When the SK Modified teams of Craig Lutz and Keith Rocco rolled into the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday night, those with direct knowledge of the cars involved went there knowing they were spitting in the face of one of the biggest safety issues at any racetrack anywhere. One can sit and play the blame game, […]
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Plenty Of Blame To Pass With SK Mod Safety Issue, But Ultimate Responsibility Is On Teams
May 25, 2014 by 18 Comments
Propagating Lies Of Hate: Shocked Seeing It From Some In Positions Of Power And Influence In Local Racing
May 20, 2014 by
We don’t often go down the road of mixing personal and content outside of some rare tongue in cheek meanderings in this space, but every now and then the times comes when something needs to be said. Propagating social hate, in any form, is ugly. Whether it’s targeted at race, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, whatever […]
No Shows: Lack Of Whelen Mod Tour Teams Shouldn’t Have Been Any Surprise At Lee Bullring Bash 100
May 17, 2014 by 31 Comments
From online racing news sites, to fan blogger pages to all channels of social media, it proved the hot topic of conversation – and more so consternation – in the days that followed the May 11 Bullring Bash 100 Open Modified show at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H. Where were the NASCAR Whelen Modified […]
Sandbagging For Wins Brings Unfortunate Bad Look To Short Track Competition
May 14, 2014 by 34 Comments
The first race of the much ballyhooed Tri-Track Series has come and gone, and by most accounts Sunday’s Bullring Bash 100 proved a rousing success at Lee USA Speedway. There was a quality car count, a stout group of big name competitors and a major event feel to the festivities at Lee. The most unfortunate […]
An Open Letter To Keith Rocco Hater Nation
May 8, 2014 by 51 Comments
Dear Keith Rocco Hater Nation: It’s said that everybody hates a winner and in racing that philosophy often seems far more in play than in other sports. And it becomes even more pronounced when it’s a winner who wears their confidence openly in everything they do, like local driver Keith Rocco. The fact is, Keith Rocco […]
Opening Weekend Disqualification Opens Many Questions About Short Track Post Race Procedure
April 9, 2014 by 23 Comments
It’s not anything anybody in short track racing wants to see. A successful driver with a team coming off an ultra-successful season at another facility visits a track for a season opening event, wins and then gets disqualified. All of the sudden the chorus of naysayers and critics only gets louder. So successful at one […]
Face Lift: Todd Szegedy Arrival Raises Profile Of Modified Racing Series
March 20, 2014 by 5 Comments
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s loss proved the big gain of the Valenti Modified Racing Series late last week. Szegedy’s arrival to run full-time for Kevin Stuart’s Lowell, Mass. based Modified Racing Series team in 2014 brought more than just a new driver to the fold for the series, even beyond the cache the title […]
Richard Petty Might Speak True Of Danica Patrick, Though Unwittingly Insults NASCAR’s History Doing It
February 11, 2014 by 33 Comments
Sadly, Richard Petty probably doesn’t get exactly what he did when he commented about Sprint Cup Series driver Danica Patrick to a Canadian automotive website during an appearance in Toronto Sunday. Petty, an owner with the Sprint Cup team Richard Petty Motorsports, told the website Wheels.ca that the only way Patrick could win a Sprint […]
NASCAR Making All The Right Moves With Radical Chase For The Championship Changes
January 30, 2014 by 14 Comments
NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France has said multiple times he wants a “Game Seven” type feel to deciding NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series championship. And he created exactly that with NASCAR’s new radically changed Chase for the Championship announced Thursday. The new format places an emphasis on winning in the regular season, creates a playoff-type […]
Slow The Train Anointing Jeff Burton Instantly As NASCAR’s Next Greatest TV Voice
December 4, 2013 by 6 Comments
On paper it all looks good when it comes to NBC Sports’ announcement Tuesday that driver Jeff Burton will be part of the network’s broadcast team when they jump back into the fray of Sprint Cup Series coverage in 2015. Burton’s reputation as the “The Mayor” of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seemingly brings all […]
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