Amy Henderson

Amy Henderson became a NASCAR junkie in 1997 when she got dragged to her first race of any kind, a Winston Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway, because there was an extra ticket. She was hooled for life when she first heard the motors. The sound when the cars take the green flag is still her favorite part of any race she goes to. Her favorite driver is Kenny Wallace.

In her life apart from FS, Amy, who calls New Hampshire's seacoast home, teaches high school science and spends her summers watching as much racing as possible and has also thoroughly enjoyed spending time as a volunteer counselor at Victory Junction Gang Camp. She loves to ride and show horses in different disciplines. In a past life, Amy worked in the Atlanta Braves minor league system. She has also held the Super Bowl trophy, skated with Bobby Orr and Cam Neely, and visited Victory Lane-but not as a driver. She also loves the Boston Red Sox.

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Past articles by Amy Henderson

May 2008

05/16: And the Winner of the No. 5 Ride Should Be... [9]

05/15: Beyond the Cockpit : A.J. Allmendinger [1]

05/09: Ken Schrader: A Lot Like a Rock [5]

05/02: Crime and Punishment Not Always Equal in NASCAR [3]

April 2008

04/25: Time for Junior to Clean the Slate [3]

04/18: Boring? What Race Were You Watching? [13]

04/11: The More Things Change [2]

04/04: Convenient Crashes: Karma or Coincidence? [3]

March 2008

03/28: Fan's Reactions to Junior, Jeff, Jimmie and Jack-Not What You Might Expect [17]

03/21: Dog and Pony Show for Sponsors Can Leave Fans With a Flea Circus [5]

03/14: A Scarlet...Asterisk? Giving Illegitimate Wins Their Due [2]

03/06: No Cries of "Cheater" on this Playground? [25]

February 2008

02/28: An Open Letter to the Unsung Heroes of Racing [9]

02/21: Change is Both Necessary and Evil in Today's NASCAR [10]

02/14: Wallace, Vickers and Andretti Are The Best Story of Speedweeks So Far [3]

02/07: Time to Put This Bud on Ice [12]

January 2008

01/24: The Best Of The Frontstretch : Two Little Brothers, Public Mourning, and a Kid Named Junior-Victory Lane Revisited

01/23: The Best Of The Frontstretch : White Flag: Junior's Last Lap at DEI

01/18: NASCAR Has 21 Reasons to Up Minimum Age [12]

01/11: Warning: This Is Only A Test [1]

November 2007

11/29: Imagine if the NASCAR Banquet Was Actually Fun? [7]

11/15: White Flag: Junior's Last Lap at DEI [13]

11/08: NASCAR ER-It's Time to Bring Reality to the Show [7]

11/01: Casey Mears is NASCAR's Invisible Man-And He Looks Just Fine [1]

October 2007

10/25: Polishing NASCAR's Bad Penny: It's Time to Fix the Chase [14]

10/18: Whatever NASCAR Does, They Can't Stop the Dance [10]

10/11: Best of Holding A Pretty Wheel: Two Little Brothers, A Public Mourning, and A Kid Named Junior [3]

10/04: NASCAR Probation? No Problem! Do What You Want, And Don't Pay Later! [13]

September 2007

09/20: NASCAR Needs Tougher Drug Testing Policies-Before It's Too Late [8]

09/13: It's Better To Be Marketable Than Good [8]

09/06: Dale Junior and Casey Mears: Not Just Numbers [8]

August 2007

08/30: NASCAR Simply Heading In the Wrong Direction This Weekend [21]

08/23: Ten Things I Hate About You, NASCAR [37]

08/16: Breaking the Rules Just Ain't What It Used To Be [11]

08/09: Best of Holding a Pretty Wheel : Sunscreen, Bowling for Junior, and The Porta-Potty Story

08/02: Gordon won AGAIN?! And Is Dale Earnhardt Junior Going to Be Any Good? It was Ten years Ago... [7]

July 2007

07/26: Kyle Busch and the Five Amazing Mentors: A Tale of Speed and Impertinence [11]

07/19: A Sunday Without Racing?! Whatever Shall I Do? [2]

07/12: Dragged A Jeff Gordon Beanie Around Lately?: A Reality Check [25]

07/05: Best of: Holding a Pretty Wheel - Hate the 48? It's Totally Undeserved [6]

June 2007

06/28: Your Only Job is Fairness: An Open Letter to NASCAR [22]

06/21: Just Racin'- And Happy About It [5]

06/13: Junior Grows Up - And His Future With HMS Is Brighter Than Ever [7]

06/07: Goodbye, Bill and a Championship for Junior? Thoughts at the Crossed Flags [1]

May 2007

05/31: Two Little Brothers, Public Mourning, and a Kid Named Junior-Victory Lane Revisited [7]

05/24: CoT in 2008? Bring It!

