Opinions on Racing
The RacinDeals archive: race reports, commentary, and the conversations that followed.
As the sun starts to set on the 2000 Winston Cup season, it also starts to go down on some of our favorite drivers. Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jarrett trail Bobby Labonte in the championship race and maybe more importantly in the race against time. Dale Earnhardt has seven titles under his belt, while many […]
As I sit reflecting back on this very Silly Season in NASCAR, the pit/garage area fans keep popping up in my mind. The wonderful, die-hard, dedicated fans!! Although the following article does not apply to most of the responsible and sane racing fans, some are teetering on the brink of silliness. You know who you […]
SAME INITIALS, DIFFERENT NETWORK: TNN is no more. It’s been replaced by TNN. Since the network was bought out by Viacom, the programming has made subtle changes from the country-lifestyle oriented network it started out to be. Part of that lifestyle included motorsports, and one can’t help but wonder if the lack of NASCAR programming […]
The Charlotte Observer’s David Poole and Tim Kennedy of Cupnews add to the discussion about what Poole calls "the medicine NASCAR prescribed for the Dura Lube 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway." Poole adds, "There has not been enough talk, however, about the illness." Poole talks about how restrictor plates "have no advocates," how even […]
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Brett Bodine’s brother Todd ended up as Jimmy Spencer’s teammate? CIVILIANS IN THE PITS: Teams and drivers have been saying for years now that there are too many people in the pits who really have no business being there. We got a vivid example of exactly why that’s […]
What do Michael Waltrip and Mike Skinner have in common? Neither has won a points paying race since their respective entries into the Winston Cup stock car wars. And…that’s about where it stops, the similarities. Yet it was Waltrip that got the nod to take over the plum ride in the third car that will […]
Any auto-racing enthusiast knows by now that NASCAR is the fastest growing sport in America. Hundreds of thousands of diehard spectators assemble week after week in hopes of witnessing their favorite driver cruise into Victory Circle, while millions of others tuning in via their television sets. But, are you aware that Dover Downs International Speedway […]
In the summer of 1969, Richard Petty led the now-defunct Professional Drivers Association in a boycott of the inaugural Talladega 500, claiming that the tires of the day would not hold up to the rigors of the high-banked, high speed oval. Recently, there were rumblings that a similar work stoppage might take place this weekend […]
WILL EVERYONE WITH A TAINTED WIN THIS YEAR PLEASE STAND UP: OK folks. Here’s the chance for all those other internet columnists who call Jeremy Mayfield a “cheater” to do the same for Jeff Gordon. I’ve seen Mayfield referred to as a “cheater” by several people. I wonder if they’ll start referring to Gordon that […]
The New Hampshire saga took on an unexpected new twist when word leaked out that NASCAR will mandate restrictor plates at the one-mile oval. Should it occur, it will mark a crossing of the Rubicon by NASCAR, especially in the wake of restrictor plate tests at Charlotte and Atlanta in the last ten years. The […]