Voice of Vito: Talladega Blights – Regan Smith Disenfranchised, Jimmie Johnson 1 Step Closer
I am going to forego the normal flowery introduction to this week’s column with a decidedly blunt statement: Regan Smith got screwed out of a …
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Voice of Vito: Nepotism in Reverse – Kyle Petty’s Days Coming to a Close at Petty Enterprises?
There was a stunning admission made by Patti Petty, wife of NASCAR driver Kyle Petty, reported Sept. 29 in the Winston-Salem Journal. With a few …
Voice of Vito: Food for Thought – What’s Broken & What Works in NASCAR
The popular saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” applies to many things in life — especially in racing. As we’ve seen the last …
Voice of Vito: 2008 NASCAR Chase for the Championship Raises Interesting Questions at the Mystery Mile
NASCAR’s 2008 Championship Chase began in earnest this past Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Greg Biffle’s lights out performance (pun …
Voice of Vito: Nationwide Series Hails Return of American Muscle With New Car of Tomorrow
If there is one thing that the Nationwide Series has desperately needed, it is an identity. Once viewed as the stepping stone to NASCAR’s premiere …
Voice of Vito: Are We There Yet? 2008 NASCAR Season Plods Into Richmond With Chase Set to Begin – Is Anyone Really Paying Attention?
Mercifully, the Pepsi 500 at California’s Auto Club Speedway has come to a close. A race that has supplanted the beloved Southern 500 at Darlington …
Voice of Vito: Joey Logano Racing’s Next Best Thing & Worst Kept Secret
With Monday’s announcement that Joey Logano will replace Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Home Depot Toyotas fielded by Joe Gibbs Racing, the biggest piece …
Voice of Vito: The Shape of Things to Come – A Chase Outlook for NASCAR’s Big 3 in 2008
As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves closer to the 26th race at Richmond in September, the Chase for the Championship became a little more …
Voice of Vito: Deep NASCAR Thoughts from the Professor of the Obvious
Well, it’s another fairly slow news cycle for the second week of August. Silly Season has quieted down a bit, although we’re all pretty much …
Voice of Vito: Charting NASCAR’s Championship Chase – Who’s In, Who’s Out… & What’s It All About, Anyway?
The last two weeks have certainly done their part in jumbling up the point standings, as races influenced by, um, extenuating circumstances have given us …