Driven to the Past: The Day Earl Baltes Almost Got Run Over
I’ve mentioned Earl Baltes used to call me and ask me to flag for him on dates when I wasn’t working anywhere else back in the ’60s and early ’70s.
Short Tracks
Ryan Truex Driver Diary: Gearing Up for NASCAR 2010
Ryan Truex does a monthly driver diary for Frontstretch. In his latest edition, the Camping World East Series driver talks about the start of the 2010 season.
Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: Gearing Up for 2010 & Family Time
Right now, we’re taking care of getting ready for 2010. Over the wintertime, we pulled apart the car we ran at Dover, completely stripped it …
Driven to the Past: Another Unforgettable Guy
On their way to Florida about three weeks back, Andy and Sandy Vertrees stopped at the Potts’s Ranch and dropped off three big boxes of …
Driven to the Past: There Was Some Pretty Good Stock Car Racing in the Midwest Back in the Day, Too
I’ve talked about the USAC Stock Car Series before, most notably the road race at Indianapolis Raceway Park and a race at Salem that I …
Full Throttle: The Loss of Harry Davis a Huge Loss for NASCAR’s Diversity Movement
NASCAR lost a dedicated man when Harry Davis passed away. Harry was the father of Marc Davis, a one-time developmental driver for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Ryan Truex Driver Diary: Title Defense & Winter at the Jersey Shore
Running the All-Star Showdown at Irwindale and being out there with the best short-track racers in the country was definitely good experience. I mean, you’re …
Mirror Driving: Penny-Pinching Purses, Penske Power, & Pena?
Penske Racing is the only team fielding Dodges in Cup competition in 2010. Roger Penske says that gives the team an advantage, but does it really?
Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: From Building Racecars to Behind the Wheel
I started racing motorcycles out in California when I was four years old, and that went on for several years, until Dad decided he wanted Jimmie and me in a roll cage. He wanted it to be safe. So I got into the off-road stuff, and that led into the SCORE off-road series, the desert races.
Talking NASCAR TV: SPEED Does Well in Daytona, Struggles in Irwindale
On Friday night, SPEED brought us “time-shifted” coverage of the preliminaries of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.