Vascar Enforced 500

Another good race is in the can. It could just be this race put the longing for the “spin him to win” days of Bristol behind us. With a lot of help from abcespndisney‘s presentation, and some lessons learned by the teams since the track was reconfigured, I believe Bristol is back. A pretty exciting […]

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Pure Mishegoss 400

Another race is in the can. Well,  it’s what has been typical Michigan for the last handful of years: pretty good racing and about normal brevity. Once again, Nascar ran a good event. However, my wife did ask “Why do they still race there twice a year?” There wasn’t enough practical time – or reason […]

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(His) Left Foot 500

Another good race is in the can. It’s probably just me, but there are very few tracks where rubber band racing doesn’t bother me at all, and Pocono is the only place I remember over the last couple years that I wasn’t aware of the size (or lack thereof) of the crowd. Actually, I did […]

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The Contrived 400

Another race is in the can. It certainly could have been worse. Not many can be disappointed by Paul Menard’s victory. Regardless that his career has been family financed, he has worked hard, stayed out of trouble, always gives an enjoyable interview and has shown decent ability. This week his team put him in position […]

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Museum Time

Another leisure day is in the can. First, I have to give credit to racing-reference member “ajcrdstr24” for setting the record straight on my previous reference to Sterling Marlin’s Cup debut. He did indeed make his first appearance 9 days earlier. Hey. I only know what I read in the papers. (Or in this case […]

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Newman/Haas Rides Again

Another race is in the can. Not bad for New Hampshire. There have certainly been worse – like every other one? Somehow, somewhere some PR person named it the “Magic Mile”. I believe he meant the “Smoke and Mirrors Mile”. To its credit, NHMS showed that it still can attract a great crowd.Therein lies the […]

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Kentucky Wonder

UNOH Who. (250/400) Another good race is in the can. (Unless you were trying to get there.) This could be Nascar‘s new strategy to fill the stands – have a new venue every week.  I’ve read about all those fans who never made it to the event, but where were they going to sit?. No […]

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Dial – A – Date 400

Another what-ever-you-call-it is in the can. In the last 3 weeks we’ve gone from whine country to wine country back to whine country. There seems to be a lot of whining going around about tandem racing – from inside and outside the car. I suppose once or twice a year might be OK, but we’re […]

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