Beside the Rising Tide: Let the Games Start
With the Daytona 500 in the rearview mirror, it’s time for the actual NASCAR stock car racing season to begin. Yes, folks will argue the …
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Beside the Rising Tide: There’s a Rule to Every Exception
Hopefully over the next few days the busiest guy in Daytona will get a few hours off to catch his breath. No I’m not talking …
Friday Faceoff: Who’s On the NASCAR Hot Seat?
With the changes NASCAR made for 2016, including a new aerodynamic package and charter system, can fans expect better racing? Vito Pugliese, Senior Writer: The …
NASCAR 2016 Preview: The Price You Pay
With the Christmas revelry over with and the new year dutifully noted on checks to the home heating oil folks the winter doldrums have set …
Friday Faceoff: What Kind of Champ Will Kyle Busch Be?
After the dust cleared at Homestead, Kyle Busch was the last man standing as Sprint Cup champ. What kind of champion will Busch be, and …
Beside the Rising Tide: Ending With a Whimper, Not a Bang
Say what you will about the 2015 Cup season, and a lot of you have had some very unkind things to say about it this …
2015 Frontstretch Cup: Staff Predictions for the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead
Welcome to our eighth year of staff predictions! Each week, our experts attempt to tell you who the winner of each Cup race will be. …
Friday Faceoff: Who Will Win It All?
After the Phoenix Chase race was delayed and cut short by rain, some are calling for NASCAR to change the rules for Chase races so …
Beside the Rising Tide: Insanity Rains
For whatever reason, the annals of great rock and roll songs involving rain are too numerous to choose from so I won’t even try. Yeah, …
Beside the Rising Tide: Practice Makes Perfect
To a troubling extent, the outcome of Sunday’s race and several drivers’ chances at a championship were decided not by events during the 500-mile race, …