Pace Laps: Hendrick Horsepower, RHR’s Rebound and a Surprise Nationwide Winner
Sprint Cup Series: Power and Tires Enzo Ferrari once stated that aerodynamics are for people who don’t know how to build engines. That may be … Continue Reading
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Happiness Is… Car Counts, Pocono & ‘1’
Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. If anyone saw last year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, they’ll understand that … Continue Reading
Happiness Is… Isle of Man Time Trials, Pocono(?) and Maple Syrup
The season is over; everyone can start testing for next year. Now that Jimmie Johnson has won the last two races, there’s a prevailing feeling … Continue Reading
Happiness Is… Comics, Geeks and a Prelude to a Big Weekend
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is 11 races old, nearly a third done already. So it’s worth mentioning that this stretch is the latest Jimmie Johnson … Continue Reading
Grand Prix of Indianapolis: Pagenaud ekes one out after a rough start to the race
In a Nutshell Simon Pagenaud and his team worked fuel and pit strategy better than any other team. After the wreck to start the race (more … Continue Reading
Happiness Is… Cornucopia, The Draft & Congress
Happiness Is is more than happy to put that lackluster display of racing, aka Talladega, down to memory. While the continued goal here is to find … Continue Reading
Open Wheel Wednesday: Good for Indy
This column is about the inevitable, wonderful, frightening, confusing concept of change. Simple definitions for change use words like alter, modify, or become transformed. Those … Continue Reading
Happiness Is… Franchises, Barber, Work and Wrigley
So it was an off week in NASCAR. Did anyone miss it? Aww, c’mon, a little break never hurt. Of course, the difficulty in writing anything … Continue Reading
Happiness Is…Arrogance, Less, Next, and the Outdoors
It’s a NASCAR-free weekend. What will the ratings be for that? Much has been made of TV ratings so far this season; for NASCAR, IndyCar and even … Continue Reading
Happiness Is… The DVR, Will Robinson, Not Mercedes & Long Beach.
One of the easy ways to fill space in a NASCAR column for the past couple years has been to debate the role of Cup drivers in … Continue Reading