Holding a Pretty Wheel: Start & Parks Deserve Sympathy & Admiration, Not Derision
Starting-and-parking has become an ugly reality in NASCAR today, but the blame isn’t being focused in the right direction.
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 Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville
It was Martinsville, so almost nobody goes home with a clean racecar, but Kurt Busch drove like the Kurt Busch of his truck days for a lap or so on Sunday.
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Across the Country & Back
Kansas City was a lot of fun. I went out there knowing that our mile-and-a-half program is a little hard on us. It was an …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: A Sport in Crisis, RPM Just 1 Card in NASCAR’s Deck
“The house of cards is finally falling for George Gillett’s Richard Petty Motorsports.” These words, written by FOX Sports’ Lee Spencer, are NASCAR’s big story.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2010 Sylvania 300 at Loudon
It wasn’t a win, but it must have felt like one to Dale Earnhardt Jr., whose fourth-place Sylvania 300 finish was just his third top five of the season
Holding a Pretty Wheel: NASCAR’s Chase Begins, But Who Wins? & What Does That Mean Historically?
NASCAR’s Chase starts this weekend at Loudon and it’s looking to be a different animal than it has been for the last three years.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2010 Air Guard 400 at Richmond
There were a trio of surprise names in the Air Guard 400 top 10, with Joey Logano, Marcos Ambrose and AJ Allmendinger all having stellar nights.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Crossing NASCAR’s Dirty Line – When Drivers Do, When They Don’t & How Dirty Is It, Anyway?
How about some NASCAR tried and true racing moves? Where do they rate? Let’s take a look at some racing moves that are made deliberately.
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta
Jimmie Johnson took home a third place at Atlanta, and while that’s not something he needs to write home about, it’s his best finish since he won in June.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: NASCAR Not Just About Talent, It’s About a Winning Combination
With an even dozen races left in the season, it used to be that NASCAR’s so-called Silly Season was just heating up.