Racing at the Beach: Daytona Legends Set the Stage, 1971-75
Defending Daytona 500 champion Pete Hamilton won the first 125-mile qualifier race of ’71 in his new ride, a Plymouth out of Cotton Owens’s shop.
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Full Throttle: NASCAR Cars Going in Circles
The nuclear winter for racing fans is beginning to thaw. NASCAR testing in both Daytona and Las Vegas gave fans a little taste of some …
Bowles-Eye View: Can the Daytona Magic Come Back?
The next big “event” on the U.S. sporting schedule has now become the Daytona 500.
MPM2Nite: Don’t Drink NASCAR’s Kool-Aid
As a season of uncertainty in NASCAR is set to begin after some football game this evening, NASCAR is circling the wagons. Unable, or perhaps …
Racing at the Beach: Daytona Boycotts & Brushes With Greatness, 1965-70
The Hemi Chryslers had dominated the 1964 Daytona Speedweeks, but it was a very different picture when the 1965 event rolled around.
Voices From the Heartland: Voices of Cheer for NASCAR’s New Year
Last November, about the time that NASCAR’s Silly Season was officially declared to start, my personal life went into a Silly Season all its own, …
Racing at the Beach: The Daytona 500 Tradition Gains Momentum, 1960-64
The inaugural Daytona 500 had been a huge success with nary a caution to mar the proceedings, so as the Grand National circuit prepared for their second visit.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Split Personality of a NASCAR Fan
I have noticed that sometimes, the race fan and journalist in me puts me at odds with the driver fan in me. Some NASCAR fans don’t have this problem.
That’s History Profiles: Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope’s Daytona 500 victory was vindicated in June 1990, when he went to victory at Dover, Del.
What’s the Call? Should the Daytona 500 Guarantee Starting Spots?
This year, 36 of the 43 spots in the Daytona 500 are “locked-in” due to owner points and the past champion’s provisional held by Dale Jarrett. Is it fair?