What’s Vexing Vito: Can Richmond Reignite the Spark So Many Fans Have Lost?
This weekend marks the 26th race of the 2008 Sprint Cup season, and the final race before the fifth annual Championship Chase begins. With David …
Vito is one of the longest-tenured writers at Frontstretch, joining the staff in 2007. He’s a contributor to several other outlets, including Athlon Sports and Popular Speed in addition to making radio appearances. He forever has a soft-spot in his heart for old Mopars and presumably oil-soaked cardboard in his garage.
Voice of Vito: Are We There Yet? 2008 NASCAR Season Plods Into Richmond With Chase Set to Begin – Is Anyone Really Paying Attention?
Mercifully, the Pepsi 500 at California’s Auto Club Speedway has come to a close. A race that has supplanted the beloved Southern 500 at Darlington …
Voice of Vito: Joey Logano Racing’s Next Best Thing & Worst Kept Secret
With Monday’s announcement that Joey Logano will replace Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Home Depot Toyotas fielded by Joe Gibbs Racing, the biggest piece …
Voice of Vito: The Shape of Things to Come – A Chase Outlook for NASCAR’s Big 3 in 2008
As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves closer to the 26th race at Richmond in September, the Chase for the Championship became a little more …
Voice of Vito: Deep NASCAR Thoughts from the Professor of the Obvious
Well, it’s another fairly slow news cycle for the second week of August. Silly Season has quieted down a bit, although we’re all pretty much …
Voice of Vito: Charting NASCAR’s Championship Chase – Who’s In, Who’s Out… & What’s It All About, Anyway?
The last two weeks have certainly done their part in jumbling up the point standings, as races influenced by, um, extenuating circumstances have given us …
Voice of Vito: Reflections of Indy – Why It’s the Worst NASCAR Race Ever & How It Got There
Not sure if you have noticed or not, but Caddyshack (arguably the greatest movie ever made, and easily the most quoted) has been on cable …
Voice of Vito: Richard Petty, Long Live the King – & Rightfully So
Two weeks ago at Chicagoland Speedway, the Petty Enterprises cars of Bobby Labonte and Terry Labonte carried special paint schemes to commemorate the first race …
Voice of Vito: Enjoy It While It Lasts – Kyle Busch’s Dominant Season to be Derailed by Chase Format
Be forewarned: Yes, this is another Kyle Busch article. Yes, that move on the outside of Jimmie Johnson on the final lap of the LifeLock.com …
Voice of Vito: Into the Flood Again – Why Mark Martin Came Back to Full-Time Cup Racing
I have never made any bones about it – I am a lifelong Alice In Chains fan. Hands down, they’re my favorite band… ever, quite …