Driven to the Past: A 1st for Ford
I’d like to call my readers’ attention to a website, Dayton Speedway Lives. This site contains all kinds of stories about a historic Ohio track … Continue Reading
Driven to the Past: Even NHRA Founding Fathers Can Have a Sense of Humor
Excuse me for getting off stock car racing for this week, folks, but the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals reminded me of one of my favorite … Continue Reading
Driven to the Past: It Wasn’t Exactly Legal… But It Worked
The year I went to IRP and quit flagging for ASA (1985), their big race to finish off the season – the combined ASA/All-Pro All-American … Continue Reading
Driven to the Past: An Uneasy Feeling
People seemed to get a kick out of it when I talked about being a little apprehensive (OK, scared) while working on pit road back … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading