By Mike Neff

What is it that Mike Neff doesn’t do? The writer, radio contributor and racetrack announcer coordinates the site’s local short track coverage, hitting up Saturday Night Specials across the country while tracking the sport’s future racing stars. The writer for our signature Cup post-race column, Thinkin’ Out Loud (Mondays) also sits down with Cup crew chiefs to talk shop every Friday with Tech Talk. Mike announces several shows each year for the Good Guys Rod and Custom Association. He also pops up everywhere from PRN Pit Reporters and the Press Box with Alan Smothers to SIRIUS XM Radio. He has announced at tracks all over the Southeast, starting at Millbridge Speedway. He's also announced at East Lincoln Speedway, Concord Speedway, Tri-County Speedway, Caraway Speedway, and Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Full Throttle: Go or Go Home Cars Qualifying Together? It’s About Time

March 21, 2022August 13, 2007 Mike Neff

Qualifying for Sunday’s Centurion at the Glen was rained out, forcing several teams to load their cars back onto transporters without a chance to make the race.

Busch Series Breakdown: 2007 Zippo 200 at the Glen

March 21, 2022August 12, 2007 Mike Neff

Kevin Harvick won his fifth race of the season, continuing a streak of four wins in five Busch Series starts by crossing the line first in the Zippo 200.

Busch Series Breakdown: 2007 Kroger 200 at IRP

March 20, 2022July 29, 2007 Mike Neff

Jason Leffler was able to run down and pass Greg Biffle with three laps to go, bringing Toyota their first ever victory in the Kroger 200.

Full Throttle: Could Cracks Be Forming in the Foundation of Junior Nation?

March 20, 2022July 23, 2007 Mike Neff

When it comes to who’s a fan favorite in Nextel Cup, there’s no question Dale Earnhardt Jr. has always carried the biggest legion of followers to each track the series visits. The winner of the Most Popular Driver contest for four years running, Junior dominates every vote about the sport that ever seems to take …

Full Throttle: Budweiser’s Big Blunder – Why the Driver Makes the Sponsor, Not the Other Way Around

March 19, 2022July 16, 2007 Mike Neff

One of the biggest recent driver/sponsor divorces became public knowledge: Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Budweiser will end a nine-year marriage following 2007.

Busch Series Breakdown: 2007 USG Durock 300 at Chicagoland

March 19, 2022July 14, 2007 Mike Neff

Buschwhacking Cup regulars dominated the USG Durock 300, leading all but four laps of the race and taking nine of the top-10 finishing positions.

Full Throttle: NASCAR Teammates – For Good or for Evil?

March 18, 2022July 9, 2007 Mike Neff

Saturday night was an encapsulation of so many things that are good and bad about NASCAR teammates. Some drivers helped their teammates succeed, some ended their teammate’s night, and some just couldn’t get out of each other’s way. With the driver movement that is already set to take place at the end of the year, …

Busch Series Breakdown: 2007 Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona

March 18, 2022July 7, 2007 Mike Neff

Kyle Busch made a mockery of the Winn-Dixie 250, leading most of the way (65 out of 102 laps total) to score his first Busch Series win of the season.

Full Throttle: How Quickly Scott Riggs’s Rising NASCAR Star Can Fade

March 18, 2022July 2, 2007 Mike Neff

It appears as though the star of Scott Riggs is about to take that plunge back to Earth if he is not able to start performing better in his Evernham Motorsports ride.

Busch Series Breakdown: 2007 Camping World 200 at Loudon

March 17, 2022June 30, 2007 Mike Neff

The Camping World 200 started off more like a demolition derby than a Busch Series race.

Full Throttle: Where Did the Old ESPN Go?

March 17, 2022March 5, 2007 Mike Neff

The enthusiasm surrounding the return of ESPN to the sport this season might be a surprise to new fans, but for those that have been around a while, expectations were high for good reason. When no one else was clamoring to put NASCAR on TV back in the 1980s, it was ESPN, then a fledgling …

Full Throttle: Signs of Trouble for Both the NASCAR Busch & Craftsman Truck Series

March 17, 2022February 26, 2007 Mike Neff

California might have served as a wake-up call for NASCAR. The Busch race and the truck race did not have full fields. The second- and third-biggest racing series in the U.S. didn’t have full fields for their races this weekend. The influx of Cup drivers stealing the headlines and the escalating costs of running teams …