Tony Stewart. We all know of the talent and we know of his exploits on TV and his shy countenance when it comes to racing incidents. And love him or like him, he is a great driver and an embassador to the sport of auto-racing. Our...
It was 1978, a different time in America and a different time in racing as well. I am not sure if the times were necessarily better in '78 because I had already been in the Air Force for four years! I had long since ended my trips to the old...
The hands of time can be abrupt, imbuing us with incredible gifts and while those gifts are there for the taking, they really just on loan. Like the Cowboy or girl who rides a horse or bull, our racing gladiators ride but fall off as well. And...
I am pretty sure 'Rusty' doesn't ring any bells but he was a pretty good 'Sportsman' division driver at the Chemung Speedrome in Chemung, NY. This track was owned by Earl Bodine and if that name is familiar it should be. Geoff, Brett and Todd...
For those of you sequestered on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, it is going to be windy and rainy and that extends down to Myrtle Beach and adjacent areas along the coast.The storm at present has a minimum central pressure of 1001mb with max...
They whoever that may be always says the tree doesn't fall far from the tree and in some respects that is true. I have fallen from trees and I have also fallen from my father's all important tool shed.Standing about eight foot tall that shed made...
Whenever I go to a track, invariably they have Track Queens and Princesses there.They range in beauty and talent as do the divas who belt out our nation's number #1 song. Sometimes I hear a comment about these entertainers as being...
Who are the track champions? To answer that simply they are the winners and point leaders at the end of the season. What about places 2-5, 6-10, 10-20, 25+?How can a person toil for a whole season or many seasons grind it out with nothing to...
Eager to leave our life behind we travel to the track, as we do we see a few random haulers along the way. Numbers upon haulers not for hire and a list of crew members who work on the car and of course the driver's name etched in italics....
http://news.yahoo.com/sports-cars-future-driverless-world-031350493.html I know this has been discussed before and considering the country's ideas of going greener, how do you think it is going to affect racing?...
I was hungry for auto-racing in Germany and while stationed at Ramstein AB, I found dirt racing in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Driving on a backroad there I spotted what looked to be a race track and I went close enough to learn that there was...
I used to scan racepapers like 'Gater Racing' and 'Speedsport' (when they were still around) when I was a kid. It waskind of like the Sporting News for baseball with cool photographs, statistics and driver profiles. Adding to the mystique was the...
It sounded at first a bit like thunder, the crashing and squealing along Ellistown Road was an ominous warning and like the sound of a high-powered rifle it woke everyone up. Instead of a morning like most others, were a bunch of...
My Little Town My little muse, a 17 year old Italian girl sent me a 45 and the song was ' My Little Town '.But everything is NOT the same in my little town and for the people of Nazareth things are not the same there either. My brother...
You pass an old race car lying in a ditch. Lonely and restless it's soulful headlights looking back at you. You notice the grill, and remember that face from an old Chilton's Repair Book circa, the 1960s. Like a mugshot in a police lineup, eyes...
