Waid’s World: NASCAR’s Playoffs Aren’t Perfect For Sure – But Don’t Expect Things To Change
While I am fairly certain that most true NASCAR fans don’t begrudge the fact that Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup Series championship, I am …
Steve Waid has been in journalism since 1972, when he began his newspaper career at the Martinsville (Va.) Bulletin. He has spent over 40 years in motorsports journalism, first with the Roanoke Times-World News and later as publisher and vice president for NASCAR Scene and NASCAR Illustrated.
Steve has won numerous state sports writing awards and several more from the National Motorsports Press Association for his motorsports coverage, feature and column writing. For several years, Steve was a regular on “NASCAR This Morning” on FOX Sports Net and he is the co-author, with Tom Higgins, of the biography “Junior Johnson: Brave In Life.”
In January 2014, Steve was inducted into the NMPA Hall of Fame. And in 2019 he was presented the Squier-Hall Award by the NASCAR Hall of Fame for lifetime excellence in motorsports journalism. In addition to writing for Frontstretch, Steve is also the co-host of The Scene Vault Podcast.
While I am fairly certain that most true NASCAR fans don’t begrudge the fact that Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup Series championship, I am …
I have made it no secret that Martinsville Speedway, site of the Nov. 1 Xfinity 500 – the final race in the NASCAR Cup round …
It would appear Chase Elliott’s career is moving along nicely. In only five seasons in which he has run the full NASCAR Cup Series schedule …
Over the years, Talladega Superspeedway has been a track where the unpredictable is always predictable. You know something unusual is going happen, but you just …
Now, a great many NASCAR tracks have undergone several changes and transitions over the years, but perhaps none has had any more dramatic than Bristol …
Every time the Cookout Southern 500 rolls around, I am reminded of my many funny experiences at Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s oldest – and perhaps meanest …
To say that the kind of season Kyle Busch is having is unexpected might well be an understatement. To say that the kind of season …
Down South, folks have some quaint phrases to express what they are thinking or feeling. Here’s one of them: “I ain’t never seen the beat …
Richard Petty claimed three victories during the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. The last of those came in the Miller High Life 500 at …