Beside the Rising Tide: Closing Time
Exactly nine months after it left port with the Daytona 500, the 2019 Cup season came to its end with a very displeasing sneezing and …
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Beside the Rising Tide: They Don’t Make Rookies Like They Used To
As the NASCAR season winds down, the tension becomes even more palpable. After all, the point standings for the coveted award are even closer than …
Beside the Rising Tide: 4790 W 16th Street, Indianapolis IN
I live in somewhat of an alternate universe most of the time. Automobile racing dominates my interest, time and attention to a far larger extent …
Beside the Rising Tide: The Finish You Didn’t See and Other Non-Observations
The Best Finish to a Stock Car Race You Never Saw There were plenty of last lap dramatics in Saturday’s truck series race at Martinsville. …
Beside the Rising Tide: Closer to the End
It happens every year and I’ve been around a lot of years now, but it still manages to surprise me every time. Thursday and Friday …
Beside the Rising Tide: Over the Rainbow
Kansas Speedway was added to the Cup Series schedule in 2001, perhaps the pinnacle of NASCAR’s financial success if certainly not its peak of on-track …
Beside The Rising Tide: Once Upon a Time, NASCAR Could Be Fixed. Now.
Once upon a time far, far away but not all that long ago, at least in the grand scheme of things, a bunch of men …
Beside the Rising Tide: The Time of the Season
It seems like the only inalterable rule in life is that change is inevitable — and I very much doubt that will ever change. Though …
Beside the Rising Tide: Sometimes It Ain’t Even Over When It’s Over
Whatever your tastes and temperament are when it comes to racing, this weekend was a virtual smorgasbord of racing around what Jim McKay used to …
Beside the Rising Tide: Was It Good For You?
One primary problem when race fans get together to debate (OK, argue) whether a race was “good” or not, is defining what makes for a …