A first ever “throwback” race is in the can. Another in a long list of races that Nascar just can’t help itself to get out of the way and let the race play out. It was an almost perfect evening. (Last Saturday at Darlington.) 40% of all Hall of Fame dignitaries on hand; Nostalgiac paint […]
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Thick(headed) As a Brick
Another race ( and avoided tragedy ) is in the can. It appears the independent contractors ( aka drivers ) are going to have to chip in the money themselves if they want SAFER walls everywhere. Actually, there’s probably more than one of them that has the means to fund the whole thing alone. But […]
Hello Walls…
I’d like you to meet SAFER. Oh. You’ve met. I guess your actuarials have calculated the odds of anyone hitting any particular part of a wall and weighed that against $500 per square foot. Sorry Kyle, Denny et al. Unfortunately you picked those obscure spots. Daytona (aka Nascar) spent 400 million on improvements, but couldn’t […]
Bush Clash
And so it begins. Another opening weekend is in the can. I get the sense whenever Nascar can find a monkey and a football, they will do their best to put them together. I agree with what most ( or all?) of the drivers had to say about “Knockout Qualifying”. Of course, the shills in […]
I Had a Dream..
The other day there was a race. It was called the Snowball Derby. In the field were Nemecheck, Grissom, LaJoie, Elliott and Kenseth. None of them were named Joe, Steve, Randy, Bill or Matt. Man, I’m getting old. On a lighter note, Nascar’s corporate racetrack partners (including something called International Speedway Corporation which is of […]
Justified
Seriously. Were Boyd Crowder and Kevin Harvick separated at birth? They both also like to engage in pranks. Nascar came out smelling like a rose – by one point. We learned at least one thing from the Championship race: you need more than just “heart” to become the champ. Farewell to Allen Bestwick, Dale […]
A True Champion (?)
Imagine… a driver so good he didn’t need to run the full schedule, has had one top 5 in the last 10 races, has 1 victory through 97% of the season ( at a track where Ron Bouchard, Bobby Hillin and Phil Parsons got the only win of their careers ), and was middle of […]
Any Publicity Is Good Publicity
I bet “Pull-A-Part” used auto parts didn’t have what happened to the 39 (Nationwide) in mind when it sponsored him. On second thought, maybe they did. Losing an entire wheel gave them a lot of screen time they otherwise wouldn’t have received. (No. I don’t really believe it was premeditated.) So there’s an entire grille […]
Hot Water
Tires, tires, tires. No matter how many tricks and tweaks Nascar comes up with, Goodyear still holds all the cards when it comes to putting on a great show. Their biggest challenge is to make a a tire that is safe but also gives something up over the course of a run. I suppose the […]
No Guts, Waning Glory
Another (no,first of its kind) race is in the can. It seems counterintuitive that the same actions can be both – according to Nascar – punishable under the “behavioral” penalty clause of the rule book, and, although physically dangerous, not in conflict with Nascar’s statement that “…safety of our drivers is paramount…”. Well, a little […]
