Dare to Dream
For the most part, I’m a nice guy. I like happy endings. I enjoy romantic comedies. I want to see good things happen to good …
Call it What it is
And so it begins…. Already NASCAR Nation is dealing with fallout from Race Number One of the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. Denny …
Sealing the Deal
Kevin Harvick slept soundly Sunday night. So did Brian France. Jimmie Johnson? Not so much…. Blame it on Delaware. The events of Sunday’s race at …
Under Pressure
Nothing like a little tension to turn mishaps into full-blown mayhem. Welcome to the Contender Round of the Chase…. The events themselves are nothing different; …
An Education in Ethics
In the aftermath of last weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway, the topic of conversation heading into Martinsville seems to center on questions of …
A Sun”day of Thunder”
Last Sunday afternoon, I partied like it was 1990. That was the year when the movie Days of Thunder was released. That was also what …
Down the Rabbit Hole
“Curiouser and curiouser!” exclaimed the title character in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 literary classic Alice in Wonderland. Alice must be following this year’s Chase for the …
Turning Four into One
And then there were four…. As the skies reopened over Phoenix International Raceway, washing out any chance that Sunday’s event might go its full distance, …
Lessons Learned
The 2015 NASCAR season provided quite the educational experience. At the small Midwestern college where I teach we preach the gospel of “lifelong learning”, but …
IMHO: 2016 Edition
So, here we are: on the brink of another NASCAR season. Before our lives get too wrapped up in wins, lap times, points, and sponsors, …