I’ve always been a fan of all kinds of racing. When things are dull and we were waiting for a shower to pass over, I can recall watching two raindrops race down a windshield. Anyway, my interest included boat racing for a long time, partly because my father was interested in it, and he served …
I keep hearing comments on television that Mark Martin might be the best NASCAR driver who has never won a Cup championship. That may well be true and I have a LOT of respect for Mark. We were friends while he was in ASA and I was working in that series, and I’ve always liked …
I’ll have to confess that I don’t know a whole lot about the really early years of Harry Hyde’s racing career. I know that he got into racing after World War II, and I’ve learned that he drove in what we called the “hardtops” at the Jeffersonville Sportsdrome in the late ’40s and early ’50s, …
Making it in NASCAR isn’t easy and for Camping World East Series owner/driver Jarit Johnson, there’s another, surprising obstacle: his name. When your older brother is the Sprint Cup champion, it can be hard to pave your own way in the same sport. But Johnson is trying to do just that, and without a full-time …
Heading into last week at Bristol, race fans were eagerly anticipating seeing the Whelen Modified Series run around the high banks of the World’s Fastest Half Mile. Qualifying was going to see most if not all of the field run faster than Ryan Newman’s track record 128.709 mph. The race was going to pit the …
The shop is located in a part of Mooresville, N.C. that is still mostly in the country, though the growth is slowly encroaching like so much kudzu; but for now, there are still pastures out here. Tucked within a modest office park, you’d all but miss it if you didn’t know it was there. But …
As I’ve said before, one of the neatest things about going back to O’Reilly Raceway Park for the Kroger SpeedFest was meeting old friends. However, there was another thing that came up which I had completely forgotten about, the significance of which I didn’t realize. After the Kroger 200 on Saturday evening (July 27), winner …
At 13 years old, most people are caught up in the social dogma that is middle school, sleeping in on weekends and barely within two years of jumping behind the wheel of an automobile. NASCAR champion Bill Elliott’s son Chase Elliott is no average 13-year-old. After a successful run in Legends cars, Elliott decided to …
One of my old acquaintances from Louisville reminded me this week of something that happened at the old Fairgrounds Motor Speedway there back in the ’60s. It involved Leonard Blanchard, who started out as a figure-8 driver and developed into a pretty darn good wheelman in the late models and even raced pretty successfully with …
With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series off and the Nationwide Series at Gateway for a late Saturday night special, a trip to the local track was in order. Now my local short track is one of the most famous in the land, Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C., a track where the winners’ list reads …
Move over, Tom Watson. Herschel McGriff, at 81 years of age, finished 13th in this past weekend’s NASCAR Camping World West race at Portland International Raceway. We’ve all heard about that, right? But did you realize when and where he made his first career NASCAR start? The inaugural Southern 500 at Darlington. No joke. The …
Michael Waltrip is something of a favorite of mine. He’s another one I was privileged to know when he was growing up. I know there are a lot of folks who think Michael doesn’t have both oars in the water, and there have been times when I’ve thought he’s a couple of french fries short …
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