Steve Waid has a touching commentary about Dick May at SceneDaily. Dick passed away this week. Steve mentions Dick’s official stats are deceiving because of the innumerable times Dick was a substitute driver. What’s not in Steve’s column is, according to Dick’s obituary, that Dick drove 5 different cars for 5 different owners in the […]
Category: 2009
Reflections On Pocono
Another good race is in the can. I have to say it. Pocono is a gorgeous race track. On the smoothness scale, Bill Weber (in the anchor category) is right up there with the 48. You’d think the 24 would know better by now not to give up the lead voluntarily to anyone. It seems […]
Reflections On Dover
Another great race is in the can. It’s that time of year for my 6 favorite words in racing: (Fox) ” Our final broadcast of the season”. Whew! Racing at Dover is intense – kinda like Talladega with options. Sidebar: If the broadcast crew wants to know if Kyle’s tire was going down in Saturday’s […]
Good reads in Nascar Scene
Kenny Bruce’s column in the 5-28-09 issue is spot on. While you’re at it, Steve Waid has a nice retro look at Kyle Petty’s last victory. What was not part of the column was the role Providence played – at least to some – in that race. Barry’s young children had been killed in an […]
Reflections On The Coke 340.5
Another what was going to be a great race is in the can. I suppose if you were in attendance you might not see it that way. One of my favorite races was the inaugural Busch race at Gateway. Of course, I was a spectator from my easy chair at home. The best car doesn’t […]
Reflections On The All-Star Race
Another All-Star Event is in the can. This was how bad the first segment was, and how much we were hoping for the rubber band to contract: the driver who was practically booed out of the building during pre-race ceremonies, was wildly cheered when he made a pass for the lead. The second loudest jeers […]
Reflections On Darlington
Now that’s real racing at a real track and a proper race title. Kudos to the entire Nascar family – including the paint crew – for a near perfect event. ( I say “near” because some say you can’t be perfect, not because I can cite a good reason why it wasn’t). That moon probably […]
Reflections On Richmond
Thanks, Mr. Poole for your endeavors. This was your kind of race: talent, finesse, controlled aggression, and nobody upside down. Another great race is in the can. Nice to be back in the former Capital. A note to Fox: a “green/yellow start” is not for a “variety of reasons” as you would have us believe. […]
Thank You, Mr. Poole
A voice of reason and desire to safeguard the integrity of a sport he loved will be greatly missed. Thanks, David, for your efforts.
Reflections On Talladega
Another great race is in the can. OK. It’s not really racin’, but it is Talladega. It don’t hardly get much better than that. Well, it might could if Nascar’s most important employee (the person whose job it is to seek cautions where none exist) was put on hiatus. Dega even makes Mike Joy step […]
