Happiness Is… Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Sitting Out
What to do, what to do? One of the things that Bill France decried when shepherding the sport of NASCAR was that the fans should …
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Happiness Is… A Newly Repaved Kentucky Speedway
This past weekend highlighted how the concept of racing can go awry. At its most basic, racing seems to focus on the idea of trying …
Happiness Is… NBC’s Return
Road course racing has gained in popularity over the past few years. One of the reasons for this shift is that the races have supplanted …
Happiness Is…The Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon Feud
This column has pointed out some of the silliness surrounding how drivers can make the Chase in the first weekend of racing and then be …
Happiness Is…Pocono, Feuds & The Weekend
One of the things this column attempts to do is to point out reasons to be happy about what is going on in racing. At …
Happiness Is…Dominance, Owning It & “Fluky”
Well Sunday sure ended up being an interesting day. For being considered the best day in racing, however, there was something that felt slightly peculiar. …
Happiness Is…The Best Day in Racing
Yesterday, fumata bianca wafted from the NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida, indicating that this year’s Hall of Fame class had been selected. With six …
Happiness Is…Better Entertainment?
Dover is a track that over the past few years has failed to inspire fans to pay attention the the Cup races. Part of this …
Happiness Is…Parc Ferme
This past weekend, Kyle Busch continued to show that he is one of the elite drivers of the series by knocking out a win at …
Happiness Is…Going to Kansas?
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! That seemed like a festive way to start the column because we here at Happiness Is headquarters look to things that …