Driven to the Past: Darrell Waltrip’s Cheap Battery
Some of the good memories and stories come from experiences off the track. This one has to do with a show car. We used to …
John Potts
Driven to the Past: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
I’m getting a little tired of hearing Joey Logano referred to as “the best thing since sliced bread” as if it was something new. Understand …
Driven to the Past: Pops & the “Other” Tommy Thompson
Sometime last year, our trivia guru here at Frontstretch asked a question about a former NASCAR driver with one win in, what is now, the Sprint …
Driven to the Past: The Day I Lost It…
Somebody asked me last week if I ever “lost” a car while I was in the flagstand. Well, I have to admit I did. Twice …
Driven to the Past: Little 500 the Most Frightening Race on the Planet
I hope all you stock car fans won’t get too mad at me for slipping into another memory about open-wheel racing, but I like all …
Driven to the Past: Just Thinkin’ & Rememberin’
I’m tired of hearing all these technical explanations about engine failures. It was much better when the driver and crew chief just said, “It blew …
Driven to the Past: When ARCA Was a Lot More Fun…
I know that racing, like everything else, has progressed over the past 50 years, but I’m not sure that’s all been good. Seeing all the …
Driven to the Past: Watching a Part of Indianapolis History
When the NASCAR cars came to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the now famous Goodyear tire test back in the ’90s, I told one of …
Driven to the Past: 1 of the Friendships I Treasure…
One of the oldest friends I have in racing is Bill Kimmel of Clarksville, Ind., and I’m proud to be friends with the rest of …
Driven to the Past: A Selective Rain Shower & a Flight That Didn’t Work Out Well
Back when I was a newspaper editor in Salem, Ind., I had a lawyer friend named Delson Cox who happened to be a race fan …