Full Throttle: Don’t Look Now, NASCAR Racing Is Getting Popular Again
Darlington wasn’t the only track that saw great crowds over the weekend, like the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour and Whelen All-American Series.
Short Tracks
Potts’s Shots: Car Crashes, NASCAR Contingency Stickers & Altercations
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?
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.
Potts’s Shots: Figure-8 Racing & the Story of Big Bumpers
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.
ASA Co-Founder Becky Robbins Dead at 71
The matriarch of the former American Speed Association, a series which captivated a racing audience for well over a generation, has died.
Driven to the Past: So Where Did It Start?
There’s been some off-and-on discussion on a couple of message boards I frequent about just where stock car racing got started.
Driven to the Past: That Certain “French” Driver
“Caution is out. Debris.” Every race fan, especially those watching the event on television, hates to hear that.
Driven to the Past: 2 More Old Friends Gone…
Just last week I did a tribute to my friend Sonny Ates, one of the best who ever stepped in a sprint car, and now two more are gone – Jim Hunter and Ed Shull.
Full Throttle: An Abundance of Racing Talent & a Lack of Funds
As the 2010 racing season continues to wind down, one theme running rampant is the struggle for funding is taxing more than just the Cup Series.
Driven to the Past: Tribute to an Old Friend…
It came back to me early this week when Charles (Sonny Ates) passed away in Scottsdale, Ariz. at the age of 75 after a long battle with illness.