The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2010 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona
Any active past Daytona winner is eligible – but did it seem slightly silly to see drivers like Derrike Cope in the race?
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.
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.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: “Spoiled,” Do NASCAR’s New Rules Take a Bite Out of Safety?
It’s up to NASCAR to take the correct steps to improve the racing, without doing anything to compromise the safety of the drivers.
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Daytona, After All These Years
The offseason was good. We had a great time. We went on our fan club cruise – that was a lot of fun. After the …
2009 NASCAR Driver Review: Casey Mears
For the second year in a row, Casey Mears took over a team that had qualified for the Chase the previous year and failed to make the Chase himself.
2009 NASCAR Driver Review: Jimmie Johnson
Though fans remain divided over the Chase system, Jimmie Johnson continued to quietly annihilate the competition in the 10-race playoff.
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Goodbye 2009, Looking Ahead… & You Want t-o Do What With My Helmet?
Editor’s Note: SPEED analyst and full-time Nationwide Series driver Kenny Wallace does a monthly diary about his life in NASCAR, both behind the mike and …
The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2009 Ford 400 at Homestead
Allmendinger carried the RPM torch to a 10th-place run in the Ford 400, bookending his season with top-10 finishes and making a statement.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Where, Oh Where Has NASCAR’s Underdog Gone?
Points racing isn’t new either. Under NASCAR’s “old” modern-era points system, championships were won on points racing.
The Big 6: Questions Answered 2009 Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix
Sure, I called him to win this week, but hey, I was close! Jeff Burton finished a solid and hard-raced second at Phoenix, his best run of the year.