Holding a Pretty Wheel: It’s Not All Dale Earnhardt Jr. All the Time
I was reading through some old (and not-so-old) racing columns and found one that I wrote last year that got me thinking. Actually, it was …
Holding A Pretty Wheel
Holding a Pretty Wheel: 3 Shots Heard ‘Round the World – NASCAR’s Defining Week
It’s the unofficial start of summer, but things heated up weeks ago in the NASCAR world. Much of the swirl of discussion has been predictable; …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Ken Schrader a Lot Like a Rock
It was very nearly perfect. Stock car racing returned to the too-long-silent Rockingham (formerly North Carolina) Speedway last week on a picture perfect early summer …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Boring? What NASCAR Race Were You Watching?
You had a driver on the radio, nerves plain in his voice in the closing laps despite his lead. The driver may be a champion, …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: The More Things Change in NASCAR
Author’s note: I wrote the original incarnation of this column over four years ago. I found it earlier while looking for something else and was …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Convenient NASCAR Crashes – Karma or Coincidence?
How many times did your mother tell you to treat people the way you want to be treated? You probably laughed and stuffed your little …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: NASCAR Fans’ Reactions to Junior, Jeff, Jimmie & Jack Not What You Might Expect
It may be only five races into the NASCAR season, but there have certainly been a lot of things to think about: Toyota’s surge from …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Dog & Pony Show for Sponsors Can Leave NASCAR Fans With a Flea Circus
Over the years, the sponsor landscape has changed drastically, from one of small, mostly local automotive-driven businesses to one of billion-dollar international corporations who pump …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: A Scarlet… Asterisk? Giving Illegitimate NASCAR Wins Their Due
Remember The Scarlet Letter? The novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne in which young Hester Prynne is sentenced to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing, a …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: No Cries of “Cheater” on NASCAR’s Playground?
Sometimes I wonder why some things get magnified until they seem larger than life while some things that should be a big deal seem to …