2010 NASCAR Driver Review: Jamie McMurray
No question, Jamie McMurray’s high point was winning the Daytona 500.
John Potts
2010 NASCAR Driver Review: Robby Gordon
That second place at Sonoma was a high point. Robby Gordon used a combination of pit strategy and road-course savvy to work his way up front.
Driven to the Past: So Where Did It Start?
There’s been some off-and-on discussion on a couple of message boards I frequent about just where stock car racing got started.
Driven to the Past: That Certain “French” Driver
“Caution is out. Debris.” Every race fan, especially those watching the event on television, hates to hear that.
Driven to the Past: 2 More Old Friends Gone…
Just last week I did a tribute to my friend Sonny Ates, one of the best who ever stepped in a sprint car, and now two more are gone – Jim Hunter and Ed Shull.
Driven to the Past: Tribute to an Old Friend…
It came back to me early this week when Charles (Sonny Ates) passed away in Scottsdale, Ariz. at the age of 75 after a long battle with illness.
Driven to the Past: Getting Detroit’s Attention…
I’ve mentioned the late Tommy Thompson and the Motor City 250 NASCAR Grand National event at the Detroit Fairgrounds in 1951 before in this column.
Driven to the Past: Thinking Outside “The Box…”
You hear a lot about this article’s title nowadays in racing, people saying, “You’ve got to think outside the box.” Has “the box” changed or what?
Driven to the Past: Back in the Day…
The first I can remember noticing that things were getting a little stuffy came in the late ’60s at the Daytona ARCA race.
Driven to the Past: What We Did Before Radios…
Every so often, while listening to the radio chatter between officials, I think about the difference they’ve made in communications during race events.