Beside the Rising Tide: NASCAR Random Notes, Late April 2021
If the lingering pandemic has done nothing else, it certainly has increased the amount of spare time I have on my hands Fridays and Saturdays. … 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: Outlining a Potential NASCAR 2022 Schedule
FOX has been touting the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season to date as the “best ever.” Sorry, I’d give that honor to 1992 and wouldn’t … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: Are Short Tracks Making a NASCAR Comeback?
After a couple decades of having become almost an asterisk or footnote in NASCAR news (and sadly many of them falling by the wayside), it … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: Into the Great Wide Open
Into the Great Wide Open – Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Into the great wide open A rebel without a … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: There’s Nothing Normal About NASCAR’s New Normal
With little fanfare, a good deal of resentment and some limited debate on both sides of the issue, an important anniversary passed by this weekend. … Continue Reading
Objects in the Rear-View Mirror: Everything Old Is New Again
This week, gentle readers, I ask as I have many times before, for your kind indulgence if it sometimes seems I spend more time looking … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: Objects In the Rearview Mirror
The First Law of Stuff states unequivocally that the amount of stuff you have will always be greater than the amount of room you have … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: A Few for the Road
Last week, we discussed the curious phenomenon of suddenly disappearing swaths of NASCAR fans. NASCAR is apparently aware of and somewhat alarmed by this trend. … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: Hey, Where Did Everybody Go?
There’s an element of grim curiosity to it over the last few years, but I still search out the TV ratings for each week’s Cup … Continue Reading
Beside the Rising Tide: The Raw Emotions of Dale Earnhardt’s Death 20 Years Later
Time flies. Tempus fugit. So my well-intended, if not nearly constantly intoxicated freshman Latin teacher taught me back when I attended a prep-school on Philadelphia’s … Continue Reading