Happy Hour: Carl Edwards Wasn’t Quite Right
When Carl Edwards said “I guess we’ll race like this until someone gets killed and then we’ll change it,” he was right about everything until the word “then”.
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Happy Hour: Is NASCAR Seeing What’s Happening?
Long ago as a young lad, I worked for a department store you may have heard of called Caldor. I wasn’t the best employee – …
Happy Hour: Why We Don’t See as Much Emotion as We’d Like
I play in a fairly competitive but unofficial softball league. During a game last season while playing first base, I squatted and reached to my …
Happy Hour: Some Crazy Ideas for a New Superspeedway
In case you missed it, some weeks ago Happy Hour discussed how NASCAR can learn from baseball and build new venues designed to create better …
Happy Hour: Once & for All, the Reason Dale Earnhardt Jr. Isn’t Winning
Last week, the bubbling cauldron that is the motorsports media began to boil over once again, reaching a point where Dale Earnhardt Jr. publicly asserted …
Happy Hour: Travis Kvapil’s Situation is Sad – But It’s Reality
It’s a bummer to watch Travis Kvapil be out of a ride because of the harsh realities of motorsports. As I write this, and as …
Happy Hour: Solving NASCAR’s Racetrack Problem, Part 2 – Happy Hour Motor Speedway I, A New Short Track
In last week’s Happy Hour, I discussed baseball’s ballpark boom and how the place responsible for it all, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, changed the …
Happy Hour: Solving NASCAR’s Racetrack Problem, Part 1 – What NASCAR Can Learn From Baseball
One of the bigger beefs longtime fans of NASCAR have today is the unimaginative size, shape and location of too many of the current venues.
Happy Hour: 8 Years Ago in Atlanta
I wasn’t praying for magic I was hiding in plain sight Rising up to the surface To fly into the light Rush — “Sweet Miracle” …
Happy Hour: Does NASCAR Need Digger?
Sometimes I feel for the FOX Sports people, even if it’s difficult to muster sympathy for them while sitting through infuriatingly bad broadcasts of NASCAR …