Beside the Rising Tide: All-Stars, Super Stars and Fast Loud Cars
On a weekend literally jam-packed with auto racing and classic car auction-related programming, a newcomer tried muscling its way up to the Formica McBar and …
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Beside the Rising Tide: Random Summer Notes
Ah, yes. It’s that time of year again. Or in this case, I guess I should say it’s that time in an 18-year cycle again. …
Beside the Rising Tide: Something Old, Something New
There still may be some debate (somewhat more muted than in days past) whether the Indy 500 or the Daytona 500 is a bigger deal, …
Beside the Rising Tide: Drive to Survive
Pity the poor internal combustion engine. Once upon a time, it was seen as a loyal servant of middle-class America. Starting in the early 20th …
Beside the Rising Tide: NASCAR’s Green-White-Wreckers Finishes
It could simply be a coincidence, but it’s been happening routinely enough lately that what starts as a coincidence becomes a trend. Most fans found …
Beside the Rising Tide: All Stars Over Texas
When considering a new concept for an event, it’s generally agreed that the simpler the concept is, the more likely it will be to succeed. …
Beside the Rising Tide: NASCAR Random Notes, Late April 2021
If the lingering pandemic has done nothing else, it certainly has increased the amount of spare time I have on my hands Fridays and Saturdays. …
Beside the Rising Tide: Outlining a Potential NASCAR 2022 Schedule
FOX has been touting the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season to date as the “best ever.” Sorry, I’d give that honor to 1992 and wouldn’t …
Beside the Rising Tide: Are Short Tracks Making a NASCAR Comeback?
After a couple decades of having become almost an asterisk or footnote in NASCAR news (and sadly many of them falling by the wayside), it …
Beside the Rising Tide: Into the Great Wide Open
Into the Great Wide Open – Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Into the great wide open A rebel without a …