Pace Laps: Winning, Chad Knaus’ Non-Trouble, Matt Crafton Makes History
Sprint Cup Series: So Winning Matters Joey Logano, after finishing fourth of the title contenders, remarked that consistency really didn’t matter. According to last year’s …
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Happiness Is… The End, A Mirror, and the Trucks
In Brian Donovan’s book Hard Driving, which details the life of driver Wendell Scott, the author lays down the central premise for how sports operates. …
Pace Laps: The Caution Gift, Chase Elliott Makes History & Erik Jones Proves His Worth
Did you miss an event during this busy week in racing? How about a late-night press release, an important sponsorship rumor, or a juicy piece …
Happiness Is… Drivers Not Liking Other Drivers
So this is what NASCAR wanted, eh? Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman duking it out at Homestead for the championship. There’ll probably be …
Pace Laps: The Race That Wouldn’t End, Sadler’s Sickness and Bubba’s Championship Hopes Go Up in Smoke
Sprint Cup Series: The Stop and Go 500 – How do you like your races? Well this one seemed to mimic bad traffic. The race had …
Happiness Is… Dressing Up for Halloween
It’s that goofy time of year again. No, not Chase time, but Halloween, which has evolved into an interesting form of departure from people’s daily …
Pace Laps: Veterans Struggling, Rookies Succeeding and Tempers Flaring
Sprint Cup Series: Favorites Back in the Pack – Jeff Gordon somehow kept his car clean and was able to to score a second-place finish at …
Happiness Is… NASCAR Legitimacy?
Well here we go. NHRA was off last weekend. Tony Schumacher has Top Fuel just about wrapped up with a 134 point lead. In Europe, …
Happiness Is… Talladega, Teamwork, Safety, and Beer
So that’s that, eh? Let it now be known, that in NASCAR, you can drive around like a complete asstaco and there’s not much they’ll …
Pace Laps: KyBu Riding Steady, NHRA Week, F1 Sochi, and More
Sprint Cup Series: Busch Hanging Tough – With all the drama that unfolded after the race at Charlotte, the storylines seem to overlook one of the …