It’s not easy or cheap to run a race team. You’ve got all the overhead. The way we raced last year we made ends meet and were still competitive. We relied on volunteers and sponsors to provide us the parts and pieces we needed. Some of the teams at the racetrack in the K&N Pro …
I was happy to hear that JEGS is stepping up to do some NASCAR sponsorship. Although they’re primarily known for drag racing, going back to the days of Jeg Coughlin Sr. and his top fuel cars, into the present with Jeg Jr., a Pro Stock Champion, the huge mail order parts firm from Columbus, Ohio …
The Hall of Fame – regardless of sport – is there to honor the history, founders, integral contributors and past champions of that sport. But while this is true, the other thing it always seems to be is the focal point for debate. No matter who is in, who is nominated, and who is left …
Somebody saw a photo of me flagging a figure-8 race from the track at the old Fairgrounds Motor Speedway last week, and wanted to know if I was in my right mind back in those days – the ’60s and ’70s. Maybe the biggest thrill in flagging was getting to emulate my idol, Bill Vanderwater, …
Joe Nemechek gave me an opportunity to go and run his Nationwide Series car at Nashville. It was locked in the show, so we were just trying to keep it up in the points. Joe’s guys are really great guys and he has really good equipment. So I went to Nashville and ran half the …
The segment that TNT did last Sunday on Davey Allison brought some memories flooding back. I met Davey’s dad while flagging for ARCA and then ASA and, just like everybody else, I really liked Bobby. I recall his description of the high-banked half-mile at Winchester, Ind. the first time he ran there. He had run …
One of the best comments of the day at Michigan came from Mike Ford, Denny Hamlin’s crew chief, when NASCAR threw that last debris caution as he was running away with less than 20 laps left. As one of our staff members who was at the track and listening to a scanner reported, Ford said, “That’s what a nine-second lead will get you.”
It’s been a while since I talked to you guys, but our season has started off real well. We’ve been pretty much the car to beat every weekend, we just haven’t had the luck that we had last year. But we’re getting up there and getting good finishes. We should have finished better at Iowa, …
His was a familiar face in the pits at Martinsville Speedway, and there were a few reporters waiting to talk to him. Nothing like it was 10 years ago when he was at the height of his NASCAR career and still on the way up, but these days, that can be said about a lot …
It’s a beautiful summer Saturday – hot and steamy as Southern summers are wont to be. I’m driving to Martinsville Speedway for the weekend’s event and the beauty of this drive strikes me. Martinsville is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, encircled protectively by green hills and fields and trees, and everything …
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