Beside the Rising Tide: Accidents Will Happen
Accidents will happen, We only hit and run, I don’t want to hear it, Because I know what I’ve done. -Elvis Costello- There’s nothing so …
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: Now I Try To Be Amused
Oh, I used to be disgusted, Now I try to be amused. Since their wings have gotten rusted, The angels wanna wear my red shoes …
Beside the Rising Tide: Round and Round
For most of Sunday’s Cup event at Kansas, things were about par for the course. Matt Kenseth clearly had a dominant car, able to pass …
Happiness Is… New 2016 NASCAR Rules Package
Editor’s Note: P. Huston Ladner is off this week. In his place steps our king of sarcastic wit, Matt McLaughlin, who puts a positive spin …
Beside the Rising Tide: New NASCAR Excitement Manufactured Daily
“Curiouser and curiouser” as our old friend Alice might have said during her field trip down the rabbit hole. (And trust me, me and Alice …
Beside the Rising Tide: Nothing To See Here
In the Dark Ages, there were “scientists” determined to find a way to turn dross metals into gold, back in an era when the periodic …
Beside the Rising Tide: A Fine Line For Brad Keselowski On Restart
Down here it’s just winners and losers, baby, And don’t get caught on the wrong side of that line… -Bruce Springsteen- Be Careful of What …
Beside the Rising Tide: If I Ran the Chase
Is there any better way to spend a late summer Sunday afternoon that devoting four hours of the rapidly dwindling sunlit hours watching an event …
Beside the Rising Tide: NASCAR S.O.S.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein Hey, who knew? After the much ballyhooed and largely …
Beside the Rising Tide: That ’70s Show
Perhaps the most highly anticipated race of the 2015 Cup season has now come and gone; my, oh my. After a lot of races, folks …