We’re seeing a case of being damned if you do and damned if you don’t this week. NASCAR decided to call the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona after 112 laps on Sunday and after the third of three red flags because of rain. Aric Amirola picked up his first Cup win and the first for …
I do a lot of surfing on the web, and as you might expect, most of it involves discussions about motorsports on Facebook, etc. Those who have read my stuff for a while no doubt realize I’m something of an old fart and I miss those days when things were simpler. I’ve realized I’m not …
Jamie McMurray’s high point had to be the fourth in the Brickyard, when he led five laps and looked competitive.
Robby Gordon’s high point was probably that 16th at Daytona, a strong start for a car that really could only be in contention during the restrictor-plate and road-course portions of the schedule.
Well, Frontstretch said we’d be back when it got close to Speedweeks. This is about as close as we can get, I suppose. About the column name change… After some conversation with Editor-in-Chief Tom Bowles, we decided on this, the fan Q&A column to give me some latitude in what I write about. I was …
No question, Jamie McMurray’s high point was winning the Daytona 500.
That second place at Sonoma. Robby Gordon used a combination of pit strategy and road-course savvy to work his way up front, then stayed there for his best finish on the Cup level in nearly five years.
There’s been some off-and-on discussion on a couple of message boards I
frequent about just where stock car racing got started.
It all began when a very intelligent and history-conscious poster offered
the opinion that it was a myth that stock car racing began with bootleggers and
moonshiners in the southeast after World War II. He pointed out that it existed
in various other parts of the country for some years before that catastrophic
war.
“Caution is out. Debris.” Every race fan, especially those watching the event on television, hates to hear that. And, sometimes we get a little miffed to find out it’s a piece of cellophane and is out of the groove. I agree with everyone who says that the TV people should show the debris whenever possible, …
Dammit, I hate doing this. Especially two weeks in a row. This is depressing. Just last week I did a tribute to my old friend Sonny Ates, one of the best who ever stepped in a sprint car, and now two more are gone – Jim Hunter and Ed Shull. I don’t have to write …
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