Happiness Is… Records, Chicagoland, and Smog
Out like a lamb and in like a lamb. That description feels apt for the end of the Cup Series’ regular season and the beginning …
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Happiness Is… Themes, Hype, and Silly Season
The low downforce. The softer tires. The retro paint schemes. The return to Darlington Raceway over Labor Day weekend. All of these elements added up …
Happiness Is… Throwbacks, Jeff Gordon and Scott Dixon
It’s Darlington time this weekend and the race is once again situated on its traditional Labor Day weekend slot. It seems that someone over there …
Happiness Is… Busch (Beer, That Is), Tires, and the Championship
One of the things that continues to perplex in the wonderful world of NASCAR isn’t the consistent use of lame debris cautions, the myriad of …
Happiness Is… A Green Light, Overload & Pocono
Well, that sucks. With Rob Kauffman’s decision to take his ball and go play with the cooler kids on the playground, what once was …
Happiness Is… TV, Ohio & Bills
The nightmare season continues. With another lackluster finish at Watkins Glen, Jeff Gordon continues his magical mystery tour, with the mystery being how far …
Happiness Is… Kyle Busch, Lewis Hamilton, Safety & The Glen
As usual, everything is wrong with the sport of NASCAR. The best race of this past weekend happened at Iowa on Saturday night at a …
Happiness Is… 483 Points, Ohio & Hungaroring
The feeling after the Brickyard 400 seems to be a hangover without the fun of having drank. It’s like there’s something that should have happened …
Happiness Is… Acting, Thanking & Remembering
This week, NASCAR provides fans with an interesting and peculiar division. It’s almost as if the governing body is playing a game of Yes and …
Happiness Is… Saving a Sport
The sport is saved. Yay, the new NASCAR rules package that got tested at Kentucky is the panacea that all had hoped for; now, everything …