Beside the Rising Tide: Remembering NASCAR’s Tim Richmond, Part I
It’s been over two decades now since Tim Richmond last competed in a Winston Cup race. There’s little mention of him in NASCAR’s official literature, …
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Beside the Rising Tide: Goldilocks and The Three (Quarters of a Mile)
Sadly there are just three short tracks left on the contemporary NASCAR Cup schedule; Martinsville, Bristol and Richmond. I cherish all three of these racetracks …
Beside The Rising Tide: A Look Back At Darrell Waltrip, Part II… ‘The Road To A Rocking Chair’
Beside The Rising Tide: A Look Back At Darrell Waltrip, Part I… ‘Lady, I Am The Show’ Potential break Junior might have gotten more than …
Beside The Rising Tide: A Look Back At Darrell Waltrip, Part I… ‘Lady, I Am The Show’
Friends, charlatans, NASCAR fans, I come here today not to praise to Darrell Waltrip but to bury him. OK, that’s a bit harsh. I wish …
Beside the Rising Tide: Ch-Ch Change
One of the things that changes as a soul grows older (as opposed to growing up) is an increasing dislike for changes. Things are as …
Besides The Rising Tide – NASCAR Martinsville: Hey, You, Get Off My Cloud… Err, Lawn
At the risk of repeating myself, there’s nothing so wrong with the new NASCAR that an old racetrack can’t fix it. Over the last 70 …
Beside the Rising Tide: Fit For a King or Strictly Busch League?
First this week: A brief (and rare) personal note. Friday Nancy Buckwalter went home to the loving arms of her Savior. Nancy was the sister …
Beside The Rising Tide: What’s A Good Race?
Discussion as to whether last week’s Vegas Cup race was a good one or a poor one did something that the race itself failed to …
Beside The Rising Tide: NASCAR’s Great Expectations
Some weeks a topic for my weekly column is self-evident and screams for attention. Some weeks (Hell, most weeks) I hear more of a whisper….or …
Beside The Rising Tide: Solving NASCAR’s Problem … Simple as 1, 2, 3
Okay, perhaps that’s a bit bold. But starting to solve NASCAR’s problems could indeed be as simple as 1,2,3. Problem solving 101 teaches us the …