Over 26 years or so covering motorsports I’ve witnessed some awful things take place in the pitting areas at race tracks. I’ve seen plenty of people get injured unexpectedly from a laundry list of unexpected accidental events. I’ve also seen people suffer life-altering injuries in the pits. I’ve seen someone get killed in the pits. […]
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Settle Down: Let New Smyrna Speedway Tragedy Be Lesson About Needless Violence At The Track
February 9, 2021 by 2 Comments
Legendary Night: Harkening Back To My Race Against Tony Stewart At Stafford Speedway
December 18, 2020 by 11 Comments
Here’s a little known fact about yours truly: I have two career starts at Stafford Speedway and a career winning percentage of .500. Yes, that’s right, not only just a sportswriter covering racing at Stafford Speedway since 1995, I’ve also held up a winner’s trophy in victory lane at the track. Also have the distinction […]
Fictional Significance Of Whelen Modified Tour Unfortunately Can’t Pay The Bills At NHMS
November 13, 2020 by 57 Comments
It’s a topic that pegged the One-to-Ten anger meter for a lot of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour fans to about a 14 this week. On Thursday New Hampshire Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager David McGrath announced that the track would not bring its Full Throttle Weekend – featuring the Whelen Modified Tour […]
Guest Tribute: Mike Stefanik A Hall Of Famer In Every Way
June 17, 2020 by 2 Comments
Joe Skotnicki is a longtime Whelen Modified Tour crew member, former NASCAR official and owner of the Race Of Champions Modified Series. He shared these thoughts below with us at RaceDayCT following the announcement that Mike Stefanik would be a 2021 inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame By Joe Skotnicki Mike Stefanik … “Michael” is an […]
Bad Look: Short Tracks Not Helping Industry Cause To Reopen Through Defiance
May 24, 2020 by 103 Comments
Last week Stafford Motor Speedway management announced they had received approval from Connecticut officials to open their facility for private practice sessions as part of the state’s first reopening phase in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Stafford Motor Speedway Chief Operating Officer Paul Arute called the allowance by the state a good first step […]
Guest Column: N-Word Scissorhands – Cutting Racial Slurs Out Of Short Track Racing
April 17, 2020 by 7 Comments
On Tuesday NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson was fired from Chip Ganassi Racing after uttering a racial slur during a broadcasted iRacing event. The following is a guest column on the topic written by veteran short track racer, web master and video producer Sean Foster. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those […]
Blame Game: Stop Rationalizing Kyle Larson’s Abysmal Mistake
April 13, 2020 by 21 Comments
Sunday night NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson uttered a word that was broadcast live during an iRacing event. Less than 24 hours later Larson realized like the weight of an avalanche how that one word proved to be a career changing – possibly career ending – mistake. As most anyone around racing knows by […]
Wakeup Call Wreck Shows Again Tragedy In-Waiting Of Competition At Daytona And Talladega
February 18, 2020 by 69 Comments
Bristol Motor Speedway management created a marketing gem slogan in branding the high-banked half-mile oval as “The Last Great Colosseum” Beyond the word play of fashionable marketing schemes when it comes to NASCAR, the true “Colosseum’s” of the sport are the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway and the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway. “The Big One” has become […]
Viciousness A Foolhardy Response For Those Riled By Thompson Speedway Changes
December 28, 2019 by 49 Comments
You know what happened the day after the first short track racing facility was opened? Somebody complained about the way the track was being operated. Ok, forgive us for a small bit of levity at this moment of pain, but customers constantly complaining about how the track is run is just part of the fabric […]
Big Tease: Phantom Series Operator Announcing 2020 Speedbowl Events Is An Awful Decision
November 18, 2019 by 42 Comments
It’s one of the most common questions thrown about when it comes to short track racing in Connecticut. What’s going on with the Speedbowl? And it’s been a question that’s been quite difficult to answer for the last 12 months when it comes to predicting the future of the historic New London-Waterford Speedbowl. This much […]
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