Beside The Rising Tide: Waiter, I’ll Have Whatever She’s Having
Without a whole lot of hullaballoo to build it up, the IndyCar Series kicked off its 2017 campaign on Sunday. Somehow, the open-wheel race got …
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: Buzz Off
It’s hard to believe that it has come and gone yet again. The Feast of the Excited Insect Day celebrations have reached their crescendo and …
Beside the Rising Tide: And Now, For Something Completely Different
It seemed at times during Saturday’s NXS race the event might be eternal but as I write this Monday morning, I have it from a …
Beside the Rising Tide: NASCAR Hits The Beach
As NASCAR slowly awakens from its off-season hibernation clanking, smoking and leading decidedly to port after a tough season last year, here are some of the notes …
Beside the Rising Tide: Will New Mean Better? 2017 NASCAR Season Preview
Portions of Maine remain buried under 4 feet of snow, but one of the annual harbingers of spring arrives this weekend: The Advance Auto Parts …
Beside the Rising Tide: Take You to the Leader of the Band
With a very displeasing, sneezing and wheezing, The calliope fell to the ground… -Bruce Springsteen- It’s a natural part of any human enterprise, I suppose. …
Beside the Rising Tide: All the Leaves Are Brown
“All the leaves are brown, and the skies are gray” –John and Michelle Phillips Say what you want about the 2016 NASCAR season, good or …
Beside the Rising Tide: Seven Up
Is it history in the making? The thing about history is that it’s typically only clear in retrospect. Quite often history is one of those …
Beside The Rising Tide: NASCAR’s Tidal Wave-Around Rule
It was a late October day in Virginia, paired with temperatures that felt more like Memorial Day and not a cloud in the sky. There was a race …
Beside the Rising Tide: It Don’t Come Easy
The race is not always to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong…. – Ecclesiasticus – Sunday’s Talladega race was not at all what …