakewalk through the Busch Series, or the fact that the DEI drivers are focused on […]
NASCAR dot DOMINATION: As has become the norm since it went online, NASCAR.com has unveiled a new look just in time for the Daytona 500. For a site that wants to be the only place a NASCAR fan needs to go to on the internet, they’ve got a long way to go. You want to […]
The long national nightmare is over – No, not that Washington deal – the long wait to Speedweeks is finally almost over. And as we enter the 43rd running of Speedweeks some miscellaneous thoughts: In discussions about the new aero anchors to be used for the Winston Cup cars we’ve heard a lot about how […]
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS: Bruton Smith still thinks that he’s going to get another Winston Cup race at his Texas track in 2002. There’s really no reason these days for one track to host two events a year. While it may be true that Texas could sell out both events, there are markets that don’t […]
The paradox of modern racing is that racers want to go faster, but the realities of the speeds being turned has necessitated slowing the cars down. To that end, Steve Park ran a test at Texas Motor Speedway in January using a roof spoiler and a wicker on the rear spoiler identical to the aero […]
SILLY SEASON: The 2001 racing season hasn’t even started and we’re already in silly season. I’m not sure if this is the end of the 2000 silly season or the beginning of the 2001 silly season, or maybe a combination of both. Jason Leffler, who didn’t exactly burn up the Busch Series last year, has […]
If there is a worried or depressed racing soul wandering aimlessly out there thinking NASCAR has gone stone-cold stale, please put the anti-depressants away and untie that noose, the 2001 season is shaping up to be like none other! It should be a season of surprises, yet enjoyed with the steadfast knowledge that while some […]
The January NASCAR Winston Cup Preview saw something unusual in 2001 – an area of pessimism. That area was found at the booth of Wally Dallenbach Jr., a driver in Winston Cup since 1991 and who had driven the ex-Butch Mock #75 presently owned by businessman Darwin Oordt. Dallenbach indicated that as of mid-January sponsorship […]
SANTA BABY !! Santa baby, slip a driver under the tree, for me I’ve been an awful good girl! Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight!!! Santa baby, a new Dodge Intrepid too, I’ll be waitin up for y’all dear Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight!!! Think of all races I’ve missed […]