Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. In the realm of North American speedways, they are the big boys, the twin towers of motorsports. Where bigger is better comes to life. And they are also living dinosaurs. Relics of a time in stock car racing when horsepower was still relatively contained and aerodynamic technology hadn’t turned […]
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Daytona Tragedy Should Be Wakeup Call For Massive Changes At NASCAR’s Biggest Tracks
February 23, 2013 by 43 Comments
Off Track: Battle At The Beach Turns Short Track Racing Into Comical Punchline Tuesday
February 19, 2013 by 33 Comments
It was supposed to be an event that would put short track racing’s best on NASCAR’s biggest stage and open the eyes of viewers on Speed to how good grassroots motorsports competition could be. It was supposed to be. NASCAR’s inaugural Battle at the Beach certainly opened eyes, but hardly for its events’ resemblance to […]
Grand Larceny: NASCAR Trashes Short Track Racing Image Letting Kyle Larson Win Stand
February 18, 2013 by 42 Comments
They arrived at Daytona International Speedway this week from their various weekly racing outposts, wide-eyed surely by the magnitude of the stage they were being welcomed to race on. There they were, the drivers making up the field of Monday’s 150-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event at the inaugural Battle at the Beach – far […]
Little Legacy: Chad Little Leaves Insignificant Mark As NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Series Director
December 18, 2012 by 17 Comments
It was a story from 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Doug Coby on the day he won his first title that illustrated almost perfectly the way many around the series looked at the five years of Chad Little’s reign as the series’ director. Still basking in the immediate glow of just capturing his first […]
Waterford Speedbowl Competitor Corey Larson Belongs Gone From Racing For A Long Time
September 26, 2012 by
There’s crazy in the moment and then there’s just plain insanity. Crazy in the moment is finally loosing it and pulling the pin. Just doing something simply idiotic because one’s temper drives them over the edge. Then there’s insane. Insane is doing something maniacal and idiotic and then trying to rationalize it. Trying to explain […]
Fact Or Fiction: Modified Tour Spec Motor Debate Fueled By Speculation, Rumor And Falsehoods
July 27, 2012 by
“Saving money never hurt so bad.” Those were the words of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour series director Chad Little on July 19. Little was responding to concerns about a Spec motor program with the Whelen Modified Tour that has sparked an explosion of anger across the landscape of the division since the running of the […]
Thompson Speedway Needs To Reign In Competitors For The Good Of The Track
June 29, 2012 by
THOMPSON – It’s probably the most commonly asked question around the pits at short tracks in Connecticut these days: What is wrong at Thompson? Things haven’t been all that pretty this year when it comes to car counts or attendance at Thursday night shows this year at Thompson International Speedway. A trending spiral downward over […]
NHMS Mangement Hardly Villains Trying To Kill The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
June 26, 2012 by
In 1998 there were team owners and participants predicting the possible demise of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour because they felt that stagnant or declining race purses, the implementation of new rules and certain teams leaving the series was going to make the division fall apart. In 2006 there were team owners and participants predicting […]
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