Paul Tracy going trucking, maybe Edmonton?
June 19, 2008
Is NASCAR stealing away another one? Paul Tracy, one of the most colorful and outspoken characters in the world of open-wheel racing is headed to the Craftsman Truck Series. Robin Miller wrote about the situation on SpeedTV.com and also mentioned that Tracy is trying to put together a ride with Walker for the Indy Car race in Edmonton this summer.
Allow Me To Retort…Yes Indeed, NASCAR’s A Sport
June 18, 2008
I’m a poet, didn’t you know it?
My colleague (if bloggers can truly have colleagues, we’re a strange bunch who don’t shower often enough to have colleagues) here at FastMachines, Ray Champagne recently asked the question of whether or not motor racing is a sport. Ray came to the conclusion that he had changed his mind after a discussion with some friends and that he didn’t see how it could be judged as a sport. Read more
Big media doesn’t know racing
June 18, 2008
A number of news outlets today ran an article about Chip Ganassi’s domination of the Indy Car and Grand Am series. The headline: “Ganassi teams dominating 2 open-wheel series“. Wow, since when was Grand Am considered “open wheel racing”? The last time I was blinded by the fugliness[sic] of Grand Am prototypes, they still had “fenders”. Read more
Junior Nation gets their first from #88!
June 17, 2008
As strong as Junior was running on the track, and in the points all season, it was only going to be a matter of time before he brought home his first Hendricks’ points victory. While he may have done it on fumes this time, it certainly is consistent with Read more
My Apologies to Mike Joy
June 17, 2008
I wrote a blog post on Fastmachines.com lately, and one of the points that I had made involved Mike Joy (the play-by-play man on the Fox NASCAR broadcasts on Sundays) calling Tony Stewart’s Home Depot team “Big Orange”. I had made a comment that he should not have done that out of respect to the late, great Richie Evans, a popular, wildy successful driver of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
Come to find out, Mike Joy himself read the post and sent me a personal email explaining why he had used the term. Read more
Is Motor Racing *Really* a Sport?
June 17, 2008
I recently had a conversation with a couple of newly found friends at a local bar. NASCAR was on the TV and it was very apparent that my attention was drawn to the boob tube, watching my sport’s heroes chasing each other to the finish line. One of the guys I was with asked me what I got out of watching “guys driving around in circles”. Most of the time, I just brush this topic off whenever anyone asks, because in my opinion and experience, trying to explain my racing passion usually falls on deaf ears. To me, it’s like trying to explain watching golf (which, by the way, I also enjoy). If you don’t get it, you just don’t get it, and explaining is an exercise in futility. Read more
What They’re Saying After The Races
June 16, 2008
NASCAR held a meeting with drivers on Friday to tell drivers to be more guarded in their comments with the media and less critical of the new car and of NASCAR decisions. To be a kinder, quieter kind of driver.
That lasted until the end of the race on Sunday: Read more
Monday Morning Crew Chief
June 16, 2008
Not long after Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first points race for Hendrick Motorsports at Michigan, I put in a call to one of my friends in High Places and asked a favor. I needed to talk to Dale Earnhardt Sr. and could he please put me in touch? Within a miraculous minute or two, the phone rang. It was Dale. Read more
They’ll Take It!
June 15, 2008
What a shame.
The Chosen One wins his first points race in more than two years, and it has to be a fuel mileage race at one of the most notoriously boring tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit. Woo hoo, right?
Well of course, it’s a win!
Starts and Stops - Random Thoughts After Michigan
June 15, 2008
I have a lot of random thoughts that fly through my mind when watching the races week to week, and since my wife really could care less about my ramblings and outbursts while she is forced to watch the races, I thought that this would be a good outlet to get said outbursts off my chest. I also think that we as Americans don’t have the ability or patience to read through a 5 or 10 paragraph story anymore. We have become a “bullet point” society, and need instant gratification. I’m jumping on that bandwagon. Without further adieu, here we go! Read more