Beside the Rising Tide: And Then There Were 3
Where has the time gone? This time of year, I’d normally be preparing for my annual family trip to the Jersey Shore. But this year, …
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: NASCAR’s Crap Sandwich
Way back when, in an era when the Earth was still cooling and the war in Vietnam was still heating up, there was a less …
Beside the Rising Tide: If You Build It…
“If you build it, they will come.” Such was the tag line to Field of Dreams, a much-awarded movie that was a hit back in the …
Beside the Rising Tide: Practice Makes Perfect
Few of you need me to remind you that all of us are living in extraordinary times right now. By “extraordinary,” I don’t mean to …
Beside the Rising Tide: For NASCAR All-Star Race, 2 Out of 3 Ain’t Bad
As our long-time friend Michael Lee Aday (aka Meatloaf) used to tell us in one of his operatic, overly bombastic, teenage testosterone-fueled hits, two out of …
Beside the Rising Tide: Ball of Confusion
In many ways more consequential than the sport of auto racing, the world is currently a bit topsy-turvy. Yes, meteorologically speaking we have reached summer, …
Beside the Rising Tide: Twin Sons of Different Mothers
For better or worse, the first NASCAR doubleheader Cup weekend races are now in the rearview mirror, presumably closer than they might appear. Given the …
Beside The Rising Tide: Daytona Lowering? NASCAR Superspeedway Rule Changes Ignore Larger Problem
At least partially due to the severity of Ryan Newman’s last-lap wreck in this year’s Daytona 500, NASCAR made several tweaks to the rules package …
Beside the Rising Tide: Only On a Need to Know Basis
There are some statistics and numbers NASCAR types prefer to keep to themselves. Starting in 2014, NASCAR information services stopped giving out attendance figures for …
Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville
Editors Note: What in blazes am I doing here? Yeah, Matt, what’s up? You write on Tuesdays, having given this column up years ago. Yep. …