As he had all of his life, in his later days Smokey Yunick had opinions and was not loath to share them. On latter-day NASCAR racing, he opined that it should not be called racing. Between 1947 and the year 2000, we had racing and then something...
A letter wrote to Danica by Bob MargolisDear Danica,I know its been quite some time since Ive written you, but Ive moved and taken a new job and you know, all those things kind of keep you busy and time just seems to slip away.Im doing fine. The...
Ever wonder how a person could fold up into one of these and actually run at the speeds they run? Well the one and only Robbie Solsbee did and put some candy in the trophy case too. When I saw these two carts at Daytona USA I immediately...
If NASCAR wants to put more fans in the grandstands and in front of their TVs they need to make the cars that win on Sunday look more like the cars you can actually buy on Monday instead of the cookie cutter cars that are racing now! .They have at...
Pylon racers fly extremely well. They are basically point them where you want to go type airplanes. They slow down somewhat for landing, ..You have watched them fly for years around and round markers,sometimes even hitting them or worse crashing....
Concrete on race tracks today is not unusual but back in the mid 1970s it was.Martinsville Speedway Founder Clay Earles figured it was the way to solve the problem he was having at Martinsville Speedway.Earles had started having serious problems...
By Alex AbramsTimes-Union sports writer,About twice a month, Barbara Moon opens a piece of fan mail addressed to her husband, Tommy.Many of the letters begin with variations of the same question: "Are you the Tommy Moon?"Is he the same Tommy Moon...
The other night I awoke with a dream that just flashed through my feeble brain.The bad part of it was I cant remember why it started but only that it had a few key people in my life showing up at various times while I was building the motor for my...
RUNNING ACROSS AN OLD FLAMELast week I told my wife I was going to Columbia SC to the reunion. She shrugged her shoulders and said have fun,and off I went Friday morning early,before she got out of bed.After arriving in Cayce SC I slowed and...
Containing Kenny Kenny Schraders parents had him figured out. When he was three, they put in a go-kart with no steering, tethered to a pole in the yard. Hed be contented going round and round for hours until the gas ran out. Then one day the...
Kenny Schraders parents had him figured out. When he was three, they put in a go-kart with no steering, tethered to a pole in the yard. Hed be contented going round and round for hours until the gas ran out. Then one day the tether broke. That...
Today I went up to the old gal in Byron Ga to take a looksee and sure enough there she was a little older than last time we visited.But this time there seemed to be an air around her that was different,She actually seemed as though there was a...
Today i Went to a special viewing of the soon to be released video on augusta raceway park-- some very prominent people were in attendance there including one of the co-owners who really tried to give the old track a decient try at being a long...
with nothing going on outside due to the sudden influx of rain i decided to ramble on the net a little and found a picture that some may have a remembrance of this photo and can maybe put a name to the driver and the car he is standing on. Yall...
The story goes like this, it is said he was a racer from the word go as he was always around people of importance in stock car racing back in the 50's. he would set in his granpas lap and drive the car all day wherever they went. Eventually he got...
