Driven to the Past: Getting Off the Ground…
I’ve always been a fan of all kinds of racing. When things are dull and we were waiting for a shower to pass over, I …
Short Tracks
Driven to the Past: Random Thoughts on Mark Martin
I keep hearing comments on television that Mark Martin might be the best NASCAR driver who has never won a Cup championship. That may well …
Driven to the Past: Harry Hyde – the Short-Track Years
I’ll have to confess that I don’t know a whole lot about the really early years of Harry Hyde’s racing career. I know that he …
Beyond the Cockpit: Jarit Johnson on Making It As an Independent, Family… & Cheese
Making it in NASCAR isn’t easy and for Camping World East Series owner/driver Jarit Johnson, there’s another, surprising obstacle: his name. When your older brother …
Full Throttle: 2009 Modified Race at Bristol Didn’t Live Up to the Hype
Heading into last week at Bristol, race fans were eagerly anticipating seeing the Whelen Modified Series run around the high banks of the World’s Fastest …
A Thousand or a Million: Jarit Johnson Searching for Sponsor Dollars on His Own Merit
The shop is located in a part of Mooresville, N.C. that is still mostly in the country, though the growth is slowly encroaching like so …
Driven to the Past: A Few Short Stories From ASA
As I’ve said before, one of the neatest things about going back to O’Reilly Raceway Park for the Kroger SpeedFest was meeting old friends. However, …
Chase Elliott Running After His Dreams With the Help of His Champion Dad
At 13 years old, most people are caught up in the social dogma that is middle school, sleeping in on weekends and barely within two …
Driven to the Past: Those Were the Days…
One of my old acquaintances from Louisville reminded me this week of something that happened at the old Fairgrounds Motor Speedway there back in the …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: It’s About Dreams – NASCAR Lessons from a Short Track
With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series off and the Nationwide Series at Gateway for a late Saturday night special, a trip to the local track …