05/17: Put the Past Champion's Provisional Where It Belongs-In the Past! [7]

05/12: Busch Breakdown: Diamond Hill Plywood 200 [1]

05/10: From "Wherefore, Junior?" to "Where For Junior?" [1]

05/09: Find Yourself "Inside Herman's World"

05/03: Junior and Jeff Staying Home on Sunday? Maybe Not That Drastic, but Qualifying Needs Changing [10]

April 2007

04/26: Dale Earnhardt's Class Still Shines Bright [5]

04/19: Junior Doesn't Owe You A Thing-And Neither Does Anyone Else [7]

04/12: NASCAR Letting Hendrick Win? And I'm an Underground Aviator [7]

04/06: Mad at Jimmie, Jeff, Or Junior? Don't Wreck It For the Rest of Us! [15]

March 2007

03/29: Sunscreen, Bowling for Junior, and The Porta-Potty Story

03/22: Hello, Car of Tom...Er, Today [1]

03/15: NASCAR Practices Unfair Practice [11]

03/08: Dude! Where's My Race?

03/01: WARNING! Invisible Debris Is Hazardous To Your Health! [14]

February 2007

02/22: A Plateful of Trouble [4]

02/15: Before It's Too Late [1]

02/14: NASCAR On the Right Track With Penalties [7]

02/08: DEI's Impossible Dream [16]

02/01: Split Personality [1]

January 2007

01/19: This Is Only a Test

01/15: Best of Amy Henderson : Five Years To One Blaise ... And Gone

01/08: Best of That's History : Jimmie's Gift

01/04: If It Ain't Broke...Don't Break It Worse! [9]

01/01: Best of That's History : Never Prewrite NASCAR History

December 2006

12/18: Best of That's History : Biggest Fish In The Pond

12/12: Another Season In the Books: Part II

12/04: Best Of That's History : Ready Or Not, Busch And Truck Drivers Move Up

November 2006

11/30: Hate the 48? It's Totally Undeserved [28]

11/28: Best Of That's History : A Matter Of Perspective

11/20: Another Season In the Books ... Part I

11/16: Race Trax: Ford 400

11/13: Five Little Pigs And A Lifetime

11/09: To Buschwhack Or Not To Buschwhack [3]

11/09: Race Trax: Checker Auto Parts 500

11/06: Time In a Bottle [1]

11/02: Race Trax: Dickies 500

October 2006

10/30: B.S. History...Texas Style! [1]

10/26: Race Trax: Bass Pro Shops 500

10/23: Never Prewrite NASCAR's History

10/19: Race Trax: Subway 500

10/16: Biggest Fish in the Pond [2]

10/12: Battle Royale...with Trucks? [2]

10/12: Race Trax : Bank of America 500

10/09: NASCAR, Fix the Future...NOW! [7]

10/05: Race Trax: UAW-Ford 500

10/02: Five Years To One Blaise... and Gone [3]

September 2006

09/28: Race Trax: Banquet 400

09/25: Chase This! [1]

09/21: No Chase? Great! [2]

09/21: Race Trax: Dover 400

09/18: That's History

09/14: Race Trax: Sylvania 300

09/11: Jimmie's Gift [6]

09/07: Race Trax: Chevy Rock 'N Roll 400

09/04: The Company You Keep, Denny... [5]

August 2006

08/31: Race Trax: Sony HD 500

08/28: Two for the Road

08/24: Race Trax: Sharpie 500

08/21: Bristol This! [1]

08/10: Race Trax: AMD at the Glen

08/07: Some Kid Named Johnson Who Can't Buy A Brake

08/03: Ready or Not, Busch and Truck Drivers Move Up [2]

08/03: Race Trax : Allstate 400 At the Brickyard

July 2006

07/31: NASCAR Cheaters Never Prosper...Okay, Sometimes They Do: Part II [2]

07/24: NASCAR Cheaters Never Prosper...OK, Sometimes They Do: Part I [4]

07/20: Nope, No Cost-Cutting Here [6]

07/20: Race Trax: Pennsylvania 500

07/17: Pit Now! Just Don't Run Over Ralphie Again On Your Way to the Checkered Flag

07/13: Race Trax : Lenox Industrial Tools 300

07/10: Under the Rainbow [4]

07/06: Race Trax: USG Sheetrock 400

07/03: Attack of the Giant Fruit [4]

June 2006

06/29: Just Asking - Burning Questions In NASCAR's "Other" Top Series [2]

06/29: Race Trax: Pepsi 400

06/26: The Best Labonte Story...Never

06/22: Race Trax: Dodge/Save Mart 350

06/19: My, How (Busch) Times Have Changed [4]

06/15: Race Trax: 3M Performance 400

06/15: Race Trax: Meijer 300

06/12: Welcome to Brooklyn (No, the OTHER Brooklyn)

06/08: Random Summer Busch and Truck Thoughts

06/08: Race Trax: Pocono 500

06/08: Race Trax: Federated Auto Parts 300

06/04: Monster Mile Rough Ride For Many At Back of Top 35

06/01: Race Trax: Neighborhood Excellence 400 Presented by Bank of America

06/01: Race Trax: StonebridgeRacing.com 200

May 2006

05/22: Yesterday's NASCAR News...or is it?

