Beside the Rising Tide: Roll With NASCAR Changes
NASCAR had already announced some changes to the sport prior to next season. This week, it released more potential changes for 2022 and beyond, and …
Matt joined Frontstretch in 2007 after a decade of race-writing, paired with the first generation of racing internet sites like RaceComm and Racing One. Now semi-retired, he submits occasional special features while his retrospectives on drivers like Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison, and other fallen NASCAR legends pop up every summer on Frontstretch. A motorcycle nut, look for the closest open road near you and you can catch him on the Harley during those bright, summer days in his beloved Pennsylvania.
Beside the Rising Tide: Flying Jets in a Gymnasium
A long time ago, in days of yore, Kyle Petty once compared racing NASCAR Cup Series cars at Bristol Motor Speedway to flying jet fighters …
Beside the Rising Tide: Tap Dancing in a Minefield
As hard as it is to fathom with much of the nation in the maws of record heat, or in the case of the west …
Beside the Rising Tide: Born Under a Bad Sign
Let me start by admitting I can write everything I know about designing a racetrack on the head of a pin with a Sharpie magic …
Beside the Rising Tide: Short Takes After a Couple Weeks’ Break
OK. I get it, or at least this break helped me recall the allure of a summer vacation. It’s been a long time since I …
Beside the Rising Tide: Warning, Warning, Extreme Danger
If you ended up ignoring the sport of stock car racing even a few hours this week (and I highly recommend you do so occasionally), …
Beside the Rising Tide: Random Notes & Reckless Abandon
Friday night’s (July 9) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race had a somewhat slapdash jury-rigged feel to it even before the racing commenced. Nope, they …
Beside the Rising Tide: Was That a Good Race?
All right then. Was that a good race? Well, in this instance since this is being written several hours before the Road America race is …
Beside the Rising Tide: Setting the Record Straight
Something unusual happened in these parts Saturday afternoon (June 26): NASCAR held a race and Kyle Larson did not win. Officially, Larson was going for …
Beside the Rising Tide: And Then There Were 9
With Nashville solidly in the rearview mirror there are now just nine Cup races left in the “regular season” prior to NASCAR’s “all-singing, all-dancing, all–live, …