Only Yesterday: Is Denny Hamlin Really Better Than Some NASCAR Champions?
Hamlin’s the best without a title. How many with a title is he better than?
Benny Parsons
Only Yesterday: That One Time the All-Star Race Was Held at Atlanta
The All-Star Race was originally supposed to rotate venues like it does now, but one trip to Atlanta changed that.
NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers: Stars of the ’60s & ’70s
Fred Lorenzen, Bobby Isaac and more are up next in our recurring series.
Beside the Rising Tide: Short Takes on a Long Weekend of Racing
There are only so many weekends in a calendar year, and COVID-19 has tossed an Ozark into the cesspool in 2020. The various racing sanctioning bodies are doing their damnedest to reschedule their events and sometimes those schedules are going to overlap. Still, I found it a bit disheartening that NASCAR scheduled not one but …
MPM2Nite: The Next 5 Into the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Some of the buzz heading into May and Charlotte Speedweeks has involved which five NASCAR figures would be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Driven to the Past: Rivalries
Seems like we’ve always had rivalries in motorsports. Even drag racing had Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney.
Did You Notice? NASCAR Championship Collusion, Poor Media Manners & Salvaging 2009
Did You Notice? Some questions from my NASCAR media brethren that made me blush this week?
The Yellow Stripe: NASCAR Drivers I Never Got to See, But Wish I Had
My first week in the States, I watched a “Beyond the Glory” program which focused on NFL quarterback Kurt Warner. Not knowing his story – remember, I’m a transplanted Brit – I was mesmerized by Warner’s meteoric rise from shelf stacker to Super Bowl MVP. Whether you like the guy or not, it would be …
That’s History Profile: Curtis Turner
Curtis Turner started out driving well before he was old enough to get a driver’s license. Turner worked to export the local product: moonshine.
That’s History Profile: Benny Parsons
Benny Parsons was born in Ellerbe, N.C., on July 12, 1941 – a small town just north of Rockingham.
Racing at the Beach: Out With the Old & In With the New at Daytona, 1986-90
For Dale Earnhardt fans, the 1986 Daytona 500 is one of the “big ones that got away.”
Racing at the Beach: Daytona Legends Set the Stage, 1971-75
Defending Daytona 500 champion Pete Hamilton won the first 125-mile qualifier race of ’71 in his new ride, a Plymouth out of Cotton Owens’s shop.