Top 10 Ways You Can Tell You’ve Just Been in the “Big One”
10. You’re pretty sure you weren’t carrying Tony Stewart’s wing behind your seat before. 9. You’re positive you didn’t start the race with your feet …
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.
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Some Guys Have It, Some Guys Don’t – The Intangible That Makes NASCAR Champions
It takes fast cars and skill beyond skill to be a NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. It also takes a great crew both at the shop …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: 8 Great NASCAR Books You Probably Haven’t Read
With these cooler fall days and nights, sometimes curling up with a good book is just the ticket to a good time. Whether you’re a …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: When Is a Fight Not a Fight? Only When It’s Between NASCAR Cup Drivers
Fight! There’s one word that’s sure to send people flocking to a scene, and last Saturday, they flocked to pit road at New Hampshire Motor …
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Persevering in Tough Times
I was definitely disappointed in our race at Bristol. I expected to run a lot better that what we ran. That particular racecar I no …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: NASCAR Chase “Excitement” Nothing but Smoke & Mirrors
I have to laugh. Well, either that or cry, and laughing isn’t as messy. In 2004, NASCAR attempted to become the NFL, the NBA, Major …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: In David Stremme, Penske Gets Marketability – But What About Driving Ability?
It’d be kind of ironic – given that I wrote a column on driver marketability a few weeks ago – if the topic had been …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: New Bud Shootout More Like Shooting Yourself in the Foot
Note to self: never, ever wonder if it could get worse. When I wrote earlier this year that the Budweiser Shootout had outlived its purpose, it …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: It’s a Mix of Cheers & Boos for NASCAR’s 2009 Schedules
NASCAR released the 2009 schedules for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and truck series this week, and there were a few changes for each circuit as …
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Road Racing, Drag Racing (Sort of) & Looking Forward to Racing in Iowa
For the first time in my career, we ran back-to back road-course races. They were both very interesting. Being able to race in Montreal in …