Dale Jr.’s Concussion Quandry
As the health woes of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. continue, I cannot help but imagine what seems to be nothing short of the impossible. I find …
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Professor of Speed: You Can Run, but You Can’t Hybrid
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Professor of Speed: NASCAR’s Bet on The Banquet
So… here we are. The 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Banquet has come and gone. It was a week of championship-caliber excitement complete with racing …
Professor of Speed: NASCAR Looking Ahead
Say what you will about Brian France and his perspective on NASCAR, but there’s no doubting his vision for the sport’s future. The cars? What …
Professor of Speed: NASCAR’s Future is Now
It’s a brave new world. The announcement this week that Microsoft is beginning a long-term relationship with both NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports came as excitingly-ominous …
Professor of Speed: NASCAR Simple as Childs’ Play
For those of you who are regular readers of my essays in the Frontstretch newsletter, you likely noticed my absence last week. I enlisted the …
Professor of Speed: Charming the NASCAR Critics
For most of my years in NASCAR, I have been labeled as somewhat of an apologist. Give me a rules change, a new setup package, …
Professor of Speed: A Memorial Day to Remember for NASCAR
Last Sunday was one memorable day of racing. If we move beyond the self-serving particulars of who won, who lost, and other such personally-driven details …
Professor of Speed: Just Breathe, NASCAR
NASCAR’s policies can be seen as a double-edged sword, of sorts. It all has to do with the idea of “clean” air. One aspect of …
Professor of Speed: NASCAR’s All About the Kids
It’s all about the kids. Last weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Kansas was a refreshing approach to racing, and not merely because of the rain-soaked …