Potts’s Shots: Remembering Smokey’s Sidecar Experiment
On one of the sites I frequent each day, somebody posted a photo of Smokey Yunick’s “sidecar” that he showed up with at Indianapolis in the ’60s.
On one of the sites I frequent each day, somebody posted a photo of Smokey Yunick’s “sidecar” that he showed up with at Indianapolis in the ’60s.
Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota says the recruiting effort in the way of sponsorship deals with NASCAR race teams is a waste of money.
We’ve had a lot of discussion on the chat boards about the old Fairgrounds Motor Speedway and the Figure-8 division that was popular during the 1960s and ’70s.
One of the best comments at Michigan came from Mike Ford, Denny Hamlin’s crew chief, when NASCAR threw a debris caution as he was running away.
I’ll have to admit that I enjoyed Sunday’s (May 30) Indianapolis 500-mile race as much as I’ve enjoyed any of them since they put the engines behind the drivers.
I don’t think NASCAR is interested in expanding the schedule. That leaves the option of moving a race from another facility to Kentucky.
What does all this prove? Well, first that Kevin Harvick is pretty sharp, and second, that practice isn’t just for getting your car as fast as it will go.