Driven to the Past: A Selective Rain Shower & a Flight That Didn’t Work Out Well
Back when I was a newspaper editor in Salem, Ind., I had a lawyer friend named Delson Cox who happened to be a race fan …
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Driven to the Past: ‘Different’ Tracks
Got to thinking about some of the stranger tracks I’ve worked on. First one that comes to mind was a UMRA TQ Midget race in …
Driven to the Past: Potts’s Short Stories
On one of our “test runs” last week for the live blog we did during the Daytona 500, somebody asked how much the Hendrick people …
Driven to the Past: Knock the Fence Down, Pops
Somehow, while the guys on television were going over the past bringing up the names of legendary drivers, one came to my mind. Curtis Turner. …
Did You Notice? Double Yellow Line Means Ridiculous, Stremme’s Sad Debut & Said’s Big Chance
Did You Notice? The giant black wrecking ball on the track Saturday night? NASCAR was looking for a new wrinkle to make the races more …
Talking NASCAR TV: Verizon Uses FOX to Work Around Sponsorship Ban
Well, we’re through pole qualifying for the Daytona 500 and the Budweiser Shootout. As your TV critic, it is my duty to look everything over …
Driven to the Past: Supercharged Studebaker
Each year about the time we’re getting ready to race again, I have to think about the guys who have had an effect on my …
Driven to the Past: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
Once again, something I read on the website Dayton Speedway Lives brought back some memories. A photographer named Scott McIlwain wrote about his experience attending …
Scott Speed Driver Diary: ARCA Revenge, Sprint Cup Debut, Bull Riding & Mohawks
It’s been yet another eventful month in the life of Scott Speed. Speed entered the ARCA series finale at Toledo with a sizable points lead, …
Tires at Talladega: What Caused the Failures?
Editor’s Note: Our regular rookie columnist Danny Peters is off this Tuesday, so we filled his spot with another freshman! Newsletter contributor Philip Allaway writes …