05/18: Busch and Truck Races Aren't Sold Out...Why? [4]

05/18: Race Trax: Nextel Open / Nextel All-Star Challenge

05/08: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Darlington Stripes

05/04: Race Trax: Crown Royal 400

05/04: Race Trax: Circuit City 250

05/02: Life at the Track: Genius Burns A Lot of Calories [1]

05/01: Buschwhacking At Its Best [2]

April 2006

04/27: Race Trax: Aaron's 499

04/27: Race Trax: Aaron's 312

04/24: Looking Back On Restrictor Plates and Other Things to Make Talladega Racing Safe [1]

04/20: Race Trax: Subway Fresh 500

04/20: Race Trax: Bashas' Supermarkets 200

04/17: NASCAR's Future Considerations [1]

04/13: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines...and Play Ball!

04/13: Race Trax: Pepsi 300

04/10: The More NASCAR Changes, the More They Stay The Same [1]

04/06: Race Trax: Samsung/Radio Shack 500

04/06: Race Trax: O'Reilly 300

04/03: Martin's Kid [2]

March 2006

03/30: Race Trax: DirecTV 500

03/27: Selling Memories

03/23: Race Trax: Food City 500

03/23: Race Trax: Sharpie Mini 300

03/23: NASCAR: The first step is admitting you have a Buschwhacking problem. [10]

03/21: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Spring Cleaning

03/16: Race Trax: Golden Corral 500

03/16: Race Trax: Nicorette 300

03/14: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: How Useless Can You Be? [2]

03/10: Frontstretch Phone-In: Aaron Fike

03/09: Race Trax-UAW Daimler-Chrysler 400

03/09: Race Trax-Sam's Town 300

03/07: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Another Matter of Perspective [1]

03/02: Race Trax: Telcel/Motorola 200

February 2006

02/27: A Matter of Perspective:

02/23: Race Trax: Auto Club 500

02/23: Race Trax: Stater Bros. 300

02/20: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Daytona Dreamin'

02/16: Race Trax-Daytona 500

02/16: Race Trax-Hershey's Kissables 300

02/13: NASCAR Rules! Qualifying [1]

02/13: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Beach Dreams

02/09: Race Trax: Budweiser Shootout

02/06: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: First Time's the Charm [2]

January 2006

01/08: Best of That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Minor Adjustments

December 2005

12/22: Best of That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Sometimes, it's Personal

12/16: Best of That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Useless and Proud of It

12/08: Best of That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Payback Time

12/01: Best of That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Cheese Wheels

November 2005

11/17: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Not Just Useless; Championship Useless [1]

11/10: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Rookie This

11/08: Caution Flag for NASCAR: Race Directors Getting Way Too Conservative in Throwing the Yellow [12]

11/03: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Four For the History Books

October 2005

10/27: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Marginal [1]

10/20: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: One Year Later

10/13: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) past, One Story at a Time: Homecoming Game [1]

10/07: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Switch-up

September 2005

09/29: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, one Story at a Time: Super Speedway

09/22: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Come Here, Dale IV, and I'll Tell You a Story

09/16: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Chase-ing Useless

09/08: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Useless, Just in Time for Fall

09/01: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Driving in Circles

August 2005

08/25: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: You Might Be Surprised

08/18: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Time Changes

08/11: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Sometimes, it's Personal

08/04: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Past Perfect

July 2005

07/28: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Two to Go

07/21: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: The Road Not Taken [1]

07/14: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Tomorrow's History Today

07/07: Best Of: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Name Game

June 2005

06/30: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: All the Answers

06/23: Best of That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Payback Time

06/16: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: To the Test

06/09: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Useless and Proud of It

06/02: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Making History

May 2005

05/26: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Driving in Circles

05/19: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Mr. Popularity's Legacy [1]

05/12: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Wishful Thinking

05/08: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Safety Firsts

April 2005

04/28: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Parking Shots

04/21: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Once Over

04/15: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Payback Time

04/08: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Tomorrow's History [1]

04/01: That’s History! NASCAR’s Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story At a Time: This is NOT Your High School History Class

March 2005

03/24: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Name Game

03/17: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Homework, Tennis Shoes, and that Kid Down the Street

03/10: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Numbers Game [1]

03/03: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Two to Go [3]

February 2005

02/23: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Minor Adjustments

02/17: Frontstretch 2005 Preview: 2nd-Jimmie Johnson

02/17: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Cheese Wheels

02/15: Frontstretch 2005 Preview: 8th-Kasey Kahne

02/10: That's History! NASCAR's Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story at a Time: Valentine Harts [1]

02/04: Graveyard Shift: That’s History! NASCAR’s Checkered (Flag) Past, One Story At a Time [1]