Saturday night’s NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway was the least compelling four hours of television I have ever seen. They were racing under the lights, which gave a new sheen to everything and made…
Racing
“Rush” theatrical trailer
The masterpiece, “Senna“, which told the story of Formula 1 racer Ayrton Senna who remains the last driver to have a fatal accident in Formula 1 opened our eyes again to racing movies. “Rush”, directed…
My Year in NASCAR – Week 6
The speedway at Martinsville, VA is a short-track shaped like a paper-clip. It’s one of NASCAR’s mythical places. Every year since 1964, the winner has been given a grandfather clock. Your guess as to the…
My Year in NASCAR – Part 5
Clint Bowyer was driving along at a nice 180 mph clip and he could see out his windshield, then his engine exploded and his cockpit filled with smoke and he could not see out his…
My Year in NASCAR – Week 4
This Sunday it was “the fastest half mile in the world” at the Food City 500 in Bristol, Tennessee. Bristol is about fifteen second laps, beating and bumping, driver theatrics, and in a perfect world,…
My Year in NASCAR – Part 3
Last Sunday, Denny Hamlin said something mildly critical of NASCAR that NASCAR wished he hadn’t—that the new Gen 6 cars hadn’t made for very interesting racing so far, too much single file racing and not…
My Year in NASCAR – Part 2
It was storybook in Phoenix: the heartwarming tale of the Subway sponsored car winning the Subway Fresh Fit 500. It’s the stuff NASCAR sponsor dreams are made of. Carl Edwards ended his seventy race drought…
My Year in NASCAR – Part 1
I will be dedicating this year to understanding and appreciating NASCAR. I will not dismiss it as boring because it might not be. I will not mock it as “not a real sport” because at…
