Holding a Pretty Wheel: 50×600 = 1 Big NASCAR Race
It used to be, not so terribly long ago, that there were three races a NASCAR driver wanted to win in his career: the Daytona …
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Holding a Pretty Wheel: After 25 Years of All-Star Races, 1 Really Stands Out, but Not for the Racing
With the 25th running of the All-Star Race coming up Saturday night, I was supposed to write a column about memorable All-Star races… or something …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: The Things We Forget – a Richmond Revelation, Kevin Grubb & Putting Racing Into Perspective
Every once in a while, something happens that puts things in perspective. Something that reminds you why you’re here in the first place. It’s not …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: 2nd & 3rd Fiddle Sharing 1 Bow is a Sour NASCAR Note
I think it’s one of Murphy’s Laws (Murphy, I never knew you, but you were one hell of a pessimist, huh?) that just when you …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: The Monster Jeff Gordon Created is Guarding the Door
You know you’re on a roll when, seven races into the season, you hold a points lead so large that you could finish dead last …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: For Jamie McMurray, the Writing Is on the Wall
I genuinely like Jamie McMurray. He’s a hard guy not to like. But, from a performance standpoint – well, the writing has been on the wall for a long time.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Are NASCAR’s Cost Cuts Helping or Just Another Smokescreen?
NASCAR recently announced that the sanctioning body would now conduct postrace engine teardowns at their Concord facility, the latest in a series of measures designed …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: How 5 Are Faring After 6 – Looking at NASCAR’s 2009 Favorites So Far
The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season rolls into April, and while nothing is carved in the sand, let alone stone, things are starting to become …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: For Dale Earnhardt Jr., Does Fun Trump Having It All?
At the top level of NASCAR, there are so many factors to consider every week. There are sponsors to please, fans to appease, and an …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: TIREd… of Goodyear’s Excuses
There’s procrastinating and then there’s procrastinating. Your average everyday procrastinating is generally no big deal. So you take out the trash tomorrow and wash the …