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 …
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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 …
One N-word, One NASCAR Career Self-Destructed by Kyle Larson
Kyle Larson spent much of the past decade hyped as NASCAR’s next great breakout superstar. Easter Sunday, in a matter of seconds, he broke through …
Kyle Larson’s Slur Becomes NASCAR’s Pandemic Overnight
“I prefer dangerous freedom to peaceful servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson It has been written since early in the COVID-19 pandemic that American attitudes are perhaps …
Post-Pandemic America Changes Landscape for Both the Automobile & NASCAR Racing
I’ve got to commend NASCAR for opting to put even iRacing on hold to honor the traditional Easter off weekend this Sunday (April 12). I …
Moving On from 2020, Motor Mile Ahead of the Times
Motor Mile Speedway is one of the few oval tracks left in my home commonwealth of Virginia that I have yet to visit. That will …