When NASCAR first devised its playoff style format back in 2004 I tried to like it. But the idea of such a thing just wouldn’t take hold in my mind and I have since grown to pretty much detest the idea of settling a season-long racing series championship in one …
NASCAR and the Charlotte Motor Speedway recently revealed plans to contest the race being held at that facility on September 30, 2018 will be on the track’s road course, or “roval”, rather than on the oval track that has been used there for decades. The race will provide a road …
Earlier this week, Bob Pockrass of ESPN.com posted a story in which Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin asserted his belief that competitors in his sport should be making more money. As a matter of fact, the Virginia native declared that racers should be getting contracts on par …
There have been some high profile sponsor announcements in NASCAR over the past few weeks. Some backers of major teams are leaving the sport, some are moving to other teams, and some are even involved in lawsuits over the terms of their sponsorship in the sport. One of the root …
On more than one occasion, I have come home from a night at the dirt track and written my post-race story only to find out that the driver who I thought had won had in fact been stripped of his win due to a failed inspection. I simply cannot understand …
If you had not seen a particular race but heard later that it was decided when one car chased another down from several seconds behind then the those two cars spun as that were coming to take the white flag with one of them recovering quickly enough to drive on …
It’s no secret that money matters in racing. It’s an expensive sport and without financial backing it is virtually impossible to compete. This fact is true whether you’re talking about NASCAR, IndyCar, Dirt Late Models, Sprint Cars, or Street Stocks. Unless a car owner has vast amounts of money of …
*This is the second of a two-part series of stories based on an interview with racer Chad Finchum. The first of these pieces was posted on August 2, 2017. Here is that story–> Chad Finchum working hard to climb the NASCAR ladder Racer Chad Finchum has already made three starts …
Last Saturday Brad Keselowski drove to a third place finish in the ‘Zippo 200 at the Glen’ NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Watkins Glen International. While that may not seem particularly noteworthy, it is worth pointing out that because of new rules soon to be put in place by NASCAR, …
*This is the first of a two-part series of stories based on an interview with racer Chad Finchum. The second of these pieces will be posted just before the NASCAR weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway later in August. Chad Finchum is an accomplished racer who can count his victories by …
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