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, …
By Matt McLaughlin
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. …