Happy Hour: Fontana Won’t Be the Last
It’s fairly easy and sometimes fun to fire both literary barrels at the governing body of NASCAR. Heaven knows they make easy targets of themselves. …
That’s History Profile: Tim Richmond
Date of Birth: June 7, 1955 Hometown: Ashland, Ohio Died: Aug. 13, 1989 Starts: 185 Wins: 13 Top Fives: 42 Top 10s: 78 Poles: 14 …
Fantasy Picks ‘N’ Pans: 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas
Round three of the Cup Series will take place in the desert West as the circuit heads to Las Vegas for the UAW-Dodge 400. The …
Nuts for Nationwide: New Sponsor, Same Old Issues
If you’ll forgive me for going all Jean Girard on you, the first two weeks of the Nationwide Series bring to mind a line from …
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off: Toyota’s Here… & There Goes the Neighborhood
Another non-native species has become part of NASCAR’s culture over the past five years, threatening to eradicate all competing against it – and that’s Toyota.
Voices From the Heartland: Disturbing Trends & Subliminal Programming – Straight From NASCAR’s Fuel Tank
So far this year, I have been surprisingly pleased overall with the quality of racing – when the Cup Series has raced, of course – …
The Yellow Stripe: From Snake Eyes To Box Cars, Sizing Up NASCAR Odds In Vegas
With the old adage that the “bookies never lose” notwithstanding, and NASCAR’s annual date with Sin City just a couple days away, now seems as …
Fanning the Flames: Plotting the Forecast for Vegas, for Robby Gordon & for Bobby Labonte
Whew! This column almost didn’t get posted this week. See, I developed a weeper in between the F4 and F5 buttons on my keyboard, and …
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not in Nextel Cup: 2008 Auto Club 500 at Fontana Edition
The warm, sunny, and beautiful weather conditions commonly associated with California were replaced this weekend by rain, rain and well, more rain. After little practice …
Mirror Driving: Too Much Rain, Too Many NASCAR Penalties & Too Little Parity?
NASCAR did everything possible to get the Auto Club 500 off as scheduled Sunday. But they came up short thanks to Mother Nature and a host of other issues.