Beside the Rising Tide: Better SAFER Than Sorry
In the wake of an eventful and violent Sprint Cup practice session on Friday, there was quite a hullabaloo over portions of Dover International Speedway …
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: Your Regularly Scheduled Program
Thursday, NASCAR released 2017 schedules for its top 3 touring divisions: Some New Sponsor That Hasn’t Signed On Yet Cup Series, the XFINITY Series and the …
Beside the Rising Tide: There’s Nothing New Under the Sun
One of the few benefits of getting older is a hard won acceptance that some things just are as they are. That’s not always such …
Beside the Rising Tide: Fine, Be That Way
Thursday, most fans of the sport were delighted to hear that three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart had recovered well enough from a back injury …
Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2016 Toyota Owners 400
The Key Moment – In the last corner of the last lap, Carl Edwards put a bumper to teammate Kyle Busch to nudge him out …
Beside the Rising Tide: In the Heat of the Moment
Those of us who grew up attending races at the dirt and asphalt bull-rings peppered around the country had great expectations concerning Saturday’s XFINITY Series race. …
Beside the Rising Tide: It’s Always Something
Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Since all NASCAR races are run out of doors, sometimes it’s going to rain. It’s just unfortunate it …
Beside the Rising Tide: Taking One for the Team
While only the driver’s name goes on the trophy NASCAR is and always has been a team sport. With rare exceptions over the last sixty …
Beside the Rising Tide: Busch’s Radio Nowhere
This is Radio Nowhere Is there anyone alive out there…. Something odd, almost unprecedented as of late, actually happened Saturday at Fontana. Kyle Busch was …
Thinkin’ Out Loud – Jimmie Johnson Takes Superman to Victory Lane at Auto Club Speedway
The Key Moment – On the final restart, Joey Logano (in fourth) buzzed his rear tires and thus couldn’t give a shove to Denny Hamlin …