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How 'bout them trucks!
Expect anything to happen in a Craftsman Truck Series race, and the race will always produce more than you could ever expect. Whether the race is for the lead, the win, championship points, or even ju...
2008 regular season had its share of excitement and disappointment
NASCAR's regular season for 2008 ended with a great shootout between two of the best drivers in the sport. The entire season had its share of similar exciting moments, as well as some huge disappointm...
Live on Type Delay: Chevy Rock n Roll 400
This is not the usual flag-to-flag coverage we present in Live on Tape Delay, due to the fact that we committed the almost unforgiveable sin of oversleeping on race day. We managed to start watching j...
Beware! The Gordon is back!
When Jeff Gordon says he's going to "go for it," he usually means it. The gloves are off. No more Mr. Niceguy.Showing his frustration a little, after the Watkins Glen race, and a lot after Sunday's ra...
Trust is the key to happiness in racing
Those of you who are still regular readers of this blog have stuck with me while I've been going through emotional ups and downs over my favorite driver's impending "doom." I hope that my readers unde...
Nationwide Series puts on good show from Watkins Glen
It's been mentioned at Rev'Jim's RantsnRaves before, but these Nationwide Series races can be a lot of fun to watch. Saturday's Zippo 200 race at Watkins Glen was no exception, but it was exceptional....
My Bad
I was thinking I had a notification subscription for Ron Fellows' podcasts, which had an item posted about them here.So, I waited for an email notifying me when the next podcast was available, and nev...
On the verge of history
The NAPA 200 Nationwide Series race at Circuit d' Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, ran eight laps before it started raining. They ran under caution for several lap while the pit crew readied the rain eq...
Nationwide Qualifying was fun
I'm watching the Nationwide Series qualifying as I write this, and enjoying it. Mexico City and Montreal are the only places we have seen what NASCAR calls "European qualifying." European qualifying i...
How Silly is Silly Season?
Dario Franchitti has found himself without a ride. This was something that was predicted by many in the media, but it wasn't entirely because of non-performance. According to Chip Ganassi the costs of...
Live on Type Delay: The Toyota/Save Mart 350
Say what you want about NASCAR road races, there is no other racing in the USA like it. These are 3400 lb cars speeding up and slowing down for multiple turns--twelve turns in the case of Sears Point,...
We expected it, but it was a big deal anyway
When the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl in 1998, I stepped outside and heard cheering. The sound of hundreds of thousands of fans celebrating the win of their team carries a long way, and, frankly,...
Live on type delay: The Lifelock 400
Bill Engvall, as a member of the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" is one of my favorite comedians. He is a genuine NASCAR fan, and he has among his jokes several good NASCAR stories. He gave the command to s...
The Church returns, and a few pre-race thoughts.
Clance' who is near and dear to our hearts has returned to The Church of The Great Oval after a much-too-long absence, and has jumped right in to her astro-predictions. Please stop by her site and hel...
The weekend isn't over, yet!
Rockingham Speedway is ready to rock for the first time since 2004. The ARCA/Remax North Carolina 500 will see the green flag waved by Tony Stewart at 12 noon EDT.50 cars are in the starting lineup. M...
Pegging the Wow Meter
Admittedly, I always go into the beginning of a restrictor-plate race with a mixture of anxious anticipation and some skepticism. The skepticism is because the outcome of a restrictor-plate race of de...
Quote of the day
From Scene Daily:He (Stewart) said, though, that he has not made a decision about what he is going to do and has not requested to get out of his contract.“We’re going to do our due diligence and g...
That kid from Canton, Georgia
Imagine you're a young racecar driver, earning your way up through the stock car ranks. You begain your racing career at the age of four, riding four-wheeler atvs in competition on the dirt tracks of ...
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
I'm talking about a race that was exciting from start to finish--the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, Friday night. To use the vernacular of the old action/thriller movie tra...
Ramblin' and raving
Just a few thoughts about the past weekend in racing:The IRL added a last minute rule Wednesday concerning the total weight of the car with the driver. According to the rule, as far as I understand it...
Martinsville: Blogging "live on type delay"
By the time the Goody's 500 has reached the one-quarter point, I have already rediscovered how much fun watching a short track race can be, even on television. The position changes happen just as ofte...
Formula N car wins big in Vegas
Before I catch a lot of grief here for my last post, I didn't mean to say the Sam's Town 300 wasn't an exciting race--it was. My point was that it wasn't really a good race. Winning by attrition--even...
Surprise!
In the modern day science fiction/horror classic "Alien." the space-suited investigators are exploring the wreckage of what appears to be an ancient spacecraft. They find the remains of a huge alien b...
All About Love
Those who have been with me for awhile already know this, so the following disclaimer is for those who may not be familiar with this blog:This blog is not so much about racing as it is about the love ...
Ravin' about the Humpy Show.
If you like to hear stories of racing, there is a new program on Speed TV that is made for you. The Humpy Show debuted Tuesday night and for me, at least, was an instant hit. The program features race...
Budweiser Shootout! What a ride!
If you are driving down the interstate between the months of November and February and you see people just standing on the overpass watching traffic, chances are they are NASCAR racing fans.If you hav...
A new direction for the Nationwide Series? You should read this!
I have been writing about, on and off, the need for the series now known as the Nationwide Series to find its own identity for over a year. I have had my say in what I think about it, but Racedriven h...
And so it begins....
It was only a practice session, and it wasn't even practice for a points race. Before the first competition green flag for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup session, we saw the "Big One" at Daytona and the f...
More pre season fun!
I had a great weekend. It was good watching cars go fast on television again. It didn't quite bring the satisfaction five-hundred miles of beatin' and bangin' brings us, but it was racing and it did b...
2007 Revvin' Awards
I have nothing to add to what needs to be done to "save" NASCAR or to any of the "Greatest Moments" that have been hashed and rehashed in numerous articles and blogs. Rather, I will expound on those c...
