Beside The Rising Tide: Curses, Foiled Again
While it was a short week in the NASCAR world with Dover moved to Monday and Kansas run on Saturday night, there was a lot … Continue Reading
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: The Real Dover Monsters
Over the weeks and months, stories worthy of comment pass over my desk, and many if not most of them are not significant enough to … Continue Reading
Beside The Rising Tide: Hey Kids, Let’s Put On a Show
NASCAR has now been staging large professional level automobile races for over seven decades. Still some weekends a careful observer can’t help but feel the … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: Goldilocks and The Three (Quarters of a Mile)
Sadly there are just three short tracks left on the contemporary NASCAR Cup schedule; Martinsville, Bristol and Richmond. I cherish all three of these racetracks … Continue Reading
Beside The Rising Tide: A Look Back At Darrell Waltrip, Part II… ‘The Road To A Rocking Chair’
Beside The Rising Tide: A Look Back At Darrell Waltrip, Part I… ‘Lady, I Am The Show’ Potential break Junior might have gotten more than … Continue Reading
Beside The Rising Tide: A Look Back At Darrell Waltrip, Part I… ‘Lady, I Am The Show’
Friends, charlatans, NASCAR fans, I come here today not to praise to Darrell Waltrip but to bury him. OK, that’s a bit harsh. I wish … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: Ch-Ch Change
One of the things that changes as a soul grows older (as opposed to growing up) is an increasing dislike for changes. Things are as … Continue Reading
Besides The Rising Tide – NASCAR Martinsville: Hey, You, Get Off My Cloud… Err, Lawn
At the risk of repeating myself, there’s nothing so wrong with the new NASCAR that an old racetrack can’t fix it. Over the last 70 … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: Fit For a King or Strictly Busch League?
First this week: A brief (and rare) personal note. Friday Nancy Buckwalter went home to the loving arms of her Savior. Nancy was the sister … Continue Reading
Beside The Rising Tide: What’s A Good Race?
Discussion as to whether last week’s Vegas Cup race was a good one or a poor one did something that the race itself failed to … Continue Reading