The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2009 Food City 500 at Bristol
Who… gets my shoutout of the race? For a driver who has never had Bristol figured out in the past, Jimmie Johnson looked like he …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: TIREd… of Goodyear’s Excuses
There’s procrastinating and then there’s procrastinating. Your average everyday procrastinating is generally no big deal. So you take out the trash tomorrow and wash the …
Happy Hour: Solving NASCAR’s Racetrack Problem, Part 2 – Happy Hour Motor Speedway I, A New Short Track
In last week’s Happy Hour, I discussed baseball’s ballpark boom and how the place responsible for it all, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, changed the …
Driven to the Past: A Selective Rain Shower & a Flight That Didn’t Work Out Well
Back when I was a newspaper editor in Salem, Ind., I had a lawyer friend named Delson Cox who happened to be a race fan …
Nuts for Nationwide: 5 Fearless NASCAR Forecasts for Thunder Valley
Return to Their Roots Equals Success for Keselowski, Wallace Brad Keselowski has had top-10 racecars in each of the season’s first three NASCAR Nationwide Series …
Blue Smoke and Burnt Rubber: Chapter Two Part One
With the thunder of the cars spinning around the high, hungry banks of East Brainerd Speedway, Chris closed his eyes and tried to remember what …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: A Look Back at NASCAR’s 2009 Season to Date
Four weeks into the 2009 NASCAR season, nothing is etched in stone. It’s too early on to know who will be champion, and even too …
Voices From the Heartland: NASCAR Things That Make You Go, Hmmmmm?
Aside from anything Brian France says whenever he opens his mouth, I found a few interesting news items this past week that has left me …
Fanning the Flames: Random NASCAR Off-Week Scanner Chatter
The off weeks on the NASCAR circuit are always a natural time for me to clear out the non-time specific questions that float into my …
Thompson in Turn 5: You Can Bet on Bristol Being as Good as Ever
Though it is fair to debate whether or not it is wise for the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule to have a bye week only four …