Remember when NASCAR was in its glory days? Every race was memorable and the drivers were larger than life? Every team was allowed to build their cars for speed and find their own edge and driver skill and talent was a treasure held in high regard. Cars or drivers didn’t have to fit some mold… Continue Reading »
Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Tony Stewart have six championships between them. Starting this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, they will be going head to head with thirteen other drivers in pursuit of the 2016 Championship. Stewart-Haas Racing is one of the top teams in the series and has a good chance of two drivers making… Continue Reading »
Everyone is so excited about the Chase for the Sprint Cup and I agree it is exciting. What I am not in agreement about is a Chase Champion is just that, a Chase Champion. The winner of a ten race sprint. To call him the season champion is just wrong. The season is 36 races… Continue Reading »
Are You “Really” A Race Fan? Well What Kind Are You? Being out with friends this past weekend there was a little friction caused and remarks made because I wanted to watch the race at Bristol. It was in rain delay but it was Tony Stewart’s last race and Bristol is my home track…. Continue Reading »
30 Years at Bristol, a Fan’s View The Coliseum was a place in ancient history where gladiators met to do battle. The games in Bristol began in 1961 when racing gladiators started traveling to East Tennessee to do battle on the high banks of Bristol. The biggest gladiators of the racing game came to… Continue Reading »
“Have a good day friend,” the words Tony Stewart hears each race from high above the race track. “You too friend,” Tony replies. The man behind that calming voice is Tony’s long time spotter Bob Jeffrey. Jeffrey is part cheerleader, psychologist, deal maker, but most importantly Tony’s second pair of eyes. Jeffrey can be… Continue Reading »
Dale’s Dream for DEI Reality or Nightmare? As I begin to write this article I have to say it is the most personal to me and the most heartfelt to date. Dale Earnhardt was the reason I became a race fan. I was one of those who believed he was 10 feet tall and… Continue Reading »
Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, and Danica Patrick drove similar Mobile 1 color schemes making it a little difficult to tell them apart during the Pennsylvania 400 on Monday. Add dense fog and rain to the mix and forget about it. Kurt, Kevin, and Tony are a threat to win week in and week out. This… Continue Reading »
At the end of the 2014 Sprint Cup season NASCAR made a decision on lug nuts and looking back now from this point of the 2016 season, obviously it was a bad one. For all the years I have been a NASCAR fan there was never a question that lug nuts be on each wheel… Continue Reading »
Images Courtesy of RCR Ryan Newman took a hit in the points standings on Sunday after being involved in two late-race incidents. Ryan started 6th and finished 31st in the ‘The Combat Wounded Coalition 400’. Ryan reported to Luke Lambert that the car was bad in the dirty air. Despite these handling issues Ryan raced… Continue Reading »
