Holding a Pretty Wheel: NASCAR’s Veteran Drivers Have More to Offer & Deserve More Too
In today’s NASCAR sponsors care less and less about on-track performance and more and more about a driver’s “marketability” in other areas.
Amy is an 20-year veteran NASCAR writer and a six-time National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) writing award winner, including first place awards for both columns and race coverage. As well as serving as Photo Editor, Amy writes The Big 6 (Mondays) after every NASCAR Cup Series race. She can also be found working on her bi-weekly columns Holding A Pretty Wheel (Tuesdays) and Only Yesterday (Wednesdays). A New Hampshire native whose heart is in North Carolina, Amy’s work credits have extended everywhere from driver Kenny Wallace’s website to Athlon Sports. She can also be heard weekly as a panelist on the Hard Left Turn podcast that can be found on AccessWDUN.com's Around the Track page.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2010 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis
Sunday, Jamie McMurray became the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same season, handing Ganassi an owner’s trifecta.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: 1 Out of 2 Ain’t Bad? NASCAR Gets Only Gets 1 Penalty (Sort Of) Right
Carl Edwards didn’t apologize, didn’t say any of that. He didn’t have to. NASCAR said it for him.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Taking Measure of NASCAR Summers
The summer I worked for the Braves was 1995 and that was the summer I learned about NASCAR.
Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: Behind the Scenes, Still Searching & A New Niece
It’s not easy or cheap to run a race team. You’ve got all the overhead. The way we raced last year we made ends meet …
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2010 LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland
Since Robby Gordon already got recognition for his bonehead move, the one left to hum this tune after Chicago was Martin Truex Jr.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: An Open Letter to NASCAR Track Owners – Do Right By Your Fans
Dear Track Owners: Yes, I am talking to you, International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. You too, NASCAR.
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: 1st Time With a New Car & the Boys of Summer
Road America was a beautiful, beautiful racetrack. It was very well groomed, all the grass was cut and there was standing room only. I couldn’t …
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2010 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona
TNT’s Wide Open coverage of Daytona is something that should happen far more often.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: R-E-S-P-E-C-T? Who Needs That When NASCAR’s All About Me?
Last Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran Mark Martin noted that the racing has changed during his career.