Driven to the Past: 150 MPH & Just Inches Away
Seems like every time I reach way back, like I did for last week’s column about the first K&K team at Daytona in 1966, the …
By John Potts
Driven to the Past: NASCAR Masters of Competitive Engineering (Or a Nice Name for Cheating)
Got some emails last week asking if we ever did any while I was with Harry Hyde and the K&K team in 1966. I never …
Driven to the Past: The Competition Caution
Last Sunday’s debacle at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway brought the subject for this week’s dissertation to mind. In one of the blogs online and also …
Driven to the Past: Holding On for Dear Life at Winchester
Back in the days when I was a starter for the American Speed Association, one of my favorite events was what began as the Dri-Powr …
Driven to the Past: Bob Daniels
I said last week I’d talk about Bob Daniels in a future column. This being Brickyard week, it seems like a good time. Actually, at …
Driven to the Past: Kenny Irwin Jr. & Tony Stewart
Has it really been eight years since we lost Kenny Irwin Jr.? He’s another one of those “kids” I had the pleasure of meeting and …
Driven to the Past: Milt Hartlauf & Bob Harmon
In all the years I’ve been involved in this motorsports business, I’ve worked with some outstanding promoters. Three of them – Bob Daniels, Earl Baltes, …
Driven to the Past: Parnelli Jones & AJ Foyt
I mentioned the USAC sprint cars at Salem last week on the way to telling that story about Roger McCluskey, and it brought this recollection …
Driven to the Past: Roger McCluskey
Roger McCluskey, a former USAC champion and the organization’s director of competition in his later years, was one of my favorite people. Even when I …
Driven to the Past: 1967 – A Father’s Day Special
In the summer of 1967, I had a summer of racing that was the envy of my middle-school buddies and still, after all these years, …