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Ninety Miles an Hour Down a Dead End Street
by: PattyKay Lilley
This topic came to mind this morning while listening to an old Country Music song and I thought how it might apply to NASCAR. We'll return to that thought in just a bit,...
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It Wasn't Cheating When Smokey Did It... Mostly
With all the recent talk of "cheating", it seems like the perfect time to bring up the name of Smokey Yunick, and this brief resumé of his life and accomplishments is offered in loving memory of a...
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By PattyKay Lilley
The date was February 15, 1998. The place was Daytona International Speedway and the event was the Great American Race, the Daytona 500. The day dawned with threatening dark clouds, a chilling wind and a weather forecast...
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Neil Bonnett ~ The Racer, The Broadcaster, The Legend
This Saturday, February 11, marks the 18th anniversary of the death of race car driver and broadcaster Neil Bonnett at Daytona in 1994. For an old-timer like me, it is quite startling to...
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Problems At Lanier Speedway
by: PattyKay Lilley
The last weekend in January brought more racing than we've seen in quite some time, as the l-o-n-g month of January crawled to a close. The biggest event of the weekend of course, was the...
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Last year, right about this time, an announcement was made that a brand new team was forming and planned to run the Daytona 500. The owner of the new team with the big aspirations, FAS Lane Racing, was crew chief Frankie Stoddard. When...
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Today is my 50th birthday, and as I contemplate my life as a racer and a gearhead I have to wonder where our sport is going to go next. We've seen this sport go from a bunch of good old boys and farmers building cars in sheds and barns to...
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By PattyKay Lilley
Almost eight years ago (Gee, time flies regardless of fun), NASCAR announced a new format, which included a convoluted version of a play-off, though we were directed never to call it a play-off. It was, and still is, "The...
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A Friday Thought or Two For You
Friday morning! Usually a day reserved for yard work but today I'm taking it easy because my doctor had to schedule an appointment at 11:50, right in the middle of the day to screw up anything I had planned to do. I...
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The Good Ol' Boys
By - Roger Jewell
Way back yonder in the late 70's and 80's and early 90's I penned a regular weekly column in "Southern Auto Racing News," which eventually changed names to a more generic title of "Racing News." It was fun and...
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