Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Blow This Mother Up & Start Over With a New Stock Car Series
OK, I’ve reached the limits of my tolerance. Sunday’s race at New Hampshire was so terrible, I’ve finally given up on NASCAR ever being able …
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Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Scott Kalitta & Fast, Loud Cars
For most race fans, the root of their interest in the sport is fast, loud cars. I’m one of them, having grown up in the …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: NASCAR’s Meeting of the Morons… Er, Minds
The bozos that make up NASCAR’s front office have many faults, but the most glaring of them is thinking their fanbase is made up of …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Previewing NASCAR’s 2008 Summer Stretch
As I noted last week in this space, the second third of the Cup season kicked off Sunday at Dover. And while officially, summer is …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Revisiting Major NASCAR Storylines of 2008
With the adoption of the 36-race Cup schedule some years back, the World 600 now ends the first of three 12-race segments that make up …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Sounds the Nationwide Series Alarm
Though he’s a bit more polished than the rough around the edges kid he once was, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still struggling to get this …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: What Sort of NASCAR Fan Are You?
How a NASCAR fan responds to various stories, occurrences, and personalities has a lot to do with how long they’ve been a fan and the …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Gas & Go Home – How Fuel is Keeping NASCAR Fans Away
The Cup event at Richmond almost didn’t sell out last weekend, and that worries me. I know firsthand from my time as a fan in …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Bread & NASCAR Circuses
Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears. It’s time to put an end to this restrictor-plate madness at last, before some other driver pays …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: NASCAR Short Takes on a Short Break
A few random notes after a rare weekend off for the Cup Series. I really think NASCAR needs to take a long, hard look at …