Bowles-Eye View: David Gilliland the Underdog Has His Day… Again
“I’ve been pinching myself for the last eight months and I’m not going to stop anytime soon,” said 30-year-old David Gilliland.
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Bowles-Eye View: Can the Daytona Magic Come Back?
The next big “event” on the U.S. sporting schedule has now become the Daytona 500.
Bowles-Eye View: No Matter How Much We Complain, NASCAR is Clearly Number 1
No question about it, this offseason has been filled with more gripes about the state of NASCAR racing than you could fit into a complaint box a mile-wide. I’ll even admit to being one of the primary culprits; through all sorts of media, I’ve been squawking about how this sport is in a make-or-break year, …
Best of Bowles-Eye View: Paul Dana’s Death Cruel Reminder for NASCAR Family
Truth be told, Paul Dana was not a household name in motorsports; at least, not yet. Putting aside his former career as a journalist to pursue his dream, the 30-year-old was preparing for his first full season on the IRL circuit, quietly landing a deal with one of the best teams in Rahal Letterman Motorsports. …
Bowles-Eye View: “Wrist”Gate Should Be No Big Controversy for Jimmie Johnson
“Wrist”gate appears to have taken center stage as the hot story of the moment ever since word broke of Jimmie Johnson’s fractured left wrist.
Bowles-Eye View: Revisiting Bad NASCAR Predictions for 2006
Whether asking me to pick your NASCAR fantasy team or to say when Kentucky Speedway will be added to the Cup schedule, you readers can be crazy sometimes.
Bowles-Eye View: Jimmie Johnson Shows the Monkey 1 Giant Trophy
Already 0-for-4 with championship opportunities, there was Jimmie Johnson, sitting on pit road without enough lugnuts on all four of his tires.
Bowles-Eye View: NASCAR’s Problems Not Easy Fixes
I’ve got a Simpsons-like mentality creeping up on me. I’m getting nervous NASCAR might really be in trouble.
Bowles-Eye View: Jimmie Johnson’s Miracle Comeback
Jimmie Johnson has no business leading the Nextel Cup points standings. None at all. In eight Chase races, Johnson has himself just four top-10 finishes. He spent half of the first Chase race in New Hampshire in the garage after hitting the wall. He ended the Talladega race on a wrecker after getting slammed by …
Bowles-Eye View: Finding the Beauty Within a NASCAR Championship Lost
Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Atlanta’s place in NASCAR lore was simple: it was the palace through which Cup champions were crowned. For some, a coronation proved merely a formality, their hardware long clinched before the annual fall 500-miler; others used this 1.5-mile track to create drama until the final moment of the final lap …
Bowles-Eye View: NASCAR’s Future is Worrying Me
As always this time of year, NASCAR’s Chase is gobbling up most of the press, submersing some controversial subplots for 2007 into the background while predictions for the championship and the constant twists and turns of each week distract us from the big picture of the sport. I’m just as guilty as anyone else in …
Bowles-Eye View: At Lowe’s Motor Speedway, NASCAR Simply Not Doing Enough
Two years. One “levigation” project. One nightmare. That just about sums up the type of racing we’ve seen at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Once known as one of the sport’s best tracks, recent results have been nothing short of disastrous. Now six Cup races into a new racing surface, no fuel cells, tire combinations or public …