Opinions on Racing
The RacinDeals archive: race reports, commentary, and the conversations that followed.
IT’S ALIVE: Well, I’m back, after a somewhat unplanned hiatus. Seems the Talladega race weekend took more out of me than I realized, and I had a small case of "race burnout". But the muse has hit me on the head once again, so here we go. HOMETOWN BOY MAKES GOOD: Hey, a fellow from […]
They may not sell as well as The Dixie Chicks and they may not sing as well as Micky Dolenz & Michael Nesmith, but Kristyn, Kelsi, and Kassidy Osborne of SheDaisy still manage to be an engaging country-pop group. Their debut CD has sold well and opens with their breakthrough hit, "Little Goodbyes." The song […]
Q. Explain how the split with Morgan-McClure happened and was it an amicable? A. I think it was friendly. It was raining in New Hampshire and Larry McClure and I were talking when he asked me what I thought we could do to make our team better. I’m pretty disgusted at this point and I […]
(8:10 am) I’ve been at the track since around 7:00 am, but I’m just now getting set up in the press box. Got up early to avoid the traffic (which was for the most part successful) and sat out in the car until 8:00 am. Need to post a "greeting" message to the Motorsports Forum […]
(8:25 am) The Winston Cup cars have been on the track now for about 10 minutes. It didn’t take them long to start running three wide. I’ve been here at the track since about 7:30. I was the first one in the press box, and even at that someone had my parking spot. Posted my […]
(8:00 am) Got up at 7:00, got ready and left the hotel around 7:30. Made it here to the track by about 7:45. After getting the computer set up, got the official qualifying results from yesterday. There were several changes from what I posted last night. Four drivers were disqualified for either a shock absorber […]
Well, I’m here in Talladega for the race this weekend. I’m covering the action for Racing Information Systems. I thought it’d be interesting to kind of keep a daily diary of what happens during a race weekend. (11:00 am) Got to the track after about a 3.5 hour drive from Nashville. Went to the credential […]
Tennessee is renowned for it’s southern hospitality, Blue Ridge Mountains, country music, and football, but let’s not forget southerner’s adore a good stock car race! Tennessee is fortunate to be so well represented in the world of automobile racing with residents like Bobby Hamilton, Sterling Marlin, Casey Atwood, and Darrell Waltrip. Currently, the ‘talk-of-the-state’ is […]
YOU DON’T DESERVE A "BRAKE" TODAY: Kudos to TBS for their groundbreaking "No Brakes" coverage Sunday. I don’t think I’ve heard William Shatner sing that much…ever. The next step in the process is to figure out a way to let the local cable affiliates in on the deal. It looks like TBS had 2 or […]
DOMINOES CONTINUE TO FALL: Wow. The news that World Sports Enterprises, TNN’s in-house production company that produced all its motorsports programming, is closing up shop was certainly unexpected. They’re going to outsource the production for all the remaining motorsports programming. I’m pretty sure that WSE also does TBS’s production. Should be interesting to see what […]