Welcome back. Last weekend saw three interesting races at the new-and-possibly improved Kentucky Speedway. It’s pretty rare to see three completely different races in one race weekend. Before we start, FOX Sports announced on Wednesday that Shannon Spake has left ESPN to join the FOX Sports family. The press release indicates that she will keep …
After a busy holiday weekend covering Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen, IMSA’s latest big event, I was pretty worn out this Fourth of July weekend. Incredibly, you all seem just as worn out with NBC NASCAR coverage this season – or lack thereof – after just one race. NBC’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut …
Last weekend saw NASCAR’s National Series put on two very different races. Sonoma on Sunday was very clean, possibly the cleanest Cup race ever run at Sonoma Raceway. Yes, there were four cautions, but they were for either stalled cars or debris. No one spun out all day. Don’t recall that ever happening. Meanwhile, there …
Sprint Cup teams took last weekend off in order to relax. However, even without Cup drivers (Brad Keselowski being an exception to the rule), it was an incredibly busy weekend with Formula One in Azerbaijan, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two big races in Iowa. American Ethanol E15 250 Sunday’s XFINITY Series race …
Michigan International Speedway brought the unveiling of the new ultra-low downforce package, one that Darrell Waltrip described as having a smaller rear spoiler than at any time in the past 40 years. It’s a little hard to ascertain. It’s not like restrictor plates, which can be tracked thanks to Jayski’s Plate chart. FireKeepers Casino 400 …
Much like almost any of you reading this column, I despise rainouts. So many people had the DV-R on Monday and they experienced an added disappointment; the race was nearly three and a half hours long, going far longer than the regularly scheduled recording. Whomever at FOX Sports thought the race would finish within a …
One of the biggest racing weekends of the year is now complete. I don’t know about all of you reading this column, but I’m pretty exhausted. I’ve still got you covered, though after what turned out to be the busiest racing TV Sunday we’ve seen in 2016. Coca-Cola 600 Sunday night brought a bit of …
All-Star Weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway has always been interesting. You never know what you’re going to get. Unfortunately, Saturday brought confusion to everyone involved, even the sport’s FOX broadcast partner. Sprint Showdown/Sprint All-Star Race Holy cripes. Saturday marked new formats for the Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race. While I’m not a fan of …
Greetings, race fans. This past weekend at Dover was a bit more like the Dover of elementary school for me than the Dover we’ve been used to. I believe Sunday’s race was the third slowest 400-mile race at the one-mile oval. The other two either had more cautions (Fall 2007) or just plain got ridiculous …
As much as the action this season has improved in the Sprint Cup Series, places like Kansas (and specifically, this race) are key to how the aerodynamic package performs. So far, it’s not so hot at night but pretty good during the daytime. Broadcasts have to adjust to that reality and step up to the …
Talladega is looney tunes. In its purest form, a race weekend at Talladega makes your stomach churn (or, it makes my stomach turn, at least). In recent years, that really hasn’t been the case. However, this past weekend brought it on big time, unlike any time since about 2005. GEICO 500 Sunday brought the Sprint …
Welcome back. Sunday had a great finish, eh? Not too often that someone executes the bump n’ run on their own teammate. I’ll fully admit that I was surprised that Carl Edwards was willing to do it. Also, there was a bit of an uproar surrounding Samantha Busch cussing at the finish after the aforementioned …
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