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Driven to the Past: How to Have Fun With a Pace Car

August 27, 2026May 20, 2010 by John Potts

During the Frontstretch live blog for the Talladega race, one of our participants at the track mentioned that he had taken a ride in the pace car.

Categories Driven to the Past, John Potts, Short Tracks

Driven to the Past: “Deliberate” Cautions?

August 27, 2026May 13, 2010 by John Potts

I’ve written backmarkers who obtained engines from big teams and how they seemed to spin when the big team needed a caution. This is different.

Categories Driven to the Past, John Potts, Short Tracks

Driven to the Past: Racecars Off the Track…

August 27, 2026May 6, 2010 by John Potts

We’ve all heard stories about racecars being driven on the road. Back in the early days many were driven to the track, headlights taped up and then raced.

Categories ARCA, Driven to the Past, John Potts

Driven to the Past: Just What is Stock?

August 27, 2026April 29, 2010 by John Potts

That UPS commercial with David Ragan pulling a couple of trailers in the racecar, drove me back to the past on Sunday.

Categories Driven to the Past, John Potts, Short Tracks

Driven to the Past: Something Really Different…

August 27, 2026April 15, 2010 by John Potts

When I did a column mentioning some indoor venues I’d worked, it was all about cars – TQ midgets indoors and even ASA late models in … Continue Reading

Categories Driven to the Past, John Potts, Short Tracks

Driven to the Past: What a Lot of People Are Missing…

August 27, 2026April 8, 2010 by John Potts

Short tracks have been having a rough time of it for the past couple of years, but things are starting to look up.

Categories Driven to the Past, John Potts, Short Tracks

Driven to the Past: A Little History, Here…

August 27, 2026April 1, 2010 by John Potts

Yes, Jimmie Johnson’s won four straight championships and three of the first five races, but it’s not like nobody ever dominated before.

Categories Cup Series, Driven to the Past, John Potts

Driven to the Past: Rivalries

September 3, 2026March 25, 2010 by John Potts

Seems like we’ve always had rivalries in motorsports. Even drag racing had Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney.

Categories Driven to the Past, Short Tracks

Driven to the Past: The Day Earl Baltes Almost Got Run Over

August 27, 2026March 18, 2010 by John Potts

I’ve mentioned Earl Baltes used to call me and ask me to flag for him on dates when I wasn’t working anywhere else back in the ’60s and early ’70s.

Categories Driven to the Past, John Potts, Short Tracks

Driven to the Past: Old-School Officiating… Is That What Carl Edwards Needs?

August 27, 2026March 11, 2010 by John Potts

Carl Edwards’s retribution against Brad Keselowski has already been analyzed, dissected and commented upon at great length. But I’ve got to add my opinion.

Categories Cup Series, Driven to the Past, John Potts
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