Beside the Rising Tide: Insanity Rains
For whatever reason, the annals of great rock and roll songs involving rain are too numerous to choose from so I won’t even try. Yeah, … 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: Practice Makes Perfect
To a troubling extent, the outcome of Sunday’s race and several drivers’ chances at a championship were decided not by events during the 500-mile race, … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
Friday Faceoff: Franchises, Replacements, and John Wes Townley
There has been lots of talk about franchising in NASCAR’s top divisions. Is this the right direction for the sport to look in for the … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading