Nashville Superspeedway Return Comes from Out Of Nowhere
The date was July 23, 2011. Carl Edwards came off of turn 4 for what many assumed would be the final NASCAR-sanctioned event at Nashville …
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Is Racing Overload Good for NASCAR?
With Thursday night’s (May 28) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, we have seen four NASCAR Cup Series races in in 12 days. And we can’t …
NASCAR’s Brief Return to Slight Normalcy at the Coca-Cola 600
The Greatest Day in Motorsport will be a shell of its traditional self. But thanks to NASCAR, it won’t be entirely empty, either. With the …
Ready or Not, Here Comes Racing
It seems like yesterday, or 10 years ago, but it was the third weekend in March. We had four good races to start the NASCAR …
Godspeed, Good Darlington: Thoughts on the End of The NASCAR COVID-19 Shutdown
For all the successes of pros going iRacing during the NASCAR COVID-19 shutdown, the general consensus seems to be that the return to real-track racing …
NASCAR Contradictions on Full Display With May 17 Return Looming
Be it in Brasstown, N.C. Thursday night (April 30) or Lancaster, S.C. on Friday (May 1), live racing trickled back this weekend to locations throughout …
One Last NASCAR Comeback: Can Matt Kenseth Defy the Odds at Age 48?
Matt Kenseth dropped a NASCAR bombshell Monday (April 27) by announcing another comeback. He’ll drive Chip Ganassi Racing’s No. 42 in place of the banished Kyle Larson and run full-time once again at age 48. NASCAR typically doesn’t grant playoff waivers for drivers who voluntarily missed the season’s first four races, but chances are they’ll let Kenseth become championship-eligible.
Bury NASCAR’s Heart at Park Jefferson? Successful Return to Racing Could Force Their Hand
Amidst the ongoing debate within the NASCAR community on returning to racing, which is raging from social media to the North Carolina statehouse, earlier this …
The Kyle Larson Pandemic: Lack of a Cure Proving Worse than the Disease
Earlier this week, I compared Kyle Larson’s disastrous use of a taboo slur during an iRacing event to the current pandemic that has brought much …
Death Penalty For Parking Violations? A Different Take on the Kyle Larson Saga
Most people have heard the story by now of Kyle Larson’s NASCAR suspension for a racial slur used during a streamed iRacing event. One week …