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Potts’s Shots: Back to the Past

December 1, 2022May 5, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

No questions this week, so we’ll do some more driving to the past with a couple of recollections.

Categories John Potts, Potts Shots, Short Tracks

Potts’s Shots: Is Pushing Against NASCAR Rules?

November 29, 2022April 28, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

NASCAR’s rules mean whatever NASCAR says they mean. And there are times when some very interesting rule interpretations are applied.

Categories Cup Series, John Potts, Potts Shots

Potts’ Shots: To Cross the Finish Line

November 26, 2022April 25, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

“I know NASCAR used to have a rule that the winner of a race had to cross the finish line without help. With the tandem racing, what about that rule?

Categories John Potts, Potts Shots, Short Tracks

Potts’s Shots: For the Love of Their Wheelman – the Wives Who Make Racing Thrive

November 25, 2022April 14, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

Racing could not survive without the support of wives, any more than it could survive without fuel or tires.

Categories John Potts, Potts Shots, Short Tracks

Potts’s Shots: A Flagman’s Tale or 2

November 23, 2022April 7, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

Tom in Lafayette, Ind. writes in: Are you the John Potts that was the flagman at IRP in the 1970s?

Categories John Potts, Potts Shots, Short Tracks

Potts’s Shots: Remembering Jack Bowsher

November 22, 2022March 31, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

Jack Bowsher was the Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus of his day, all in one person. Jack was also the car owner and there was a factory connection.

Categories ARCA, John Potts, Potts Shots

Potts’s Shots: A Favor That Made a Fan

November 21, 2022March 24, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

Back in the 1970s, on Saturday during one of our two-day ASA events at Salem, John Anderson got quick a bit of damage to his car in a qualifying session.

Categories John Potts, Potts Shots, Short Tracks

Potts’s Shots: An Off-Week Story of Parnelli Jones & the “Illegal” Firestones

November 20, 2022March 17, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

At the 1970 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway, Parnelli Jones destroyed the track record in qualifying, but his time was disallowed.

Categories Cup Series, John Potts, Potts Shots, Short Tracks

Potts’s Shots: Car Crashes, NASCAR Contingency Stickers & Altercations

November 19, 2022March 10, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

Q: I have noticed NASCAR racecars are carrying fewer contingency stickers. Are there fewer programs or are the teams not participating as in the past years?

Categories Cup Series, John Potts, Potts Shots, Short Tracks

Potts’s Shots: “Snaking” Around Questions Like NASCAR Front Ends & More

November 18, 2022March 3, 2011 by Frontstretch Staff

Q: Are the front clips of [NASCAR] Cup cars all the same, with different decals? Do you know of a website that shows them side by side?

Categories IndyCar, John Potts, NHRA, Potts Shots
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