Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: A New Team (Again) & Take Me Out to the Ballgame
I’m almost speechless. This year has been, I think, the most unpredictable year of my racing career. I started the year not knowing if I … Continue Reading
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: NASCAR Fans’ Reactions to Junior, Jeff, Jimmie & Jack Not What You Might Expect
It may be only five races into the NASCAR season, but there have certainly been a lot of things to think about: Toyota’s surge from … Continue Reading
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Dog & Pony Show for Sponsors Can Leave NASCAR Fans With a Flea Circus
Over the years, the sponsor landscape has changed drastically, from one of small, mostly local automotive-driven businesses to one of billion-dollar international corporations who pump … Continue Reading
Holding a Pretty Wheel: A Scarlet… Asterisk? Giving Illegitimate NASCAR Wins Their Due
Remember The Scarlet Letter? The novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne in which young Hester Prynne is sentenced to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing, a … Continue Reading
Holding a Pretty Wheel: No Cries of “Cheater” on NASCAR’s Playground?
Sometimes I wonder why some things get magnified until they seem larger than life while some things that should be a big deal seem to … Continue Reading
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Making it in Under the Wire
As I was getting in my car for the Gatorade Duels, I said to myself, “OK, Herman. You can do this. You’ve done it before.” … Continue Reading
Holding a Pretty Wheel: An Open Letter to the Unsung Heroes of NASCAR
To the emergency workers and officials at California Speedway: I don’t envy your jobs. You (and hundreds like you at tracks big and small, across … Continue Reading
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Change is Both Necessary & Evil in Today’s NASCAR
The winds of change have blown strong in NASCAR lately, and, judging by the uneasy grumblings, race fans don’t take kindly to change. The character … Continue Reading
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Wallace, Vickers & Andretti are the Best Story of Speedweeks So Far
It’s easy to get blinded by the big picture. Especially when the big picture points out what is wrong with NASCAR today–the Top 35 rule, … Continue Reading
Side-By-Side: Whose Fault Was It – Tony Stewart or Kurt Busch?
Editor’s Note: The following is a special edition of Frontstretch’s Side-By-Side? Occasionally throughout the season, two of your favorite Frontstretch writers will duke it out … Continue Reading