Beside the Rising Tide: Will Race For Food
Every once in a while, NASCAR fans get a glimpse behind the curtain into a decidedly wizard-free zone as of late at how things really …
By Matt McLaughlin
Beside The Rising Tide: Enough Is Enough
Road racing in the Cup Series had always been a decided break from the ups and downs of normal oval track competition. Earlier in the …
Beside the Rising Tide: The Grand Illusion
Once upon a time, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things, everything was going splendidly in the world of NASCAR. The …
Beside The Rising Tide: 1313 Turkey Court
Editor’s Note: Matt McLaughlin’s off this week. Enjoy one of his classic columns on the eve of another Pocono Cup Series race. While I enjoy stock …
Beside the Rising Tide: Halfway There
Kentucky might not have been the most exciting Cup race (to be fair it was dreadful), but the sport reached a crucial milestone during the …
Beside the Rising Tide: Right Down the Line
During the Friday evening/Saturday matinee undercard race for the NASCAR XFINITY Series, NXS might have stood for “Naturally eXtremely Suspicious.” Once again, NASCAR and network …
Beside the Rising Tide: The Business Of NASCAR Television
If nothing else, the Eldora truck series race is unique. It’s the only event in NASCAR’s top three touring divisions run on a dirt track. …
Beside the Rising Tide: The Wheel
The wheel is turning and you can’t slow down You can’t let go and you can’t hold on You can’t go back and you can’t …
Beside the Rising Tide: NASCAR’s Endless Summer & Bobby Allison’s Missing Victory
How do you define summer? Meteorologically speaking, summer begins June 21st and ends September 22nd. For younger folks, “summer” is that magical period when school …
Beside the Rising Tide: For Everything, There Is a Season
A bit belatedly, NASCAR finally released the 2018 schedules for its top three touring series last week: Cup, XFINITY and Trucks. Naturally, the release of said schedule …