Beside the Rising Tide: All the Leaves Are Brown
“All the leaves are brown, and the skies are gray” –John and Michelle Phillips Say what you want about the 2016 NASCAR season, good or …
Beside the Rising Tide
Beside the Rising Tide: Seven Up
Is it history in the making? The thing about history is that it’s typically only clear in retrospect. Quite often history is one of those …
Beside The Rising Tide: NASCAR’s Tidal Wave-Around Rule
It was a late October day in Virginia, paired with temperatures that felt more like Memorial Day and not a cloud in the sky. There was a race …
Beside the Rising Tide: It Don’t Come Easy
The race is not always to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong…. – Ecclesiasticus – Sunday’s Talladega race was not at all what …
Beside The Rising Tide: Bad Moon Rising
Some weeks, topics to write about after a race are obvious. Then, there are races like this weekend’s event at Kansas City, just another generic …
Beside The Rising Tide: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Given that I’ve vocally opposed the Chase format in the Cup Series, it should come as no surprise I’m not a big fan of it …
Beside the Rising Tide: Has Now Grown Old?
Seriously, is it over yet? Seven more races. Seven more weeks? Please tell me you’re kidding. There was a time when I impatiently counted the …
Beside the Rising Tide: Y’iz or Y’ain’t
Sometimes there’s just no gray area. In the presence of a written rule known to all competitors before a sporting event, you’re either legal or …
Beside the Rising Tide: Chasing The ‘Ludes Away
It’s all anyone is talking about. Even the presidential campaign has been pushed to the backburner, so intrigued is the general population by this year’s …
Beside the Rising Tide: And Then There Were 10
If you listened to the hype, there was a whole lot on the line Saturday night during the Cup race at Richmond. The race would …